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Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic has picked up his $19.2 million player option for next season, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic has picked up his $19.2M player option for the 2019-20 season, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 13, 2019 The veteran point guard […]

The Toronto Raptors are on the verge of winning their first-ever NBA championship, and all they need to do is to beat the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 this Monday night. NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski recently gave his sentiments about the Warriors-Raptors series in an episode of The Woj Pod. He also noted several […]

The Professional Basketball Writers Association has selected Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade as this year’s recipient of the Magic Johnson Award. Dwyane Wade has won the Professional Basketball Writers Association's 2018-19 Magic Johnson Award. Details: https://t.co/SDr2fuhQd8 — The PBWA (@ProHoopsWriters) June 10, 2019 According to the PBWA, the Magic Johnson Award was created in 2001. […]

Rumors are swirling after the news broke the Houston Rockets might be attempting to make some big changes this offseason. Now it appears they might have a suitor in the Miami Heat who could be going after Houston’s big names — Chris Paul, PJ Tucker, and Eric Gordon. Heat expected to inquire with Rockets about […]

With the first three games now behind us and game 4 set to tip off on Friday night, the NBA Finals are nearing an end. Thankfully, there is never a down moment in this beautiful league and the crowning of the 2019 NBA Champions will signal the start to the increasingly hectic 2019 NBA offseason. […]

The Miami Heat are reportedly expected to check in with the Houston Rockets regarding a possible trade, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Jackson also reports Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley remains in play for the Heat. The Rockets are reportedly making everyone on the roster except for superstar guard James Harden […]

The Miami Heat are reportedly expected to again explore trading center Hassan Whiteside this summer once he opts into his 2019-20 player option, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Whiteside will make a whopping $27,093,019 next season. It’s hard to envision the Heat big man declining that player option since he won’t get […]

Veteran small forward Vince Carter would reportedly consider signing with the Miami Heat this summer in free agency if the team is interested in signing him, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Carter becomes an unrestricted free agent this offseason. He announced on Wednesday he’s going to play one more season in the […]

Miami Heat icon Udonis Haslem is reportedly training hard and appears to want to play next season, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Haslem is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Heat legend Dwyane Wade retired after the 2018-19 season and some people thought Haslem, who is a close friend of Wade, would […]

The Miami Heat reportedly want to trade Dion Waiters and/or James Johnson this summer, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. The Heat are actively trying to free up cap space so they can be players in the free agent market. NBA officials who spoke to the Heat say Miami remains intent on trying […]

Newly retired Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade is squeezing out every bit of his hard-earned fame and popularity right now — and rightfully so. As the three-time NBA champ continues to strike while the iron his hot, a new report has now emerged that his memoir is set for release this coming fall. This is […]

Former Miami Heat player Malik Allen is expected to join Erik Spoelstra’s coaching staff. The Associated Press basketball writer Tim Reynolds reported on the development on June 4. Barring some late issue, word here at the NBA Finals today was that Malik Allen is expected to be hired by the Miami Heat to join Erik […]

Miami Heat center Kelly Olynyk is one of the many former Gonzaga Bulldogs to excel at the NBA level. Could former Gonzaga forward and current 2019 NBA Draft prospect Rui Hachimura be the next? Well, Olynyk certainly thinks it might be possible. “His athleticism is going to translate,” Olynyk recently said of Hachimura, via the […]

It seems Miami Heat small forward Derrick Jones Jr. is gearing up for a breakout season in 2019-20. With the Heat failing to make the playoffs, Jones make it a point to improve his game in the offseason. And in an interview with Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the 22-year-old high flyer […]

Chris Bosh spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Toronto Raptors but never won a championship, and that’s the main reason why he left the team to join LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in the Miami Heat. Bosh left Toronto in the summer of 2010 after an underwhelming stint that saw the […]

This summer will be one of the most transitory phases in recent years for the Miami Heat. With franchise legend Dwyane Wade retiring, the Heat will officially enter a new era in hoping to recapture some of the championship glory that they experienced during the age of the “Big Three.” But Pat Riley and the […]

Since he was drafted by the Miami Heat in 2003, perhaps no professional sports player has become more synonymous with South Beach than Dwyane Wade. Wade spent all but 1 1/2 seasons with the Heat, winning three championships and making the All-Star team 13 times. He will go down as perhaps the best player in […]

Miami Heat legend and surefire Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade is enjoying retirement…and so is his wife, Gabrielle Union. On his Instagram story, Wade filmed Union playing basketball. The good husband he is, the 37-year-old talked thrash to his wife and told her she’s washed up. However, in an ultimate act of revenge, the new […]

The Miami Heat will reportedly explore signing veteran point guard Isaiah Thomas this summer, according to Greg L. Sylvander of Miami Heat Beat. Thomas played with the Denver Nuggets this season and becomes an unrestricted free agent in the summer. The lefty fell out of the Nuggets’ rotation and didn’t play a single minute in […]

The basketball world turned on LeBron James nine years ago when he spurned his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in free agency to team up with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. The beloved phenom clearly on his way to becoming one of the greatest players of all time suddenly became the league’s preeminent […]

