Miami Heat

Avoiding NBA power rankings is for chumps, so come on in. There’s plenty to talk about this week. The Warriors and Hawks are still playing in a league of their own; the Grizzlies look like fortuitous demigods; the Hornets and Pistons are making a mockery of the Eastern Conference’s race for the final two playoff spots; [...]

Question of the week: Do any of the NBA’s Eastern Conference fringe playoff teams actually want to make the postseason? Asking for a friend or 50 here. Seriously, once you leave the East’s top-six teams—Hawks(!), Raptors, Wizards, Bulls, Cavaliers and Bucks—it feels like you’ve entered the “Let’s try and suck as much as possible in order to [...]

Potential blockbuster trade alert. Just kidding. What, you didn’t think I was serious, did you? From now on, assume everyone who says that is kidding. There has been so much action early on—significant, blockbuster action, mind you—it’s incredibly unlikely that any deals ahead of the February 19 trade deadline will fall into that category. More [...]

On Sunday night, the Miami Heat were able to defeat the Chicago Bulls to get their 20th win of the season while handing their opponents their 17th loss for the season with a score of 96-84. However, in a surprising turn of events the Heat’s dynamic duo of Wade and Bosh were given a huge [...]

There’s something truly zany about the 2014-15 NBA season. It’s been weird. It’s still weird. It’s truly, utterly, completely, wholly, wonderfully, purely, perfectly zany. Allow me to offer up Exhibit A: These here power rankings. Collective movement is neither enormous nor insubstantial. There is virtually no change at the top. But then we get into the [...]

It was almost like a dunk competition between OKC’s dynamic duo—Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in their 94-86 victory over the Miami Heat last night. The win improved their record to 21-20, which also puts them a game over .500 for the first time this season. However, in a scary turn during the game Durant [...]

When you think of who could possibly be the most explosive and athletic point guard in the league today, the name Russell Westbrook would probably be at the top of your list after all the high-flying dunks he’s been showing us throughout his career. And on Tuesday night against the Heat, Westbrook reminded us once [...]

If what we’re all about to read is true, the Miami Heat are being weird. In a bad way. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald says that free-agent point guard Nate Robinson, who began this season with the Denver Nuggets and was then traded to the Boston Celtics and released, reached out to the Heat. [...]

This season, Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal told USA Today that himself and Wall are, “definitely the best backcourt in the league.” But, after his dismissal from the Warriors, former Head Coach Mark Jackson called Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry the, “greatest shooting backcourt in the history of the game.” Since then, the question of [...]

Well it’s official: The NBA is a forest fire of craziness. To wit: A lot has happened since we last met. Kevin Garnett decided to head-hump Dwight Howard amid the Net’s demonstrative downturn; the Pistons decided to be an actual basketball team; the Knicks and Celtics let Sam Hinkie know they’re coming for his (pingpong) balls; [...]