The 2025-26 Miami Heat schedule has officially been released! What are our immediate takeaways from the Miami Heat’s full 82-game slate, as they look to rebound from their worst season in a decade? You like Magic? For the second consecutive season and the 5th time over the last nine seasons, the Miami Heat will open […]
The Miami Heat’s full 2025-26 schedule has arrived. Here are 5 quick takeaways Read More »
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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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
It’s been a tenuous three-year career for Dru Smith after being undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft. You couldn’t count on one hand how many times the 6-foot-3 guard has been waived by the Heat, only to be brought back. He’s also, unfortunately, dealt with plenty of injuries, limiting him to just 38 games in
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We are over one month into the 2025 NBA Free Agency period. We are also in the dog days of summer. Outside of drafting Kasparas Jakucionis No. 20 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Miami Heat added both Simone Fontecchio — by virtue of Duncan Robinson’s sign-and-trade — as well as Norman Powell in
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While the Miami Heat have north of $60 million in expirings heading into the 2025-26 season, they have plenty of extension questions they must answer. A few are easier to answer than others, but they must be answered nonetheless. So, which of their five players who are either extension-eligible right now, or will be before
When the Miami Heat acquired Andrew Wiggins in the Jimmy Butler trade midway through last season, they expected an All-Star caliber two-way wing. They got that in spurts, but availability and fit both on and off the court had plenty of question marks. Wiggins appeared in just 17 of the possible 31 regular season games
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The Miami Heat were left with 14 of a possible 15-man roster following their trade for Norman Powell. Both Kevin Love and Kyle Anderson departed as part of the brilliant move by Pat Riley, Andy Elisburg and the Heat front office. But the team can benefit from filling that one remaining open roster spot. Luckily
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