Within the first 26 hours of free agency, the Miami Heat did something atypical. After selecting Indiana center Kel’el Ware and Arizona guard Pelle Larsson with the No. 15 and 44 picks of the 2024 NBA Draft, Miami immediately inked Arizona forward Keshad Johnson and Florida guard Zyon Pullin to two-way contracts within minutes of […]
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By the second day of free agency, the Miami Heat have officially all three two-way spots for the 2024-25 season locked up! The organization announced the three two-way contracts Monday: Keshad Johnson, Zyon Pullin–two of the Heat’s undrafted picks–plus former Heat guard Dru Smith, who’s been with the organization at different points since 2022. OFFICIAL:
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We are half way through the 2023-24 Miami Heat season. They are 41 games in, sporting a 24-17 record, tied for the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference and are a half-game back of the New York Knicks for the No. 5 seed. They have the 15th-best NET Rating–including the 20th-best offense and 10th-best
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The Miami Heat lost guard Dru Smith for the season last week after awkwardly landing in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ bench at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Wednesday. Though the catch is that the Cavaliers’ court has a near-foot-long drop-off between the playing floor and the sidelines, where Smith landed, according to Joe Vardon of The Athletic. Smith
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The Miami Heat announced Friday that Heat guard Dru Smith will miss the remainder of the season with a Grade 3 right knee sprain. Smith got injured after coming down awkwardly from a loose ball attempt in the first half of the Heat’s 33-point win over the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday after just 1:21 of play.
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While the Miami Heat shored depth around the rest of their roster this offseason, they lack positional depth at one position: Point guard. Most of their offseason was ingrained in the Damian Lillard saga, though they left those crusades empty-handed. Miami also failed to retain guard Gabe Vincent, who signed a three-year, $33 million deal
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In the first Eastern Conference Finals rematch between the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, Miami was not able to overcome a late Celtics surge, losing 119-111 Friday evening in Boston’s opener inside TD Garden. This matchup was slightly different between the two teams than it was in May, as the Heat were without Gabe Vincent
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