They may have started with a flesh slate Wednesday night, but the Miami Heat’s 116-97 loss to the Orlando Magic reflected many of the same issues we have seen over the last two seasons–both offensively and defensively. It’s just one game over a long 82-game season, sure. It was an uninspiring effort from the Heat, […]
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On Oct. 23 against the Orlando Magic is the next time that you see most of the regulars in action for the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat, who have played four preseason games thus far, will close the preseason Friday against on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies. Though eight Heat players–including seven regular rotation
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The Miami Heat will host the Atlanta Hawks in their final home preseason contest on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. EST inside Kaseya Center. Wednesday’s game will mark the second leg of a back-to-back for the Heat, who secured a 120-117 win over Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs Tuesday night. It will be the
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However you want to slice the pie, the Miami Heat, a team coming off back-to-back play-in berths without much roster turnover, is quite polarizing heading into the 2024-25 season. Currently, their Vegas over-under still stands at 44.5 wins–the 8th-most in the Eastern Conference–after winning 44 and 46 over their last two seasons, respectively. They’re still
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Miami Heat star big man Bam Adebayo has teased the Heat about expanding his shooting range beyond the 3-point each of the last few seasons. While he always possessed good shooting form, it’s never a featured part of his game, entering the NBA as a rim-runner and vertical spacer before slowly expanding his range. Though
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One of my biggest questions ahead of training camp, which begins on Tuesday, was how the rookies would fare in their first extended time together outside of Summer League. We won’t know until time elapses, but what we do know is that Bam Adebayo has already seen growth from rookie Kel’el Ware over the last
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Last week, our own Dan Riccio went over the Miami Heat’s projected depth chart heading into the 2024-25 season. Nothing is set in stone roughly one month out from training camp. According to Ethan Skolnick of the Five Reasons Sports Network, he was told that the Heat will only have two “definite” starters heading into
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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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We are less than two months away from the start of the Miami Heat’s training camp. Before you know it, the 2024-25 season will arrive. While free agency didn’t offer much activity for the Heat, let’s do some way-too-early forecasting with the currently constructed roster. Betting sites nationwide released their over-under win totals for each
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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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