The Miami Heat are slowly, but surely getting ramped up as the Oct. 21 season opener approaches. They concluded their second preseason game on Thursday — a 128-118 win over the Pelicans — with the starters playing in just the first half. Who were a few winners and losers? Let’s examine! Winner: Giannis Antetokounmpo Skinny:
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Spacing. Shooting. Gravitational pull. Three is greater than two! All of those are buzzwords in today’s NBA, and rightfully so. Teams want to maximize each offensive output, as well as the number of possessions accrued in a single game. There’s more than one way to create space, but the most popular is via the 3-point
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“Heat Culture.” Those two words embody the environment that Miami Heat president Pat Riley spent three-plus decades cultivating, and it’s resulted in seven conference titles and three NBA Titles. It’s an organizational statement that each player, coach and member is expected to embody with their words and actions. To others, especially over the last few
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The 2026 NBA offseason earlier this summer was kicked off with a Miami Heat blockbuster trade to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks. That deal parted with a haul of Tyler Herro, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kasparas Jakucionis and draft capital to form a new Giannis-Bam Adebayo duo in South Beach. A duo
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The final score doesn’t matter, but the Miami Heat took care of business in their first preseason game in Quebec City, Canada, against the Toronto Raptors this weekend. Nineteen players saw the floor for Miami, which is obviously a lot, especially since no starter played more than 14 minutes. So who were a few winners
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While it is only preseason, Saturday night was filled with plenty of anticipation for the new-look Miami Heat against the Toronto Raptors. Predictably, both teams looked fairly disjointed. There were a lot of fouls, a healthy amount of unforced errors and, frankly, helter-skelter basketball from two teams trying to play frantically while their legs weren’t
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Portis wants to move better, contribute defensively and set the tone as a veteran. His longtime teammate has already noticed the work. Bobby Portis Jr. had more than a new team to prepare for this offseason. He also had Miami’s conditioning test on his mind. The veteran big man said he started the offseason at
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo have spent years trying to make life difficult for each other on the court. Now that they’re teammates on the Miami Heat, neither seems particularly interested in letting the other off the hook. Their matchups will move to the practice floor, where both believe that same competition can bring out
While he’s been with the Miami Heat for a few months, one could imagine Giannis Antetokounmpo is still getting used to his new teammates. Of course, he’s had plenty of battles with the Heat from his time with the Milwaukee Bucks. And there is only one player — Bobby Portis, who was traded with him
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There’s nothing quite like being at the top of the pyramid. After the 2020-21 season, you could argue that Giannis Antetokounmpo, fresh off his first and only championship with the Milwaukee Bucks, was there. At the time, he was one season removed from winning back-to-back MVPs, becoming the 12th player ever to win it in
