Justise Winslow has, somewhat quietly, missed the Miami Heat’s last eight games while recovering from a left wrist injury he initially tried to play through. And kind of like the extent of his injury, his timetable for return remains unknown, per the Palm Beach Post‘s Anthony Chiang: We asked Erik Spoelstra this exact question before [...]
November 30, 2016
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Chris Bosh hasn’t played for the Miami Heat since February 9th of last season, which means they’re now eligible to go through the process of collecting insurance on the rest of his contract. Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel has the full details: Salary-cap relief won’t come until Feb. 9 at the earliest, [...]
November 22, 2016
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What’s better than having your jersey retired by an NBA team? Having it retired by two teams. And what’s better than that? Getting it retired by a third team, like Shaquille O’Neal is about to do. The Miami Heat announced on Monday that they would retire The Big Aristotle’s No. 32 jersey—which, for those keeping [...]
November 22, 2016
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Dwyane Wade’s departure from Miami still feels unreal. He had always dubbed himself a “Heat Lifer,” but this can be an unpredictable business. He did not feel as if the team wanted him back nearly as much as they should. Perhaps Pat Riley took for granted that Wade wouldn’t bolt, but boy was he wrong. [...]
November 9, 2016
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Though the Miami Heat are hovering on the brink of a full-tilt rebuild, they apparently don’t have any plans to shop veteran point guard Goran Dragic. Yet. From ESPN.com’s Marc Stein: The Miami Heat aren’t actively trying to trade ?point guard Goran Dragic. We know this because if they were, it wouldn’t take the Heat [...]
October 26, 2016
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Dwyane Wade is already thinking about reuniting with the Miami Heat. Okay, that’s not entirely true, or even partially true. Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated asked him a question, and Wade (h/t CBS Sorts) answered: RN: Will you ever play another game for the Miami Heat? Wade: I don’t know. I never thought I would [...]
October 20, 2016
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The Chris Bosh saga continues and may not end until he retires. Whenever that may be. He still has not been medically cleared, and Pat Riley has made it clear that Bosh’s future with the team is over and he is not in their future plans. Riles may end up cutting Bosh, but probably won’t [...]
October 19, 2016
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Preseason trade rumors alert! According to Michael Scott of Basketball Insiders, the Sacramento Kings have talked shop with the Miami Heat about a deal that would land them Goran Dragic in exchange for Darren Collison and Rudy Gay: The Sacramento Kings and Miami Heat have discussed a trade of Rudy Gay and Darren Collison for [...]
October 19, 2016
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The whole situation with Chris Bosh’s health and blood clotting issues is unfortunate. The Heat have been doing the right thing for Bosh and the risks involved with him playing NBA basketball at this point, until now. Reports are that the Heat are planning to wait to waive Bosh until after the March 1 deadline. [...]
October 12, 2016
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When Goran Dragic re-signed with the Miami Heat, he thought he was joining a borderline Eastern Conference powerhouse—a team that would contend for at title, or at least feign contention until its next free-agency coupe. Instead, though, he finds himself on a rebuilding squad, at the age of 30, with no Dwyane Wade or Chris [...]
October 11, 2016
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