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Before Hassan Whiteside turned out to be the player that he is today with the Miami Heat, he was once part of the Memphis Grizzlies back in 2014. However, they cut him twice in October and November, just two days after signing him. The team’s head coach back then was Dave Joerger, who recently recalled […]

Goran Dragic can’t wrap his head around yet another All-Star snub, failing to make the cut one more time, despite his team sitting in a comfortable fourth spot in the East. “I don’t understand this anymore because back in the day with the Suns, I had the statistics and they said our record is not […]

Miami Heat guard Wayne Ellington plans to take part in this season’s 3-point contest during All-Star weekend in February, marking his first appearance in the event, according to a report from ESPN’s Chris Haynes. Miami Heat guard Wayne Ellington plans to participate in the 3-Point Contest at All-Star Weekend, league sources tell ESPN. — Chris […]

With the All-Star reserves now announced, Hassan Whiteside has once again missed out on the call to be among the Eastern Conference’s best. The Miami Heat was snubbed in All-Star selections this year again, and for the first time in 25 years, the NBA failed to select an All-Star from a team that had been […]

After dropping several sneak-peeks over the past few weeks, the Miami Heat officially unveiled their Miami Vice-themed City Edition uniforms on Tuesday. Nike’s City Edition uniforms are meant to have flavor, but also a significant meaning. Miami’s new gear certainly has both. Via Ira Winderman of sun-sentinel.com: “The Vice uniform is our ode to the […]

Miami Heat shooting guard Dion Waiters prepared for season-ending surgery by watching his hometown Philadelphia Eagles roll over the Minnesota Vikings 38-7 in the NFC Championship Game, punching a ticket to face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl for the second time in 13 years. The 6-foot-4 wing shared the update on his […]

The Miami Heat were in desperate need of a late surge if they were to get back into the win column on Saturday night versus the Charlotte Hornets. Fortunately, power forward James Johnson managed to give them the boost they needed. The Hornets had been in control down the stretch after being up by five […]

We’re only three weeks away from the NBA trade deadline and while several members of the media are prepping for a quiet afternoon on February 8th, keeping an eye on team circumstances and quiet rumblings around the league leads our team here at ClutchPoints to believe there’s still plenty opportunity among the NBA landscape for […]

It has been a good stretch of games for the Miami Heat’s Goran Dragic as of late, and the NBA is not letting it slide. The league is naming Dragic the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from Jan. 8 to Jan. 14. Per the Heat’s official announcement: “The NBA announced today that […]

The Miami Heat suffered a huge blow on Monday as Tyler Johnson went down with an ankle injury in the third quarter. He was not able to leave the court on his own and had to be taken off in a wheelchair which was not a good sign at all for the South Beach faithful. […]

Dion Waiters finally decided to undergo ankle surgery and miss out the rest of the season. Because of this, the Miami Heat applied for a $5.5 million disabled-player exception from the NBA. The team’s action made sense especially that the exception is near half of Waiters’ salary for the 2017-18 season. However, the exception would […]

Since returning from a left knee injury, Hassan Whiteside has played in 10 games for the Miami Heat. The starting center is yet to play 30 minutes or more in any of those 10 contests. He averages 24 minutes per game in this span, contributing 12.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, one assist, and two blocks on […]

Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat has been the hottest team in the NBA lately. They have won seven straight games, and are now fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Specifically, they are 1.5 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 3rd spot. The Heat are defying all of the odds set against them this season, […]

Last Tuesday’s game between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors turned out to be a hotly contested one as tensions ran high and there were even moments where players failed to keep theirs in check. Following the exchange of punches between James Johnson and Serge Ibaka in the third quarter, both sides seemed to have […]

It was a night to remember for Miami Heat rookie center Bam Adebayo, to say the least. In what was a hotly-contested showdown versus the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night, he may have burned the brightest with 16 points, 15 rebounds, and five blocks. However, the most exciting aspect of the game for Adebayo was getting […]

After missing the Miami Heat’s last 15 games, Justise Winslow could be back in action soon and is targeting Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks for his possible return, according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Also, Sunday apparently is setting up as the likely return date for Justise Winslow. Miami’s next […]

The Miami Heat have been without shooting guard Dion Waiters for the last nine games of the NBA season after he came down with a left ankle sprain back in mid-December. X-rays came back negative for any fractures, but Waiters had been exploring multiple opinions including offseason ankle surgery after the discomfort did not subside. […]

In the last few seasons, Hassan Whiteside has emerged as one of the most productive big men in the league with the Miami Heat. This hasn’t exactly led to him have much comfort in being one of the foundational pieces to the Heat’s future. That said, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald has reported that the […]

Dion Waiters is undoubtedly one of the most fiery players in the NBA, especially when one talks of confidence. Averaging 14.3 points per game, it’s easy to say that he’s doing a pretty good job with the Miami Heat. Unfortunately, Waiters has been lying low in the team’s last eight games due to his ankle […]

