In case you may have missed it, Miami Heat guard Dru Smith will miss the rest of the 2024-25 season with a torn Achilles–an injury he unfortunately suffered during Monday’s 15-point win over the Brooklyn Nets. Previously, after the Thomas Bryant trade, Smith–on a two-way contract–was the favorite to earn a standard contract with the […]
Miami Heat guard Dru Smith has torn his left achilles and is out for the rest of the season, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Tuesday. https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1871624526456668431 Smith’s injury occurred during the second quarter of Monday’s game. He went scoreless in seven minutes of action, tallying one rebound and one assist. This very unfortunate
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Over five months after signing a record-shattering $77 billion media rights deal, Sportico released their valuations for all 30 NBA Franchises on Wednesday, with the Miami Heat coming in as the 8th-most valuable league-wide. Purchasing a franchise these days might be too draining for most of our financial portfolios, but if you’re looking to do
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If we’ve learned anything over the last several years: Growth and development aren’t always linear. Take four of the Miami Heat’s latest first-round picks, for example. Tyler Herro burst onto the scene as a rookie in 2019-20 after being drafted No. 13 overall in the 2019 NBA Draft. He averaged 13.5 points as a rookie–wowing
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Miami Heat guard Dru Smith exited the first half of Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets with a lower left leg injury. At the time of this publishing, there is no definitive diagnosis. Though it was a non-contact injury and Smith was helped off the court by teammates Nikola Jovic and Alec Burks. https://x.com/FanDuelSN_Heat/status/1871366007069298989 He
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The hamster wheel of the Jimmy Butler trade rumors continued to spin Monday. According to ESPN NBA front office insider Bobby Marks, a former executive in the league, there is a growing sentiment that Butler will remain with the Heat past the trade deadline unless a can’t-refuse-offer comes across their desk. “As for Butler’s future,
The Miami Heat look to salvage the second night of a back-to-back as they travel up to Orlando to take on the Magic Saturday evening inside Kia Center. The Heat are coming off an unfortunate 104-97 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Tyler Herro led the way with 28 points, 12 rebounds and five assists,
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It’s undeniable that Miami Heat guard that Tyler Herro is having the most efficient season of his career. It did, however, come at the expense his shot diet, which was previously a steady diet of long 2s–an area of the floor assumed by their two best players in Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Herro modified
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Despite Jimmy Butler’s electrifying triple-double, the Miami Heat suffered another overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons, 125-124, inside Little Caesars Arena Monday evening. Jimmy Butler finished Monday with 35 points, 19 rebounds–a career-high–10 assists, four steals and one block on 12-of-21 shooting and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line. He was spectacular down the stretch, helping
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On Friday, the Miami Heat flipped Thomas Bryant to the Indiana Pacers for a 2031 second-round pick swap. The deal was not made official until Sunday, the day that Bryant plus 84 other players leaguewide, who signed last offseason, were eligible to be traded. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke about the trade ahead of
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