Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo is a gold medalist once again! Team USA capped off their unbeaten trek with their fifth consecutive gold medal Saturday–Adebayo’s second and Erik Spoelstra’s first, serving as an assistant under Steve Kerr–with a 98-87 win over France. It marked USA’s 17th-ever men’s basketball gold, including their seventh of the […]
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In a team sport, not everyone is always going to play, especially in a 40-minute Olympic basketball game as opposed to a 48-minute NBA contest. Reigning NBA champion Jayson Tatum (and Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton) were subject to that in Team USA’s 26-point win over Team Serbia Sunday. Head coach Steve Kerr benched Tatum in favor
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For the second consecutive summer, 21-year-old Heat forward Nikola Jovic is competing for Serbia on the international stage, this time for the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside Nikola Jokic–arguably the best player on the planet–and Bogdan Bogdanovic. Earlier this summer, however, Jovic suffered a serious ankle injury in an offseason workout that was reported by a
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Hot Hot Hoops senior writers Brandon Di Perno and Matt Hanifan are back to discuss the latest during the Miami HEAT’s 2024 NBA offseason, including what stood out during Summer League play, how rookie Kel’el Ware might fare against NBA competition in the regular season, Bam Adebayo and Team USA to begin play at the
Whether it’s during the summer or season, the Miami Heat–in some capacity–can’t avoid the injury. In mid-June, Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic sprained his ankle in an offseason workout, being photographed wearing a walking boot. He was still expected to play on Team Serbia’s Olympic squad in late July, but nearly one month after the
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