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Miami Heat: Dru Smith exits Monday’s game with leg injury, did not return

Miami Heat guard Dru Smith exited the first half of Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets with a lower left leg injury. At the time of this publishing, there is no definitive diagnosis. Though it was a non-contact injury and Smith was helped off the court by teammates Nikola Jovic and Alec Burks. https://x.com/FanDuelSN_Heat/status/1871366007069298989 He […]

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Report: There is a ‘growing consensus’ Jimmy Butler remains with Heat past trade deadline

4 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

The hamster wheel of the Jimmy Butler trade rumors continued to spin Monday. According to ESPN NBA front office insider Bobby Marks, a former executive in the league, there is a growing sentiment that Butler will remain with the Heat past the trade deadline unless a can’t-refuse-offer comes across their desk. “As for Butler’s future,

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Tyler Herro is intentionally working to replicate Stephen Curry’s shot diet

21 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

It’s undeniable that Miami Heat guard that Tyler Herro is having the most efficient season of his career. It did, however, come at the expense his shot diet, which was previously a steady diet of long 2s–an area of the floor assumed by their two best players in Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Herro modified

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Bobby Marks: Heat are in ‘the driver’s seat’ regarding Jimmy Butler’s situation

32 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

It’s been a busy week on the Jimmy Butler news front. From ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reporting that the Miami Heat are opening to listen to potential offers to Butler’s agent road raging online toward Charania at Butler’s expense, we could all just take one (or multiple) deep breath. Whether he’s traded or not

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Heat trade Thomas Bryant to Pacers for future pick swap

6 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

The Miami Heat have traded backup center Thomas Bryant to the Indiana Pacers for a future second-round pick swap, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Friday. https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1867685436992499895 According to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, the pick swap will be in 2031. https://x.com/Anthony_Chiang/status/1867701929364926678 Bryant, 27, becomes eligible to be traded on Dec. 15, when

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Report: Suns added to list of potential Jimmy Butler trade destinations

12 Comments / News, Rumors / Matt Hanifan

The Phoenix Suns have been added to the list of potential Jimmy Butler trade destinations, should the Miami Heat explore that route, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Wednesday. This comes one day after Charania reported that the Heat are open to listening to offers for Butler, who can enter free agency this offseason

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Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler unfazed by recent trade rumors surrounding him

4 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

On Tuesday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported that the Miami Heat are ‘open’ to listening to offers for star forward Jimmy Butler, who could enter free agency this offseason if he opts out of his $52.4 million player option. Head coach Erik Spoelstra and guard Tyler Herro downplayed the rumors after Tuesday’s practice without

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Erik Spoelstra, Tyler Herro downplay Jimmy Butler trade rumors after Tuesday’s practice

Miami Heat: The 1 complication with trading Jimmy Butler to these 3 reported suitors

27 Comments / Analysis / Matt Hanifan

In case you may have missed it, the Miami Heat are reportedly listening to offers for star forward Jimmy Butler, who has a $52.4 million player option after 2024-25, according to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania. For now, we aren’t going to try and dissect who leaked the report, whether it was Butler’s camp (agent

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Report: Heat ‘open to listening to offers’ for Jimmy Butler

24 Comments / News, Rumors / Matt Hanifan

Amid a 12-10 start and their first three-game win streak of the season, the Miami Heat are “open to listening to offers” for star forward Jimmy Butler, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania first reported Tuesday. According to Charania, there are currently three destinations that Butler is open to being moved to: The Dallas Mavericks, Golden

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