Author name: Matt Hanifan

New Orleans Pelicans

Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the New Orleans Pelicans’ 2025 offseason

For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We have already completed the Eastern Conference, so we will proceed in alphabetical order with the West before capping it all off with the Miami

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Kel'el Ware

Heat pick up 2026-27 team options for Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr.

The Miami Heat have exercised both 2026-27 team options for second-year center Kel’el Ware and third-year wing Jaime Jaquez Jr., Spotrac’s Keith Smith first reported Tuesday. The Heat had until Oct. 31 to pick up those options. Since he was the No. 18 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Jaquez’s fourth-year option will be worth

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LeBron James

Anonymous ESPN poll voter believes LeBron James to Heat is still in cards

From 2010-14, LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, donned the Miami Heat red and black, where he played arguably the best basketball of his storied career. He helped Miami win two NBA titles with four Eastern Conference Titles, taking the league by storm before heading back home to Cleveland, Ohio, in the summer of

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Minnesota Timberwolves

Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 2025 offseason

For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We have already completed the Eastern Conference, so we will proceed in alphabetical order with the West before capping it all off with the Miami

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Memphis Grizzlies

Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Memphis Grizzlies’ 2025 offseason

For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We have already completed the Eastern Conference, so we will proceed in alphabetical order with the West before capping it all off with the Miami

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Davion Mitchell

Could re-signing Davion Mitchell be one of the NBA’s most impactful under-the-radar moves of summer?

By the time February rolled around, most could agree that Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat needed to go their separate ways. For a while, Butler’s was hellbent on Phoenix — until the Golden State Warriors opened up the wallet to extend Butler for a full two-year max upon trading for him. Miami completed the

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Los Angeles Lakers

Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2025 offseason

For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We have already completed the Eastern Conference, so we will proceed in alphabetical order with the West before capping it all off with the Miami

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Los Angeles Clippers

Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Los Angeles Clippers’ 2025 offseason

For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We have already completed the Eastern Conference, so we will proceed in alphabetical order with the West before capping it all off with the Miami

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