2025 NBA Offseason Archives

Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Chicago Bulls’ 2025 offseason

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For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We will proceed in alphabetical order, starting with the Eastern Conference. Today, we will be hitting the Chicago Bulls’ offseason. Past Previews: Evaluating the Chicago […]

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Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Charlotte Hornets’ 2025 offseason

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For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We will proceed in alphabetical order, starting with the Eastern Conference. Today, we will be hitting the Charlotte Hornets. Past Previews: Evaluating the Charlotte Hornets’

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Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Brooklyn Nets’ 2025 offseason

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For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We will proceed in alphabetical order, starting with the Eastern Conference. Today, we will be hitting the Brooklyn Nets. Past Previews: Evaluating the Brooklyn Nets’

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Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Boston Celtics’ 2025 offseason

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For our second annual offseason outlook series, Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We will proceed in alphabetical order, starting with the Eastern Conference. Today, we will be hitting the Boston Celtics. Evaluating the Boston Celtics’ 2025 offseason

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Hanifan’s Offseason Outlook: Evaluating the Atlanta Hawks’ 2025 offseason

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The calendar has turned to September. You know what that means, right?! Our offseason outlook series is back for the second-straight year! Hot Hot Hoops senior writer Matt Hanifan will provide his take on the offseasons of all 30 teams for the next 30 days! We will be going in alphabetical order, beginning with the

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Are teams monitoring Tyler Herro’s situation with Heat?

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The Miami Heat have five extension-eligible players — yes, FIVE — this summer. That’s more than one-third of the 14 Heat players on standard contracts. And arguably the most important one is that of Tyler Herro, who won’t be eligible to sign a three-year, $150 million extension until October. He will have a near-three-week window

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CBS Sports downgrades Heat’s standing in front office rankings, drops outside top-10

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It’s been a forgettable three years for the Miami Heat, who have posted a combined 127-119 (.516) record with three play-in bids over that span. They have made the playoffs in each of those seasons, including becoming the first team in NBA History to win a pair of play-in games on the road last spring.

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Miami Heat: Another East squad emerges as threat for Duncan Robinson

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Heading into the final year of his five-year contract, Duncan Robinson exercised his $19.9 million early termination option Sunday, just hours before the deadline. Approximately half ($9.9M) of Robinson’s 2025-26 salary was guaranteed through July 8, and exercising it allowed him to potentially find a new home or re-work a new deal with the Miami

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Should Heat still bring Duncan Robinson back?

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After the Miami Heat extended qualifying offers to Dru Smith and Davion Mitchell and picked up Keshad Johnson’s guaranteed contract for 2025-26, their lone order of operations was awaiting Duncan Robinson’s ETO (early termination option) decision before free agency tips off on Monday. Heading into the final year of a five-year, $90 million deal he

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Duncan Robinson exercises $19.9 million early termination option, becomes free agent

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Duncan Robinson has exercised his $19.9 million early termination option and has become an unrestricted free agent, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported Sunday. Robinson had until Sunday until 5 p.m. EST to either exercise his option or remain with the team, where only $9.9 million of his contract was guaranteed through June 29. Early

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