Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo is a gold medalist once again! Team USA capped off their unbeaten trek with their fifth consecutive gold medal Saturday–Adebayo’s second and Erik Spoelstra’s first, serving as an assistant under Steve Kerr–with a 98-87 win over France. It marked USA’s 17th-ever men’s basketball gold, including their seventh of the […]
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By now, you’ve probably heard–or perhaps read–about Kel’el Ware’s encouraging Summer League with the Miami Heat. He made All-Summer League first team, posting 18.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 26.7 minutes across eight combined games. It was a small sample size, and Ware wasn’t perfect (no rookie is), but his play looked very
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Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic and the Serbian men’s basketball team picked up their first-ever Olympic bronze medal Saturday with a 93-83 win over Germany. It marked the second consecutive year that Germany and Serbia met up in their final game. The two countries played for the Gold Medal in the 2023 FIBA World Cup,
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We are less than two months away from the start of the Miami Heat’s training camp. Before you know it, the 2024-25 season will arrive. While free agency didn’t offer much activity for the Heat, let’s do some way-too-early forecasting with the currently constructed roster. Betting sites nationwide released their over-under win totals for each
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Nearly two weeks after getting waived from his two-way contract with the Miami Heat, rookie guard Zyon Pullin is back with the organization on an Exhibit 10 contract, the organization announced Monday. OFFICIAL: The Miami HEAT have signed guard Zyon Pullin. pic.twitter.com/SypbxhS5ah — Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) August 5, 2024 Miami can carry up to six
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Even though things were slow on the free agent front, the Miami Heat Summer League squad had one to remember. Miami capped off Summer League going 8-1, including an undefeated 6-0 in Las Vegas that netted them their first Summer League title in franchise history. It was a collective effort, but one of the biggest
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In a team sport, not everyone is always going to play, especially in a 40-minute Olympic basketball game as opposed to a 48-minute NBA contest. Reigning NBA champion Jayson Tatum (and Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton) were subject to that in Team USA’s 26-point win over Team Serbia Sunday. Head coach Steve Kerr benched Tatum in favor
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For the second consecutive summer, 21-year-old Heat forward Nikola Jovic is competing for Serbia on the international stage, this time for the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside Nikola Jokic–arguably the best player on the planet–and Bogdan Bogdanovic. Earlier this summer, however, Jovic suffered a serious ankle injury in an offseason workout that was reported by a
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There weren’t many positive storylines for the Miami Heat in the 2023-24 season, but one was how then-rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. burst onto the scene. Jaquez, who was drafted No. 18 overall by the Miami Heat, finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting and made All-Rookie first team in his inaugural NBA campaign. He
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We are now three days removed from the conclusion of Summer League, capped by the Miami Heat capturing their first-ever Summer League title over the Memphis Grizzlies, finishing 6-0 in Las Vegas and 8-1 overall. Now it’s time to evaluate some individual performances! Below, I put on my professor cap and grade each Heat player’s
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