While the Eastern Conference has plenty of unknown entering the 2025-26 NBA season, the Miami Heat do, too. Throughout the Jimmy Butler era, the expectation was always to win. That objective isn’t going to change, but the Heat are entering their first full season without Butler, who was traded to the Golden State Warriors last […]
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Pelle Larsson is set to be one of three Miami Heat players playing in the 2025 EuroBasket, where he will be suiting up for Sweden next week. The second-year guard had a minimal role as a rookie, but is expected to be vying for a spot in the rotation with Duncan Robinson and Haywood Highsmith
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It’s been an uneven Summer League offensively for Miami Heat guard Kasparas Jakucionis. But what hasn’t wavered is his mental fortitude and willingness to impact the game in multiple ways. He’s been a better playmaker than his AST:TO indicates, he’s been active on the glass and, most importantly, has been very good defensively (relative to
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Thankfully, for Miami Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis, the California Classic is a distant memory. But it was also probably some of the worst basketball that the 6-foot-5 guard has played in his career — at least offensively. In those three games, he scored just six points on 1-of-15 shooting (0-11 3PT) with 12 turnovers; he
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One of the biggest storylines this offseason has been the play of Miami Heat second-year big man Kel’el Ware. Ware, 21, was one of the league’s best rookies last season, averaging 9.3 points and 7.4 rebounds across 64 starts, earning a full-time starting role alongside Bam Adebayo in January. While his impact wasn’t always great,
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Every year, the Eastern Conference descends down a well while the Western Conference ascends into a behemoth. Well, now, amid the injuries to Tyrese Haliburton, Jayson Tatum and the recently waived Damian Lillard (all to torn Achilles injuries), we’re looking at perhaps the largest East/West discrepancy we’ve seen in quite some time — perhaps ever.
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The Miami Heat played their first of five NBA 2K26 Summer League games on Friday in Las Vegas, Nev., where all 30 teams are gathered. There have been a few notable standouts for the Heat, including a pair of second-year players in Pelle Larsson and Keshad Johnson. However, Heat second-year big man Kel’el Ware, who
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Even after a poor shooting start, Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo has taken a noticeable leap from 3-point range in 2024-25 after showing glimpses of extending his range late last season. The three-time All-Star is shooting 35.7 percent from 3-point range on a career-most 2.8 triple tries per game this season. Last year, he
Within two weeks, two head coaches in the playoff chase out West were let go: Memphis’ Taylor Jenkins and Denver’s Michael Malone, occurring Tuesday. While Jenkins’ dismissal was still shocking, the writing was more on the wall for him than Malone, who is less than two calendar years removed from helping lead the Denver Nuggets
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With just five days left, we are nearing the end of the 2024-25 NBA regular season. And yet, there was another coaching change for a team fighting for homecourt in the Western Conference. Over a week after the Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach Taylor Jenkins, the Denver Nuggets–less than two years removed from beating the
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