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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, […]

It is often forgotten that former NBA center and Michigan Wolverines legend Juwan Howard is an assistant coach with the Miami Heat. Even so, Howard may now be on the cusp of becoming a NBA head coach as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. According to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Howard […]

The NBA Draft Lottery is set to take place in Chicago Tuesday night, and the odds of the 14 non-playoff teams to land the first overall pick have already been released by NBA.com. Team Lottery Odds New York 14.0% Cleveland 14.0% Phoenix 14.0% Chicago 12.5% Atlanta 10.5% Washington 9.0% New Orleans 6.0% Memphis* 6.0% Dallas** […]

Every professional athlete and every professional sports team wants to be a champion. The Golden State Warriors are the envy of the NBA for what they have established. Moreover, their ability to win Game 6 against the Houston Rockets without Kevin Durant underlined the reality that they will still be the title favorites in 2020, […]

To opt in or not? This is the question that haunts Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside with the 2019 free agency fast approaching. There is one huge reason why he should opt in—$27 million worth of a reason, actually. If he decides to stay in a Heat uniform, Pat Riley and company would be hard-pressed […]

Former Miami Heat star Chris Bosh had his career shortened by blood clots, but even before the unfortunate events took place, he was part of one of the most dominant teams in NBA history. Back in 2010, the Heat signed both Bosh and LeBron James to team up with mainstay Dwyane Wade. The trio spent […]

Retired NBA star Chris Bosh is most well-known for being part of the Miami Heat’s Big 3, along with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade. This trio would go on to win back-to-back titles for the franchise in 2012 and 2013, and at one point, these three almost seemed inseparable. However, before there was a Heat […]

There are plenty of superstar free agent targets in the 2019 offseason for the Miami Heat to choose from. One of them was a trade target by Pat Riley and company last October until talks fell apart at the last minute. Jimmy Butler should have been a member of the Heat this past season. A […]

Goran Dragic took the path less traveled to NBA stardom. The Miami Heat point guard played five years of professional basketball in Europe before entering the draft, and wasn’t a full-time starter until his sixth season in the league. Still, Dragic signed a five-year, $90 million deal with the Heat in 2015, on the heels […]

The first half of this decade was no doubt dominated by the Miami Heat. The franchise formed one of the most talented rosters in the history of the league when they signed LeBron James and Chris Bosh back in 2010 to team up with the mainstay Dwyane Wade. There have been countless speculations about the […]

The Miami Heat are coming off of a third straight lackluster season, as they missed the playoffs for the second time in three years and never resembled anything more than a mediocre team at any point during the 2018-19 campaign. Obviously, the Heat need to make some roster adjustments, as this current group is going […]

Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic has still not decided if he will test free agency this coming summer. The Miami Herald’s Anthony Chiang reported that the point guard is still contemplating his options: “I didn’t think about it. I was just at home having a good time with my kids. I had a meeting with […]

Miami has a void to fill with Dwyane Wade hanging up the kicks a few weeks ago, and the Miami Dolphins latest draft pick Christian Wilkins wants to help try to fill that. Wilkins was a standout at Clemson and wants to be known for more than just what he does on the field. “They’re […]

Dwyane Wade may have failed to lead the Miami Heat to the playoffs in his final season, but he’s surely enjoying every minute of his retirement. Aside from drinking wine and playing golf, Wade is also keeping himself updated with what’s happening in the NBA postseason. One of the first-round series he’s paying close attention […]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell struggled mightily in Game 5 against the Houston Rockets, scoring 12 points on 4-of-22 shooting overall and 0-of-9 from 3-point land as the Jazz’s season came to an end with a 100-93 loss. While Mitchell had a brutal night and struggled for much of the series, Miami Heat legend Dwyane […]

The Dwyane Wade era with the Miami Heat is officially over, which means Justise Winslow, Josh Richardson and Bam Adebayo are the new franchise cornerstones in South Beach. The three youngsters are motivated to get the Heat back to the promised land. While some around the league believe Miami is going to be in rebuild […]

Ray Allen made one of the biggest shots of all time in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals — a corner 3-pointer that tied the game at 95 with just over five seconds remaining on the fourth-quarter clock: “Bang!” Mike Breen cried out during ESPN’s telecast. “Tie game with five seconds remaining!” Allen’s shot […]

After 15 wonderful years with the Miami Heat organization, Dwyane Wade’s storied career officially came to a close about a week ago. The 37-year-old definitely has a lot of people to thank for helping him become who he is today, but being the genuine man that he is, Wade did not forget to show his […]

Former NBA player Ray Allen has recently joined the seemingly never-ending discussion about NBA analyst Paul Pierce’s comments regarding him having a better career than Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade. Allen, who was once a teammate of both Pierce and Wade, told Boston.com’s Hayden Bird that it’s complicated to compare both players because they’re different, […]