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Keon Ellis

Should Heat target this coveted Kings two-way disruptor?

We are still early into the 2025-26 season. While the Sacramento Kings picked up a critical 128-123 road win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night, they are 4-13 after playing the league’s hardest schedule through 17 games. They are an unmitigated disaster (tell me if you’ve heard that before!), sporting the league’s fifth-worst offense […]

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Heat Grizzlies

GAME PREVIEW: Heat close two-game road trip against 76ers in matinee showdown

The Miami Heat close their two-game road trip against the Philadelphia 76ers Sunday inside Xfinity Mobile Arena at 1:00 p.m. EST. Sunday’s matinee showdown will be the first of a back-to-back for the Heat, who are winners of six of their last eight. Miami took care of business Friday against the Chicago Bulls, the third

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Miami Heat Emirates Cup

Why Heat put themselves in favorable position to make Emirates Cup knockout stage heading into last week

While it doesn’t mean a lot in the grand scheme of things, the Emirates Cup was a fun wrinkle to the NBA season that the league introduced ahead of 2023-24 to add more fan engagement in the early part of the season. The Miami Heat haven’t advanced to the eight-team knockout stage in any of

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Atop the East? 1 projection system boldly thinks the Miami Heat are destined to finish there

The only time that the Miami Heat finished as the No. 1 seed in the East since the Big 3 was in 2021-22, the year they acquired Kyle Lowry and P.J. Tucker in free agency. They were projected to win 48.5 games that year. Heading into the 2025-26 season, they were projected to win 37.5

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Keshad Johnson

Erik Spoelstra admits how he’s utilized Keshad Johnson hasn’t been fair

The Miami Heat boat-raced the Chicago Bulls, 143-107, on Friday inside United Center, their third of four Emirates Cup group contests. Miami had seven players reach double figures for the sixth time this season, including second-year forward Keshad Johnson, who had his best game as a pro. Johnson scored 14 points while hauling down 12

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Miami Heat

Erik Spoelstra wants Heat to learn from ‘frustrating’ first half against Warriors

While the Miami Heat still secured a 110-96 win over the Golden State Warriors (recap here) on Wednesday, it didn’t come easy. After jumping out to a 20-4 lead against the shorthanded Warriors — missing Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green and Jonathan Kuminga — Golden State battled back and made it a tightly contested

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Nikola Jovic

Why it’s still too early to question Nikola Jovic’s extension amid struggles

Coming off a great summer Serbia in EuroBasket 2025, it’s been an uneven start to the 2025-26 NBA Season for Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic. Jovic received a brand new four-year, $62.4 million extension that won’t kick in until next summer. Through 14 games, he’s averaging 8.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists on 40.2

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