Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are ready to clean house. Or rather, they’re ready to purge their books of their most undesirable contracts, which belong to Hassan Whiteside, Tyler Johnson and Dion Waiters. Here’s the Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson: ESPN’s Zach Lowe said this week on his podcast that Houston has explored trading perimeter-shooting power forward Ryan Anderson, [...]

Miami Heat president Pat Riley didn’t mince words when delivering his annual exit interview to the press: He believes head coach Erik Spoelstra and Hassan Whiteside have some relationship-building to do. From the Sun-Sentinel‘s Ira Winderman: “By the time we got to the playoffs, I don’t think he was ready,” Riley said. “He wasn’t ready. He [...]

Things have gone south in South Beach for Hassan Whiteside and the Miami Heat. After a career year in 2016-17, Whiteside saw his minutes and numbers decrease across the board this season as he dealt with injuries and fell out of favor with a Heat team that is preferring smaller lineups. He has oscillated between [...]

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has so much respect for David Fizdale, his former assistant, that he hopes the 43-year-old takes a job with a Western Conference team this summer. Here’s the full context of Spo’s sentiments, per ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: [tweet https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/986274055505547265] This is quite the endorsement. Spo is one of the best [...]

If you felt a sense of finality following Dwyane Wade’s 26-point detonation during the Miami Heat’s Game 2 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, you’re probably not alone. You’re also not necessarily feeling something that’s there. On the flip side, you’re not exactly wrong either. Wade hasn’t made a decision about whether he’ll return for a [...]

Here’s the good news, Philadelphia 76ers fans: Unlike Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving (done for season), Joel Embiid sounds like he’ll be ready to rock at some point during the first round of the NBA playoffs. But here’s the bad news: It doesn’t seem like “ready to rock at some point” refers to the start [...]

Stephen Curry has the hottest popcorn takes. During an appearance on ESPN’s new morning show Get Up, the two-time MVP/resident popcorn expert told Jalen Rose that the Philadelphia 76ers serve the worst version of the snack, while the Miami Heat offer the best. Here’s a snippet of the conversation and Curry’s evaluations, courtesy of For The [...]

Everything is cool between Hassan Whiteside and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra. Finally. Whiteside and the Heat entered the All-Star break traversing what appeared to be a slippery slope. He was averaging under 25 minutes per game in the nine contests leading into the midseason sabbatical and was, by many appearances, visibly unhappy with [...]

At the age of 36 and in his 15th NBA season with a ton of mileage on his body, Dywane Wade’s hall of fame career is starting to wind down. After spending his first 13 seasons in Miami, Wade played for his hometown Bulls after signing with them in free agency in 2016 and spent [...]

Dwyane Wade is back with the Miami Heat, and he’s genuinely happy about it. So happy, in fact, he doesn’t necessarily care about his role. He just wants to be in Miami. Even if it means coming off the bench. From the Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds: He raved about the player Heat guard Josh Richardson [...]