The Miami Heat are winless through five preseason games. Does that matter? No. The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t record a single win in four preseason games last year; the Bucks went 0-5 in 2022-23; the Los Angeles Lakers went 0-6 in 2021-22. The current iteration of the Heat aren’t those teams, and vice versa. The point […]
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Back-to-backs! We’re back! The Miami Heat take on the Atlanta Hawks in the second leg of a back-to-back Monday evening inside State Farm Arena at 6:00 p.m. EST. The Heat are winless in preseason, while the Hawks are 1-1. Monday will be the Heat’s penultimate preseason contest, with their last being on Friday, Oct. 17,
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The Miami Heat are hoping to get last year’s sour taste out of their mouth heading into the 2025-26 season. While they will be without Tyler Herro for presumably the first month of the season, Miami is looking to capitalize on a wide-open East while searching for a new identity — which remains “unknown.” It’s
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Less than two weeks before the intrastate foes meet on opening night, the Miami Heat take on the Orlando Magic in the second of two preseason meetings Sunday at 6:00 p.m. EST. Miami is winless in three preseason contests, most recently losing a 112-107 affair to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. Kel’el Ware scored
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The Miami Heat’s guard rotation is slowly, but surely getting healthier as the regular season approaches. On Sunday, ahead of their second of two preseason games against the Orlando Magic, the Heat will officially be getting back guard Davion Mitchell, according to the Miami Herald’s Anthony Chiang. Mitchell missed the team’s first three preseason gmes
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Nearly 18 months ago, Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo became the third player in franchise history to make All-Defensive first team after four-straight seasons of earning second-team honors. Miami’s captain may be undersized relative to other NBA centers, but that hasn’t stopped him from being one of the most scheme-versatile bigs in the entire
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has long been respected by his peers — especially executives. He nearly swept the field in last year’s annual GM survey, and almost did so again this week. The NBA’s 24th annual general manager survey was released this week, posing 49 different questions about the league’s best teams, coaches
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Miami Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis had a roller coaster summer, but was outstanding in his preseason opener this week against the San Antonio Spurs. It’s far too early to make any conclusions — good or bad — but general managers around the NBA predict that the 19-year-old was the steal of the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is expected to be named the head coach of the Team USA men’s national team, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Thursday. He takes over for Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who was Team USA’s head coach from 2023-24. Spoelstra was Kerr’s lead assistant for the 2023 World
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After being sidelined for the first two preseason games due to a left wrist injury, Miami Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis made his first appearance since July against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. And the Heat’s No. 20 overall pick left a strong first impression, finishing with eight points, a game-high 10 assists, two steals
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