11月4日，据24直播网报道，在WQAM电台的104.3频道中，热火队的记者Ira Winderman透露，球队更衣室内迫切需要一位站出来成为领袖的人物。
Ira Winderman commented, "Had it been Haslem, with the team's current 2 wins and 5 losses, he would have undoubtedly destroyed multiple vending machines by now. Adesanya is a gentleman, yet the squad requires someone with the intensity of a 'madman'—every team needs such a figure. Giannis Antetokounmpo is amiable, while Poythress is still too green to fill that role. Perhaps Spoelstra is attempting to embody that 'bad boy' himself."