Before he ever took the floor at Indiana University, Romeo Langford was projected as a top ten pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. And despite a tremendous freshman season in which Langford was named Second Team All-Big Ten and averaged over 16 points and five rebounds, his stock fell. For all of his scoring prowess […]

Former NBA All-Star Chris Bosh says the biggest “what if” of his career is LeBron James staying with the Miami Heat. James signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2014 after leading the Heat to four straight NBA Finals from 2011-2014. The Heat went 2-2 in the Finals during the “Big 3” era […]

The New Orleans Pelicans were the biggest winners of the 2019 NBA Draft Lottery when they surprisingly won the first pick despite only having a six percent chance. Pelicans General Manager David Griffin is expected to select Zion Williamson from Duke University to the chagrin of the Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Cleveland Cavaliers. […]

Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Malik Allen has reportedly emerged as a prime contender for the vacant Miami Heat lead assistant role, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times. Juwan Howard was hired by the University of Michigan this week, so the Heat are looking for a new assistant behind head coach Erik Spoelstra. […]

The All-NBA team selections have been released, and while the league’s best players made it, a few curveballs were thrown: The Miami Heat’s Dwyane Wade, the Sacramento Kings’ Marvin Bagley III, and the Indiana Pacers’ Domantas Sabonis each got one vote to be part of All-NBA honors. These were ridiculous choices. The other vote getters: […]

The Miami Heat have seemingly been a team in flux ever since the “Big 3” era officially ended when LeBron James left South Beach to return to Cleveland in the summer of 2014. Oh, hello there, Romeo Langford (more on him in a second). Since that summer, the Heat have made the playoffs in just […]

The Miami Heat are coming off of a disappointing 2018-19 NBA season that saw them miss the playoffs in what was Dwyane Wade’s final season in the league. As the season came down the stretch, it appeared that Miami might have a chance to squeeze in. Unfortunately, they could not get the job done. Now, […]

Juwan Howard once starred as a player for the Michigan Wolverines, and now, he will be coaching them after his stint as assistant with the Miami Heat. The former Fab Five member has accepted a job to become the Wolverines’ head coach, replacing long-time coach John Beilein who accepted the vacant HC post with the […]

Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard is expected to become the new head coach of the Michigan Wolverines, according to Miami Heat Beat. Howard, a member of the iconic “Fab Five,” was among the candidates interviewed by the Los Angeles Lakers for their head coaching position after being an assistant coach on Erik Spoelstra’s staff […]

Before the Los Angeles Lakers’ season ended, they were stunned by Magic Johnson’s resignation as the team’s president of basketball operations. No one from the team knew that he had planned on doing that until he said it himself in an impromptu press conference before the team’s final game back in April. For a brief […]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley wasn’t surprised one bit by Magic Johnson’s comments about the Los Angeles Lakers and general manager Rob Pelinka on Monday. Riley and Johnson, of course, have a very close relationship. The duo won five titles together with the Lakers. Johnson went on ESPN’s First Take on Monday and said Pelinka […]

Recently-retired Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade took the high road when a Boston Celtics fan took Paul Pierce’s side well after the latter was asked to compare their careers. The soon-to-be Hall of Famer praised Pierce for his long career and said he’d be one of many clapping when it’s his time to be inducted […]

The Michigan Wolverines are in the search for a new head coach following former coach John Beilein’s move to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Miami Heat assistant Juwan Howard, a former Wolverine himself as part of the renowned Fab Five in the early 90’s, has been getting a lot of momentum as the next successor of Beilein. […]

Dwyane Wade’s career, unfortunately, is finally over. Just as his playing days have come to a close, though, the Miami Heat legend’s oldest son seems poised to pick up his father’s mantle as an electrifying athlete on the perimeter – at least if his re-creation of Wade’s iconic windmill dunk is any indication of things […]

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade says his monster poster dunk on Cleveland Cavaliers big man Anderson Varejao is his favorite dunk of his NBA career. Wade says the fact he was playing against his close pal LeBron James and Michael Jordan was in attendance made the dunk epic for him. That dunk by Wade is […]

The Miami Heat struggled throughout most of the 2018-19 regular season, sputtering to the end and missing out on the playoffs after surprisingly making it last season. With a crucial offseason ahead of them, the Heat could be looking to make some big trades, and could be thinking of improving their point guard situation. According […]

The reason that the NBA Draft Lottery is so special is because of the shock and awe factor that comes with each new drawing. Some teams (like the Cavaliers or Bulls) leave feeling mostly disappointed, while others (such as the Pelicans, Grizzlies and Lakers) are totally ecstatic. Whereas the Pelicans and Lakers have tons of […]

Now that the NBA’s draft lottery is in the rearview mirror, several teams around the league are beginning to plot out ways to bolster their respective rosters. One such team is the Miami Heat, who are rumored to have interest in Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley. Conley, now 31 years of age, has established […]

An associate of Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic said he would be very surprised if the lefty does not opt into his 2019-20 player option with the team, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Dragic has a player option worth $19,217,900 for next season. If the Heat starting point guard declines it, […]