Dion Waiters is having a career revival in South Beach this season as a guy who went from being the No. 4 pick of the 2012 NBA Draft to being a journeyman who was unable to find a home or consistent role. Waiters is putting up career-highs across the board, including averaging 16.1 point per [...]
March 15, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
If you were to poll 10 casual NBA observers, the type that pay some level of attention during the regular season but don’t really get engaged with the product until the playoffs roll around, who do you think they would say the hottest team in the NBA is right now? You would most likely get [...]
February 2, 2017
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Ryan Bawek
Dion Waiters is enjoying a hot streak. Since returning to the Miami Heat’s starting five on Jan. 10, he’s averaging 19.5 points and 5.2 assists per game on 44.2 percent shooting, including a 42.9 percent clip from downtown. He has also hit a couple of game-winners, most notably the one against the Golden State Warriors. [...]
February 1, 2017
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The wave of injuries continues to hit an already strapped for talent and depth Miami Heat team. An MRI showed that Dion Waiters suffered a slight Pectineus tear in his groin during the November 28th game against the Boston Celtics, and now doctors say he will miss at least two weeks of action. [tweet https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/804084180615184384] [...]
December 1, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
Kyrie Irving and Dion Waiters were supposed to be the backcourt of the future when they were together in Cleveland. Kyrie always lived up to his end of the bargain, but that wasn’t always the case for Waiters. He was eventually shipped to OKC not longer after LeBron came back to town. In OKC, he [...]
July 26, 2016
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Rumors
The Serge Ibaka for Victor Oladipo deal with a head-scratcher for many reasons. It was said that Ibaka was unhappy with his role and this move was made with the intentions of retaining Kevin Durant’s services. But there’s one problem: this deal doesn’t exactly make the Thunder better. You can argue it makes them worse. [...]
June 30, 2016
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Fox29 news reported six cases of fatal gun violence on Tuesday in Philadelphia and unfortunately for Dion Waiters, his younger brother was one of six people killed. Waiters acknowledged his brother’s death via his Instagram account. The call I just got about my lil brother wasn’t expecting this shit…..crushed my heart I never question why…. [...]
March 9, 2016
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Dion Waiters isn’t about to do the Oklahoma City Thunder any favors. Financial favors, that is. The deadline for NBA teams to sign first-round picks from 2012 to contract extensions has come to pass, and Dion Waiters, like many others, did not reach an agreement with his incumbent team. That doesn’t mean he’ll leave Oklahoma [...]
November 3, 2015
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Dion Waiters doesn’t need a four-year commitment from the Oklahoma City Thunder to feel good about his place on the team. Though, of course, that would certainly help. Dion Waiters is eligible to sign an extension, but if he and the Thunder cannot reach an agreement by Monday’s deadline, he will enter restricted free agency [...]
October 30, 2015
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Dion Waiters and the Oklahoma City Thunder have started trying to iron out an extension. You read that right, even though it doesn’t feel right. Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news, because, well, Woj breaks all the news: Guard Dion Waiters and the Oklahoma City Thunder are actively exploring a contract extension with the [...]
October 16, 2015
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