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Kel'el Ware

Heat must weather storm in this area amid Bam Adebayo’s absence

While they were already navigating the start of the 2025-26 season without Tyler Herro (foot), the Miami Heat lost star center Bam Adebayo, the most important player on their roster, to a toe sprain this week. There’s still a lack of clarity on how long the three-time All-Star will be sidelined. Adebayo was seen with […]

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Heat earn the bounce back win at home, beat Hornets 126-108

Following a tough road trip where the Miami Heat went just 1-3, they returned home for Friday’s game and responded against the visiting Charlotte Hornets. The final score was 126-108, improving Miami’s record back over the .500 mark at 5-4 overall. The matchup started with a true tale of first quarters. The Heat came out

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Ja Morant

Why Ja Morant would not be a current fit with Heat

Over 11 months ago, Jimmy Butler lost his joy with the Miami Heat. Fast forward to now, and Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s lost his joy in Memphis. The two-time All-Star had an interesting postgame exchange with reporters last week after first-year head coach Tuomas Iisalo reportedly challenged his leadership. He was eventually suspended for conduct

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GAME PREVIEW: Heat return home to host Hornets in first NBA Cup game

The Miami Heat will play their first group stage Emirates NBA Cup matchup against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. They will return home to South Beach following a difficult 1-3 west coast road trip. Miami is coming off a previous loss to the Denver Nuggets and are searching for a bounce back victory, but

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Heat having no backup plan with big man depth is clear front office blunder

In the Miami Heat’s latest loss to the Denver Nuggets, they didn’t just lose the game— but they also lost their All-Star big man.  Bam Adebayo had suffered a foot injury early in the first half of the game, only to eventually leave to the locker room and never return. The Heat and Adebayo were

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GAME PREVIEW: Heat face yet another difficult test versus Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets to conclude road trip

The Miami Heat are capping off their four-game west coast road trip on Wednesday night against multi-time league MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. Miami will look to split the difficult trip 2-2, but a Nuggets matchup may be the team’s toughest one yet this season. The Heat have historically always struggled to play

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Jaime Jaquez Jr.

This Heat forward has been one of NBA’s best from this area through 2 weeks

Coming off a catastrophic sophomore slump, even Hollywood’s best screenwriter couldn’t have written a better script for third-year Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. entering the 2025-26 season campaign. Through seven games, Jaquez is averaging 19.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, shooting 60.3 percent from the floor with an absurd 65.3 true

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Heat Grizzlies

Bam Adebayo is back to anchoring Heat defense at elite level

Bam Adebayo has long been one of the NBA’s best defenders, no matter how you slice the pie. The nine-year veteran has finished top-5 in Defensive Player of the Year voting five times, including a top-3 finish in 2023-24. Adebayo, 28, has always been incredibly versatile in scheme. Despite being an undersized center, Adebayo’s one

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Newest Heat addition didn’t take long to be impressed with the organization’s culture

When the Miami Heat pulled off the under the radar acquisition of Norman Powell from the LA Clippers over the summer, it seemed like a brilliant move from the start.  All it cost in a three-team deal between the Heat, Clippers and Utah Jazz to add Powell was aging veterans that had inconsistent roles last

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