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Miami Heat executive Pat Riley issues statement on the passing of Jerry West

The basketball world lost a living legend. On Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced that legendary player and executive Jerry West passed away peacefully at the age of 86. He was surrounded by his wife, Karen. Former Los Angeles Lakers player, coach and current Miami Heat executive Pat Riley, who won five combined championships […]

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Miami Heat: Team announces 2024-25 preseason home schedule

5 Comments / News / Matt Hanifan

We may be only one-and-a-half months removed from Miami Heat basketball, but that won’t stop us from looking forward to the 2024-25 Heat season, which begins in over four months! Miami released its 2024-25 preseason home schedule Monday, where it will open against the Atlanta Hawks–who own the No. 1 overall pick–in exactly four months

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Heat’s Nikola Jovic opens up on growth as player

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Heading into his second NBA season, there were still plenty of questions surrounding Miami Heat wing Nikola Jovic. As a rookie, his opportunities were few and far between, in part due to a back injury that limited him to just 15 NBA games and 12 combined G-League games with the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Entering his

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Cole Swider aims to be next Heat success story

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From their development of Duncan Robinson to Caleb Martin to Gabe Vincent and Max Strus, you could argue that the Miami Heat are one of, if not the best developmental organizations in the NBA. That’s not to mention Bam Adebayo, who developed into a generational defender and a top-5 big man in the NBA; Nikola

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Heat executive Alonzo Mourning is ‘cancer-free’ amid surgery to remove prostate

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Former Miami Heat big and current team executive Alonzo Mourning is reportedly “cancer free” after undergoing surgery to remove his stage 3 prostate cancer, ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski first reported Monday. Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame C Alonzo Mourning underwent surgery to remove his prostate after a diagnosis of Stage 3 prostate cancer,

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Report: Haywood Highsmith has a lot of interest around league as free agent

11 Comments / News, Rumors / Matt Hanifan

The Miami Heat have a plethora of important roster decisions to make this summer, including what happens with forward Haywood Highsmith. Highsmith, 27, is coming off a three-year deal he signed with Miami during the 2021-22 season, when he appeared in just 19 games. He has been open about wanting to return to Miami, who

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Report: Cavaliers granted permission to interview Heat assistant Chris Quinn

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The Los Angeles Lakers don’t appear to be the only team eyeing Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn. According to ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, roughly a week after firing head coach J.B. Bickerstaff after five seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers have received permission to interview Quinn–the Heat’s top assistant–in addition to New York Knicks assistant Johnnie

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Haywood Highsmith opens up on career season with Heat: ‘You can see I’ve put in a lot of work’

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Haywood Highsmith’s basketball journey–from getting waived by the Philadelphia 76ers to signing multiple 10-day contracts with the Miami Heat–has been filled with plenty of highs and lows. Now, Highsmith, an unrestricted free agent, is coming off his best season as a pro with Miami, starting 26 of his 66 games in 2023-24 with an established

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Haywood Highsmith doubles down on wanting to remain with Heat

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During his exit interview, forward Haywood Highsmith expressed interest in returning to Miami, where his family lives, stating that a priority of his is to be “around my daughter a lot.” On Friday, in an exclusive interview with NBA reporter Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Highsmith, an unrestricted free agent, doubled down on interest in returning

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Bam Adebayo makes 2023-24 All-Defensive First Team

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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo has been voted onto the All-Defensive first team for the 2023-24 season, the league announced Tuesday. Joining him on the first team were the two finalists for Defensive Player of the Year–Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert, who won the award, and San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama–as well as Los Angeles’ Anthony

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