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Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo provide positive injury updates as their returns near

The Miami Heat are currently operating without two of their best players in Bam Adebayo (toe) and Tyler Herro (foot). Herro hasn’t appeared in a game all season, while Adebayo has missed each of the last five games. Adebayo’s expected to return sooner, but both offered injury updates after Sunday’s practice. “It felt great being […]

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Miami Heat demote rookie guard to G-League

14 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

Despite all of the encouraging performances leaguewide from this year’s rookie class, one player who still hasn’t seen the hardwood through the first month is Miami Heat guard Kasparas Jakucionis. Jakucionis, selected No. 20 overall in last June’s draft, missed the team’s seven games with a groin injury. But head coach Erik Spoelstra still hasn’t

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Erik Spoelstra admits struggles in this key phase is ‘losing’ Miami Heat games

3 Comments / Analysis, News / Matt Hanifan

Heading into the season with two legitimate big men on their roster — plus undrafted free-agent Vladimir Goldin, on a two-way contract — the Miami Heat were bereft of depth behind Bam Adebayo. With Kel’el Ware’s slow start to the season and Adebayo’s recent toe injury, they’ve felt the repercussions pretty quickly, especially on the

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Knicks will be without star guard Friday against Heat

8 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

On Wednesday, the Miami Heat — missing their two All-Stars in Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro — were facing the Cleveland Cavaliers without three All-Stars (Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley). Friday’s matchup between the Heat and New York Knicks — an Emirates Cup group stage affair — will feature another without an All-Star. Knicks

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Norman Powell: Heat’s loss against Cavaliers was a ‘very bad’ one

Cavaliers resting multiple All-Stars against Heat on Wednesday

6 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

In case you may have missed it, the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers were involved in a 140-138 overtime thriller on Monday, capped by Andrew Wiggins’ game-winning lob as time expired after Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell tied it with a tough contested 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left. Roughly 48 hours after one of the most

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Heat officially announce return of ‘Vice Nights’ uniforms

Erik Spoelstra to coach in Friday’s game after house is destroyed in devastating house fire

1 Comment / News / Matt Hanifan

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra’s house was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning. The cause remains unknown and is still under investigation. But nobody was home at the time of the fire, and no one was seriously harmed. Despite the life-altering, traumatic experience, Spoelstra is still planning to coach Friday’s game against the

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

57 Comments / Analysis, Articles, News / Dan Riccio

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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Erik Spoelstra’s Miami-Dade home gets damaged in massive fire

6 Comments / Articles, News / Dan Riccio

Prayers up for Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his family, as the breaking news hit early on Thursday morning of a reported fire that severely damaged his home in Coral Gables, Florida. The story was initially covered by local Florida news, and later confirmed by several other media outlets. Although there were thankfully

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