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Dwyane Wade has achieved everything a player could ever hope to accomplish in the NBA. Wade is a 12-time All-Star, a former scoring champ, a three-time champion, and a former Finals MVP. Surely, one of his many moments was the pinnacle of his basketball life. Rather, Wade cites watching his son play as the “purest […]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley, one of the best head coaches and executives in league history, recently suggested that after all the big transactions that went down this summer, the Eastern Conference is wide open. Riley said that one cannot really predict what will happen in the league. He singled out last year’s deals involving […]

Forward Jordan Mickey is taking his talents from South Beach to Moscow. According to Keith Smith of Real GM, Mickey has inked a deal with Russian ball club BC Khimki of the VTB United League. Former Boston Celtics big man Jordan Mickey has signed with Khimki in Russia. Mickey played last season with the Miami […]

There’s no denying the fact that the Miami Heat and center Hassan Whiteside are not in good terms. Last season left a bitter taste in the mounts of both sides, as Whiteside resented the way he was being used on the court by head coach Erik Spoelstra. Conversely, the Heat did not seem to like […]

The Miami Heat don’t have a player the team can call as the face of its franchise. In recent years, that was Dwyane Wade, but the three-time NBA champion is seemingly in the twilight of his basketball career. Heat President Pat Riley did not call forward Justise Winslow as the player who would inherit that […]

A little vino for the boys never hurt anyone. Back in February, Baxter Holmes of ESPN wrote a piece chronicling the NBA’s obsession with wine. It surprised many fans to hear that players had grown so fond of it. Dwyane Wade spoke with Lexi Williams of Wine Spectator to discuss the growing popularity of wine throughout […]

Longtime Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade has a decision to make. On the one hand, he could return to the Miami Heat, the place he has spent the majority of his NBA career. After spending a couple of years away from the Heat, he was happy when he returned last season. On the other hand, […]

In a series of Instagram stories, Dwyane Wade posted clips of his best friend’s son, playing ball. For those unaware, the Miami Heat guard’s best buddy is Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. You can check out the Wade’s Instagram stories to see him detail the experience. Wade is providing some commentary as he goes […]

Former Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers teammates LeBron James and Dwyane Wade worked out together in Las Vegas early this Thursday, which was a normal thing to do for close buddies like those two. Denver Nuggets guard Isaiah Thomas, however, didn’t seem to like that he was left off the workout, as he posted a […]

Longtime teammates and good friends LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Dwyane Wade, a Miami Heat legend, were pictured together in a gym in Las Vegas working out together. https://www.instagram.com/p/BltfVRbAzcM/   The two legendary ballplayers have been teammates multiple times with varying degrees of success. The duo first combined forces on the Heat from […]

Is Dwyane Wade on the verge of taking his talents to the Far East? According to basketball reported Zhang Duo, Wade has received a lucrative offer from Chinese ball club Zhejiang Golden Bulls, and it’s now up to him whether he will accept the deal or not, though, he’s under a time constraint to decide […]

Dion Waiters of the Miami Heat is looking to put his career back on track after an injury-shortened 2017-18 season. Waiters had issues with his ankle in December before opting for ankle surgery in January, finishing the year with. just 30 games played. But apparently, Waiters is well on his way towards recovery. The Heat guard […]

Grammy-nominated artist Demi Lovato took the headlines today, albeit for a very unfortunate reason, as it has been reported that the singer was rushed to a hospital in Los Angeles after allegedly suffering from a drug overdose, per TMZ. Demi Lovato was rushed to an L.A. hospital after suffering what appears to be a heroin overdose, […]

Dwyane Wade could potentially have played his last NBA season in 2017-18, as the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association have offered him a three-year, $20 million deal, according to Jonathan White of the South China Morning Post (via Yahoo Sports). Wade is fresh off inking a lifetime contract with footwear and apparel company Li-Ning, one […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant indulged on some offseason talk with fellow Western Conference star C.J. McCollum during his Pull Up podcast. The two players talked about potential vacation spots, a topic the two-time Finals MVP didn’t mind mingling in. His response left plenty of surprises. via Harrison Wind of BSN Denver: McCollum: “Favorite […]

A fan made an NBA 2k mixtape featuring Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade and his son Zaire. It has gone viral and left fans salivating over the possibilities between a father-and-son team up. Below is the clip as posted by Twitter user @Shady00018: Zaire x @DwyaneWade Mixtape pic.twitter.com/uU4F3rISal — Shady2K (@Shady00018) July 22, 2018 Will […]

Back in June of 2015, Duke forward Justise Winslow was a popular man. The Boston Celtics infamously offered the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat six draft selections (four first-rounders) to move up from the 16th pick in order to grab the 6-foot-7 wing. As history goes, both teams declined the offer. Charlotte made Wisconsin big man […]

Dwyane Wade said earlier this week that he was going to wait until he was back from China to make a decision about playing next year, but it appears now that a team is trying to get him to sign a contract before he even comes back to the United States. According to a report […]

Dwyane Wade’s accomplishments speak for themselves. Multiple championships, a Finals MVP, All-Star appearances, All-NBA selections, and the list goes on and on. There isn’t much left for Wade to prove. He’s mulling retirement, but one team hopes they can convince him otherwise. The Xinjiang Flying Tigers are hoping they can lure Wade to China with […]

