Are the Miami Heat a "Tier 4" team in the East?

Five On The Floor: Miami Heat/NBA

The Hoop Collective, an ESPN podcast, has the Miami Heat as a Tier 4 team in the Eastern Conference, behind the Celtics (tier 1), and then the Knicks, 76ers and Bucks; and Cavaliers, Magic and Pacers. Is that accurate? And if that's the case, when should the Heat pivot?

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