Happy schedule announcement day, for those who celebrate! For the second-straight season, the Miami Heat will open the 2025-26 season against the Orlando Magic. The game will be played inside Kia Center — formerly known as the Amway Center — in Orlando, Fla., at 7:00 p.m. EST on Oct. 22. Here is the full 82-game […]
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We are one — yes, one — day away from the 2025-26 NBA schedule being released. Though four Miami Heat games were announced Wednesday, including their first on Amazon Prime! Weeks after their group was revealed, each of the Heat’s four Emirates Cup group stage games was announced. The Miami Heat will host the Charlotte
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Heading into the 2024-25 season, one of the biggest storylines was Bam Adebayo’s shooting — specifically his 3-point shooting. He began to show flashes in the latter stages of 2023-24, attempting 28 3-pointers over his final 17 games (after attempting just 14 in his first 54). Many were expecting continued growth, though that’s not quite
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This week, the NBA will be releasing its full 2025-26 schedule. Though the Miami Heat announced their full preseason schedule on Tuesday, with a special twist. The Heat announced Tuesday that they’ll begin their preseason in San Juan, Puerto Rico, against the Orlando Magic on Oct. 4 at 8:00 p.m. EST. It will be their
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The Miami Heat are working out free agent big man Kai Jones, NBA insider Chris Haynes first reported Monday. Jones, 24, is one of the most athletic big men on the market. In 40 combined contests with the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks last season, he averaged 5.0 points and 3.1 rebounds in 11.7
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The Miami Heat’s offense has struggled — significantly — each of the last three seasons. Over that span, they have been a bottom-third offense each season, including finishing as the 21-st best a year ago, sandwiched between the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers. They were T-11 in 3-point shooting efficiency last year (36.7) while
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Last week, Sports Digitale’s Niko Yenibayrak reported that the Miami Heat wing Simone Fontecchio “may be waived” by the organization due to tax reasons. We still don’t know how much merit that holds. But for this specific exercise, let’s pretend like there’s some. The Miami Heat, as currently constructed, rest $1.6 million above the luxury
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The Miami Heat suffered a big injury blow to their wing rotation on Friday, losing forward Haywood Highsmith for at least the next two months after he underwent meniscus surgery. A two-month timeline likely sidelines him for training camp and potentially for the start of the 2025-26 NBA regular season. While there is still a
Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee after suffering an injury in an offseason workout in Baltimore, the team announced Friday. He is expected to miss eight-to-10 weeks. Highsmith, 28, averaged 6.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game last season, shooting 45.8 percent from the floor
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Earlier this summer, Duncan Robinson, the greatest shooter in Miami Heat franchise history, signed a three-year deal with the Detroit Pistons. The prize the Heat got back in the sign-and-trade was sharpshooting wing Simone Fontecchio, whose role shrank in his first full season with the Detroit Pistons a year ago. For most of his professional
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