We have known for nearly a month that Monday night’s 2025 NBA Draft Lottery had no bearing on the Miami Heat, who became the first team in NBA History to escape the play-in as the No. 10 seed. Miami was still mercifully swept out of the postseason, nowhere to be seen again for the remainder […]
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This will be a pivotal offseason for the Miami Heat, who are coming off arguably since the Big 3, finishing 37-45. They were ousted in humiliating fashion in the postseason and need to pick a clear direction after trading away disgruntled star Jimmy Butler ahead of the trade deadline. Who are the eight best players
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Most of Pat Riley’s end-of-season press conference Friday was tailored toward the franchise’s future. He didn’t have any opening statement–atypical for the Heat’s president–instead jumping into the meat and potatoes of the tumultuous season that was the 2024-25 Miami Heat season, plus brushing the surface of what is to come. One of the fine details
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We are over one week removed from the end of the 2024-25 Miami Heat season. Obviously, a lot of us say a lot about our thoughts on the organization, whether it’s the players, coaches, front office, etc. As a man of integrity, I believe in holding myself accountable–and I was admittedly wrong a lot this
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The Miami Heat is coming off arguably their worst season since the Big 3 era concluded over a decade ago. There are a lot of questions for Pat Riley, Andy Elisburg, Nick Arison and Co. to answer this offseason. This summer will be pivotal to the direction this organization’s headed in the short- and long-term,
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Former longtime Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem will join Amazon Prime TV for their NBA coverage for the 2025-26 season, the network announced Monday. Haslem will be joining Wade, in addition to Candace Parker, Stan Van Gundy, Blake Griffin, Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki, among others. The former 20-year Heat veteran has been with the
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While the Miami Heat were promptly swept by the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers last week, there were still two first-round series that had yet to wrap up. One of them includes Jimmy Butler’s Golden State Warriors against his hometown Houston Rockets; the other includes Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers against Nikola Jokic,
During the Miami Heat’s Jan. 19 meeting against the San Antonio Spurs, three-time All-Star Bam Adebayo and rookie Kel’el Ware saw their first extended minutes sample–something many were wishing would occur after the Heat selected the 7-foot big No. 15 overall nearly seven months prior. The duo rallied them back from a double-digit deficit in
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The 2025 offseason is a big one for the Miami Heat. Nearly three months after trading Jimmy Butler in a five-team blockbuster, they finished with their worst record in a decade and were embarrassed in the first round of the postseason against the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. They have been a play-in team for the last
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One of the biggest bright spots of the underwhelming 2024-25 Miami Heat season was the play of their two rookies, Kel’el Ware and Pelle Larsson. Ware, who the Heat drafted No. 15 overall, far exceeded expectations. Larsson, the Heat’s second-round draft choice, showed flashes of being a legitimate two-way rotation guard, even though counting numbers
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