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Duncan Robinson, the deadeye shooter who helped the Miami Heat make a surprise run to the 2020 NBA Finals, has re-signed with the team. Robinson inked a five-year, $90 million deal to stay in Miami. Duncan Robinson – host of the @TheLongshotPod – has agreed to a 5-year, $90M contract to stay with the Miami […]

Unrestricted free agent guard Kyle Lowry is off the market after he reportedly agreed to a three-year deal with the Miami Heat, per Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports and Shams Charania of The Athletic. The deal will be via a sign-and-trade with the Toronto Raptors. Kyle Lowry is signing with the Miami Heat. — Shams […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is staying in South Beach for the years to come. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, Butler is expected to sign a max contract extension with the Heat when the moratorium ends on August 6, which is when free agency deals, extensions and trades can be made […]

Where will free-agent point guard Kyle Lowry play once the 2021-22 NBA season rolls out its red carpet? South Beach seems to be a tasty destination for the veteran, with Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat also expected to hit paydirt with a rumored extension deal in the works, per Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report. All […]

The Dallas Mavericks initially intend to pursue Kyle Lowry in free agency, but they seem to be having some change of plans. The Miami Heat have been rumored to be the front-runners in signing Lowry in free agency, which is why the Mavs are reportedly shifting their focus on their other targets instead, per NBA […]

NBA free agency doesn’t officially begin until 6 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 2, but unofficially, the maneuvering has already begun. The NBA’s ultimate insider — in a delicate yet unmistakable way — has telegraphed the belief that the Miami Heat are the front-runners to land Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry, 20 hours before […]

The Miami Heat have a lot of crucial decisions to make over the next week, one of them deciding whether to re-sign guard Kendrick Nunn. With Nunn and Duncan Robinson being restricted free agents and the team being on the hunt for a permanent point guard solution, it’s reasonable to think a core piece of […]

The Miami Heat are coming off a first-round exit. They were swept by the Milwaukee Bucks. They had high expectations entering the season following an NBA Finals appearance in 2020, but underperformed. The Heat have now shifted their focus to free agency, where they could add pieces to get back to the Finals. Free agency […]

The Miami Heat have been reported to be the front-runners to sign Kyle Lowry in free agency, and if recent rumors proved to be true, they could get a bigger advantage in that pursuit. According to NBA insider Marc Stein, the Heat are also “exploring pathways” in order to get San Antonio Spurs swingman DeMar […]

Veteran forward Nicolas Batum looked rejuvenated playing for the Los Angeles Clippers this past season after a rough stretch with the Charlotte Hornets. The Clippers are hoping to re-sign Batum, but they’re going to have to beat out other suitors to do it. Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes reports the Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors and […]

NBA free agency is almost here and teams are preparing for a wild time. The Miami Heat had a couple of decisions to make before the start of free agency, specifically regarding Andre Igoudala and Goran Dragic, and they announced both of those decisions on Sunday. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Heat declined […]

Los Angeles Lakers big man Andre Drummond is an unrestricted free agent this offseason, and it looks like he’s exploring his options–which might include the Miami Heat. Of course with free agency nearing, any action that players take will be put under the microscope and analyzed. Such is the case for Drummond, who was spotted […]

Dwyane Wade is a global sports icon with three championship rings with the Miami Heat. Despite that, a handful of fans seem to still misspell his first name. That’s D-W-Y-A-N-E, in case you were one of the shameless culprits. While it’s somewhat understandable for casual fans to make the error, it appears as though even […]

Former Miami Heat great Dwyane Wade seems like he’s been enjoying retirement so far. Since leaving the league, the former NBA guard has helped work on a documentary about himself and apparently played a round of golf with Tiger Woods. Golf TV shared a clip of one of Wade’s drives for their new show “A […]

LeBron James has been lucky enough to be part of a few of the greatest championship teams in his illustrious career in the NBA. Not everyone becomes part of a ‘Big Three’ and LeBron has been a part of a superstar trio not once, not twice, but three times now with the Los Angeles Lakers […]

The Miami Heat got stomped out of the playoffs by the Milwaukee Bucks this year, and now they’re looking to upgrade the roster around stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Apparently, one option could be center Andre Drummond, who finished this past season on the Los Angeles Lakers. However, there’s one caveat: Heat head coach […]

The Miami Heat are projected to be a heavy-hitter in the offseason wheelings-and-dealings with a slew of names being linked to the team, including Kyle Lowry, Bradley Beal, Kawhi Leonard, and John Collins just to name a few. With a strong core led by Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, a champion coach in Erik Spoelstra, […]

After a disappointing playoff run by Ben Simmons and the Philadephia 76ers, the young star has constantly seen his name swirling in NBA trade rumors this offseason. Multiple teams have been rumored to be interested in Ben Simmons, with the Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, and Washington Wizards currently viewed as the most likely landing spots. […]

Dwyane Wade has always been a big fan of the late, great Kobe Bryant. Wade has never been shy about expressing how much he adores the Los Angeles Lakers legend as well as the type of impact Kobe has on his own career as a basketball player. Wade recently shared an epic Kobe Bryant story […]

