Haywood Highsmith’s basketball journey–from getting waived by the Philadelphia 76ers to signing multiple 10-day contracts with the Miami Heat–has been filled with plenty of highs and lows. Now, Highsmith, an unrestricted free agent, is coming off his best season as a pro with Miami, starting 26 of his 66 games in 2023-24 with an established […]
During his exit interview, forward Haywood Highsmith expressed interest in returning to Miami, where his family lives, stating that a priority of his is to be “around my daughter a lot.” On Friday, in an exclusive interview with NBA reporter Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Highsmith, an unrestricted free agent, doubled down on interest in returning
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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo has been voted onto the All-Defensive first team for the 2023-24 season, the league announced Tuesday. Joining him on the first team were the two finalists for Defensive Player of the Year–Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert, who won the award, and San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama–as well as Los Angeles’ Anthony
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Death, taxes and Miami Heat trade rumors for a star player! While there’s still plenty of speculation surrounding the future of Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell–who the Miami Heat have been linked to the last several seasons–the Cavaliers reportedly have interest in both Tyler Herro and Jaime Jaquez Jr., Ashish Mathur of Hoops Wire reported
This week is the beginning of several NBA award nods, including the All-Rookie teams, All-Defensive teams and All-NBA teams. The first news to drop came today with the All-Rookie first and second team honors, which featured Miami Heat standout Jaime Jaquez Jr following his freshman year season. He joins Rookie of the Year winner Victor
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Nearly two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Darvin Ham after two seasons–which ultimately resulted in two eliminations by the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers are still matriculating through the head coaching search, but they have gained permission to interview longtime Heat assistant Chris Quinn, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed Wednesday. This
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The Miami Heat have an offseason filled with uncertainty on the horizon. There are a plethora of routes the Heat front office can take here. There are questions regarding the future of Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and several other rotation pieces that could be expendable. One of those questions is indeed Caleb Martin. Both Martin
While the Miami Heat, locked into the No. 15 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft, was not directly affected by Sunday’s lottery, plenty of other teams were. Depending on where certain teams fell, there’s a possibility that their draft strategy could change, which could lead to key prospects falling down the board for Miami to
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While it shouldn’t be considered a shock, the Miami Heat are expected to offer Bam Adebayo a “lucrative extension” this offseason, Heat insider and beat reporter Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reported Friday morning. As a foundational piece for the Heat who is still a few years away from turning 30, the expectation is
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Miami Heat president Pat Riley had high praise for 20-year-old forward Nikola Jovic during his end-of-season press conference on Monday. “It all happened like that for Niko,” Riley said with snapping motion. “The Learning curve was off the charts. Still, we saw something this year when we put him in the game. I think you
