Miami Heat

Dwyane Wade may join the rest of the NBA’s free agents this summer. You know, insofar as “free agent” means someone who will opt out of his current contract only to most definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, re-sign with his incumbent team. The Miami Heat superstar signed a two-year deal last summer, with [...]

It’s like they always say: People with slicked back, Goodfellas-looking hair never forget. Miami Heat president Pat Riley addressed the media on Monday, during which time he, in typical Riles fashion, was candid, dropping loaded one-liners like he has a contractual quota to meet. One such quip caught the attention of just about everyone, because [...]

Pat yourself on the back. Do the self-five. Pound your chest. Hell, play some pocket billiards if you’re into that sort of thing. You deserve it. Because the 2014-15 NBA regular season is over. And you made it. Now it’s off to the playoffs, which begin Saturday. And thank heavens for the brief respite in [...]

With the Heat’s loss to the Raptors last Saturday night, they are now probably heading for an early off-season, unless of course, the Nets lose their last two games. And if the Nets do win at least one of their remaining games—the Heat have no choice but to start looking towards next season and analyze [...]

Hot quarters are nothing new to the NBA. When out-of-this-world shooting is combined with lockdown defense and (or) an ice-cold offensive display by an opponent, lopsided 12-minute sessions can occur. But the Chicago Bulls accomplished something Thursday night that had no precedent. After being outscored 33-12 in the second quarter against the Miami Heat, the [...]

Oh, look, it’s the Spurs. The time-biding, age-shirking, logic-looting, championship-chasing, demonstratively dynastic Spurs. Remember when we were worried about them? Yeah, me neither. Yours truly was never worried about them. Yes, I’m patting my self on the back. A few bold blockheads thought they were done. Believed they were finally too old. Could see injuries [...]

It’s almost time for us to say goodbye to another year of NBA Power Rankings. The NBA’s regular season is winding down, which means we’re nearing a point of farewell. Never fear, though, because that point isn’t here just yet. We still have the playoff race and, equally important, the MVP chase—or, as it’s now become, [...]

Good lord, the NBA playoff picture is a mess. Last week’s power rankings aren’t irrelevant, but they kind of are. The top- and bottom-most teams tend to stay put, but it’s the other 20 or so teams sandwiched in-between them that keep moving up and down, then up, then down, the ladder. In the Western Conference, [...]

Fuhgettabout March Madness. The NBA playoffs are almost here. Sure, you could watch college kids, some of them highly touted Association prospects, soak up late-winter, early spring spotlight as they sap 30 seconds off the 35-second shot clock trying to score, only to usually not score, en route to securing or losing a national championship [...]

On Wednesday night’s game against the visiting Portland Trailblazers—Heat All-Star guard Dwyane Wade erupted for a season-high 32 points to rally his team back and eventually lead them to a thrilling 108-104 victory. Clearly, Wade was on a groove the entire night and this dominant performance wouldn’t have been complete without his game-winning jumper that [...]