Less than a week after winning his first-ever NBA title with the Milwaukee Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo has switched his mood to get the off-season grind going. The two-time MVP knows that a lot of great superstars have paved the way for him and Giannis channelled a few of these iconic NBA champions in his latest […]

After failing to build on his rookie season, Tyler Herro’s future with the Miami Heat could be in jeopardy. Herro’s numbers weren’t bad in Year 2, but he didn’t jump up as much as hoped and he was a disaster in the first-round sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks. With the Heat looking […]

When it comes to the NBA Finals, what do Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler, Devin Booker and Giannis Antetokounmpo have in common? Well, more on that in a second. The NBA Finals are the brightest stage in basketball. It is the last series before a champion is crowned. And just recently, we saw the […]

Chris Paul came THIS close to winning that elusive championship. The Phoenix Suns point guard played a helluva postseason but ultimately fell short against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in six games. All year long, Paul proved his doubters wrong in leading the Suns to the second-best overall record in the regular season. Come […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant and his rabid activity on social media are making the wrong kind of headlines again, which at this point, is no longer surprising. This time around, KD decided to ferociously clap back (again) at a random Twitter user who called him out over his alleged social media beef with Team […]

Team USA is just days away from their first game of the tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, and yet they might still be working out the kinks. That’s what it looked like when Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant had bit of a disagreement with Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo during practice. Kevin Durant was seen […]

Tyler Herro has risen to the top of the NBA world during his crazy bubble run and fallen back down to earth after his sophomore slump of a season. But no matter what level the Miami Heat star was at throughout his brief two-year NBA career, his name was never away from trade speculation. The […]

For diehard Miami Heat fans, the franchise’s uncontested GOAT (Greatest of All Time) is none other than Dwyane Wade. After all, he was the one who led the team to it’s first title in 2006. However for Tyler Herro, that is not the case. In a recent appearance at the Jr. Heat Summer Camp conducted […]

The 2019-20 NBA season looked like the Miami Heat’s first step back to being serious title contenders. Yes, they were manhandled by the Los Angeles Lakers yet they earned the respect of fans and analysts for their heart. It also showed Pat Riley’s genius in knowing what exactly the team needs to turn it into […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard shot down a report that he would be demanding a trade in the near future, but he didn’t exactly make a long-term commitment to the franchise. While it currently seems as if a trade won’t happen this offseason, Lillard has now sent multiple warning shots across the bow of […]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley is looking forward to acquiring new guys in the 2021 NBA Draft. The only problem is the Heat don’t have any draft picks. Still, this hasn’t prevented Riley from hinting at getting more help for his All-Star pair of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Recently, he doubled down on making […]

One of the reasons the San Antonio Spurs failed to make the playoffs in consecutive seasons was due to a lack of 3-point shooting. The Spurs ranked last in 3-pointers made (9.9) and 3-pointers attempted (28.4) this season. The 35.0% success rate ranked just 24th. In this NBA, that doesn’t cut it offensively. The NBA […]

Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo celebrated his 24th birthday on Sunday, and he used the opportunity to remember one of his idols growing up: Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant. On Instagram, Adebayo posted photos of him to commemorate his birthday. What caught the attention of fans, however, is his simple caption of the […]

The Golden State Warriors dynasty was not built on roses. As super-powered as their roster was, especially since Kevin Durant joined the Dubs, the team had to go through external and internal fires to develop their chemistry and mettle. One testy instance involved Durant getting irritated by then-Warriors teammates Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green in […]

In his two seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, Carmelo Anthony proved that he’s capable of thriving as a secondary scoring option, as well as a bench scorer. Across his last two seasons, Anthony averaged a combined 14.3 points per game while shooting 39.9 percent from beyond the arc (28.3 minutes per contest), playing alongside […]

Team USA has one vacant slot after ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed that Bradley Beal entered into health and safety protocols. Beal started for Team USA in their first two exhibition games but sadly will not fly to Tokyo to compete in the Olympics.  According to Sports Illustrated’s Grant Afseth, Miami Heat sharpshooter Duncan Robinson could […]

Coming off an injury-plagued season where he split time playing with the Pacers and Heat, Victor Oladipo will have his fair share of suitors as free agent this summer. With Oladipo being an All-Star caliber player and arguably one of the best scoring guards in the league when at full strength, there will definitely be […]

Big man Lauri Markkanen is one of the wild cards of the upcoming NBA free-agent period. A soon-to-be restricted free agent, Markkanen’s role with the Chicago Bulls has been all over the place recently. Given them selecting Patrick Williams with the fourth pick in last year’s NBA Draft and acquiring star big man Nikola Vucevic […]

Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer when he hangs it up in the future. He owns one of the most decorated resumes in NBA history, but one major accolade has remained elusive to this day—the NBA Finals MVP. Curry’s first crack at the award came during […]

Many consider Stephen Curry to be the greatest shooter of all time. There are few who could challenge him for this title. It just so happens, though, that one man who may also have a stake in this claim is none other than Curry’s own Golden State Warriors teammate, Klay Thompson. Having been around the […]