May 7, 2024

Bam Adebayo

Heat’s Bam Adebayo places third in 2023-24 Defensive Player of the Year voting

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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo placed third in the 2023-24 Defensive Player of the Year voting, an award that went to Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert, the NBA announced Tuesday. He finished third behind Gobert and San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama, who had a historically good rookie season. Adebayo tallied three of the 99 first-place votes–one fewer than […]

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Jaquez Jovic

Pat Riley praises Jaime Jaquez Jr., Nikola Jovic: ‘They’re two great pieces for us.’

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Miami Heat president Pat Riley gave his annual end-of-season press conference on Monday and made national headlines for his comments about the team’s availability and, specifically, Jimmy Butler’s availability. Though within his 42-minute presser, he lauded two of Miami’s best young players: Nikola Jovic and Jaime Jaquez Jr. “They’re two great pieces for us,” Riley

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Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Heat’s Jaime Jaquez finishes fourth in 2023-24 Rookie of the Year voting

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While San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, last year’s top overall selection, unanimously took home the 2023-24 Rookie of the Award voting, Miami Heat rookie Jaime Jaquez finished in fourth, the league announced Monday. Jaquez, Miami’s No. 18 selection in the 2023 NBA Draft, also finished behind Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren and Charlotte’s Brandon Miller,

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