There are not a lot of tasty free agents left on the market this offseason that NBA front offices would die for to sign. But if they want a veteran with a championship experience and some juice left in his legs and gas in his tank, then Dwyane Wade deserves a hard look. Wade is […]

It remains a mystery what Dwyane Wade’s plans are for his future in the NBA. What’s certain, however, is that the Miami Heat have done their due diligence to check out on the three-time NBA champion before coming into terms with shooter Wayne Ellington, per Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald. A league source said […]

With Kawhi Leonard saga now over, much of the NBA offseason drama will now be supplied by the ongoing situation of another superstar in the form of Carmelo Anthony. Anthony was recently flipped by the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Atlanta Hawks together with a future protected draft pick for Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscala […]

The NBA or any other professional sports organization is first and foremost a business. But no matter how many times that intangible piece of reality is recited, most people will always overlook it. The line between sports allegiance and business can be easily blurred, which is why feelings always get hurt whenever transactions like that […]

Dwyane Wade said he was going to take his time deciding if he was going to return to the Miami Heat for another year. Right now, it’s life after basketball at the forefront of his mind. He is currently in China working on his business ventures after basketball, including signing a lifetime shoe deal with Li-Ning […]

Dwyane Wade has signed a lifetime deal with Chinese shoe and apparel brand Li-Ning, according to ESPN’s Nick DePaula. Wade has been known as a trendsetter since stepping onto the NBA hardwood. He signed with the long-buried Converse in 2003 after being drafted by the Miami Heat, then switched to Jordan Brand in 2009 before […]

Dwyane Wade is not a mystery novel writer, but he appeared to have taken a swing at mystifying his Twitter followers with the following post on Twitter today. “You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic” Good morning go get what’s yours! — DWade (@DwyaneWade) July 17, 2018 This could […]

LeBron James is still one of the best players in the world, and during his time with the Miami Heat, there was no question that he was the best player in the world. Despite being the best, there was one surprising player LeBron couldn’t seem to beat in practice, according to former Miami Heat beat […]

As someone whose job hunting and house hunting right know, I understand why Carmelo Anthony will take his post buyout team selection seriously. Do I want to move to California and pay a high tax rate? Am I feeling frugal enough pay for a place with air conditioning? Do I have to start cheering for […]

It wasn’t long ago when the Miami Heat were being showered with praise for re-discovering Hassan Whiteside. The seven-footer was out of the NBA when Pat Riley and co. came knocking on his door, ready to give him a chance to redeem himself in Miami. Unfortunately, after a meteoric rise that saw him seal a […]

Since the Miami Heat’s disappointing exit in the first round in this year’s playoffs, it has seen big man Hassan Whiteside’s standing with the team being put in the air. Whiteside struggled tremendously in the playoffs to be a factor on the floor for the Heat that made him a largely unuseful asset while pushing […]

At the end of last season, it appeared that the relationship between Hassan Whiteside and the Miami Heat might be coming to the end. Whiteside spoke out a few times about lack of playing time and how frustrated he was with the Heat organization. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was at summer league and tried to put […]

Arguably the best shooter in this year’s batch of free agents is now off the market. According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, sharpshooter Wayne Ellington has agreed to a one-year deal worth $6.27 million – the same money he earned a season ago – with the Miami Heat. This means that Ellington will be back […]

It goes without saying that the Miami Heat have quite the frontcourt conundrum on their hands. Fortunately, power forward Kelly Olynyk does not seem too concerned by it. The Heat currently boasts three viable options down low with Olynyk, Bam Adebayo, and Hassan Whiteside. According to Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel, the former is […]

The tension between Erik Spoelstra and Hassan Whiteside has been a recurring story surrounding the Miami Heat. Although many assume that the relationship is beyond repair, Spoelstra downplayed some of those rumors. Spoelstra told Tom D’Angelo of the Palm Beach Post: “We’ve gotten together for lunch, in constant contact on the phone and in texts. […]

Consider Derrick Walton Jr. a fish that’s now part of the unemployed pool of NBA players. That’s after the Miami Heat have decided to take back the qualifying offer they previously extended to the point guard, according to a report by Anthony Chiang of the PalmBeach Post. The Heat have withdrawn their qualifying offer to […]

Miami Heat shooting guard Dion Waiters has returned to the basketball court several months after seeing his 2017-18 season prematurely end following a surgery to repair issues on his problematic left ankle, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. That said, it will still take more time for Waiters to get his body 100 […]

It’s fair to say that it was during his stint with the Miami Heat that LeBron James started to become the complete player that he is today. Prior to his arrival in South Beach, James never won an NBA title. With the Heat, he took home two rings. As someone who has coached James for […]

Over the last several days, the Oklahoma City Thunder have moved forward with their efforts to part ways with former All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony Anthony after just one season. The Thunder have yet to officially buyout the final year of his deal worth $27.9 million, but the team has allowed for him to meet with […]

The Miami Heat have been relatively quiet in this free agency period. That’s not a surprise, however, as this time of year on the NBA’s calendar is usually for teams with the ability to spend. That is simply not the case for the Heat, who will have to find a way to shed some of […]