The Miami Heat have matched their franchise record for winning close games, after a 90-89 victory against the Toronto Raptors, according to Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel . Per Elias Sports Bureau: Miami has won its last five games all by seven or fewer points, matching longest such streak in franchise history. The Heat won five […]

Miami Heat forward James Johnson made a lot of headlines on Tuesday when he got involved in an altercation on the court with Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka. During the third quarter of their teams’ game, the two exchanged punches which led to their ejections and the league office slapping them with a one-game […]

As a result to a last minute scuffle during a game between the Heat and the Raptors, the NBA has fined both DeMar DeRozan ($25K) and Goran Dragic ($10k) for their roles in a heated altercation after the Heat’s win on Monday night, according to Sam Amick of USA Today. NBA comes down with Miami-Toronto […]

Fans of the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat got more than they bargained for in what was supposed to be just a game featuring two of the better teams in the Eastern Conference. Instead, they nearly got a heavyweight showdown between power forwards Serge Ibaka and James Johnson. The two had essentially traded elbows during the […]

The Miami Heat are wondering what to do. With a bunch of players but no star, and a fourth-place record in the Eastern Conference, the Heat find themselves in an interesting possession. Last season, they ran off 30 wins in the final 41 games and barely missed the playoffs. This year, the organization is looking […]

Immediately following a heartbreaking loss for the Toronto Raptors at the hands of the Miami Heat, in which Wayne Ellington scored a game-winning layup with just 0.3 seconds left, things got a little heated between DeMar DeRozan and Goran Dragic. In a video posted on Bleacher Report’s official Twitter account, which can be viewed below, […]

Following their road win on Tuesday against the Toronto Raptors, the Miami Heat are now one of the hottest team in the league as they have won five straight games, including back-to-back one-point victories. While Josh Richardson and Wayne Ellington are credited for knocking down the game-winners versus the Utah Jazz and Raptors, respectively, Erik […]

The matchup between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors on Tuesday turned out to be a highly-competitive, and even hotly-contested, one until Wayne Ellington saved the day for the South Beach team. The game was filled with tension right from the get go. Unfortunately, the night was marred by an altercation in the third quarter […]

With two of the Eastern Conference’s top five teams facing off on Tuesday, the matchup between the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat was expected to be hotly contested as both squads want to send a strong message to their conference rivals. It lived up to the hype as the game turned out to be a […]

The Miami Heat have done a good job with their season thus far, and mainstays Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson appear to be big reasons why. The Heat sit at fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings with a 21-17 record, and Miami’s head coach in Erik Spoelstra recently made a big push to get […]

Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has started to see less of the basketball floor in crunch time. As one of the team’s best players — and the team’s highest-paid — it would be confusing to most fans why Whiteside isn’t closing games and getting an opportunity to impact the end of games. But apparently, the […]

With the Feb. 8 trade deadline looming, it appears that Miami Heat swingman Wayne Ellington has some suitors. According to Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinal, some teams could be looking to make a move pick up the sharp-shooting Ellington. “There has been outside interest, as the NBA continues to prioritize 3-point shooting. It could come […]

Kristaps Porzingis had another subpar game as the New York Knicks fell in overtime to the Miami Heat, 107-103. Porzingis, who has been mired in a massive shooting slump of late, had just 15 points on 5-of-14 shooting against the Heat, but conspicuously didn’t even take a single attempt in overtime. As Stefan Bondy of […]

Ahead of returning to American Airlines Center, his first NBA home, New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley put his former coach with the Miami Heat, Erik Spoelstra, on blast in a very subtle way. Beasley expressed certain frustrations he had while with the Heat, but quickly noted that he’s not trying to create any heat (no […]

Miami Heat guard Dion Waiters has always implied that he does not want to go under the knife to repair his problematic left ankle while the season is ongoing. Instead, he plans to play through it. The problem, however, is that he has missed all of the Heat’s last five games – and probably more. […]

With the New York Knicks facing the Miami Heat on Friday, Michael Beasley couldn’t help but recall his three stints with the South Beach team during his early days in the NBA. After getting selected second overall in the 2008 draft, the Kansas product spent two seasons with the Heat before getting traded to the […]

Recovering from injuries is never an easy task for any player. Hassan Whiteside found out for himself just that while rehabbing from a bruised knee that kept him sidelined for 13 games. The Miami Heat center is still struggling to regain his conditioning even after four games back and continues to work on returning to […]

Miami Heat big man Hassan Whiteside has been wearing a protective knee brace on his troublesome left knee since returning from a 13-game absence. However, he shed his knee brace early in the Heat’s game against the Orlando Magic. That move did not please Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, who has made it clear that […]

During the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game between the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic, Hassan Whiteside noticeably removed the knee brace he was wearing early on. Having only recovered from an injury recently, many were surprised after Whiteside opted not to have it late in the game, which could have serious effects on his knee. […]

After re-signing key contributors, the Miami Heat are currently 19-17 to begin the 2017-18 NBA season. As head coach Erik Spoelstra has dealt with numerous players being injured, it appears they will be signing some help. According to Shams Charania of Yahoo! Sports, the Heat are planning to sign Derrick Jones Jr. on a two-way […]