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Photo by Jeff Bottari/NBAE via Getty Images Miami is counting on a lot of unproven players, like Haywood Highsmith. The Miami Heat have largely stood pat this off-season. Subtract P.J. Tucker and add 2022 first-round pick Nikola Jovic, and Miami is bringing their roster from last season to this one. In a July episode of The Lowe Post, Jorge Sedano said that the Heat … [Read more...] about The Heat stood pat. Does that spell trouble?

Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s take a look at the Heat’s shooting guard position as we get closer and closer to training camp. Here’s the next installment of our look at the Miami Heat roster in our position-by-position preview. We will take a look at each position and see what we can expect as the season gets closer. Here, we are looking at the … [Read more...] about Miami Heat Position Preview: Shooting Guard

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Hardaway was the first Heat player to make the All-NBA First Team. The Miami Heat have retired the jerseys of Alonzo Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade. All but Hardaway have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — until today. Tim Hardaway finally gets … [Read more...] about Tim Hardaway reaches Hall of Fame

Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports Hola’ Dipo Victor Oladipo decided to remain with the Miami Heat this off-season on a team friendly contract of two years at $18.2M, with a player option on the second year. This deal did not hard cap the Heat, as it actually gave them more room to avoid the luxury tax. As a fan it’s been noticed for a long time now, even before he was … [Read more...] about The X-Factor to this year’s Miami Heat team

Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images With a P.J. Tucker-sized gap at power forward, can Martin fill that void? In late November against the Denver Nuggets, the Miami Heat were down three players: Jimmy Butler (tailbone), Tyler Herro (illness) and Markieff Morris (neck), who got hurt in the infamous Nikola Jokic incident earlier that month in Denver. Entrusted … [Read more...] about Is Caleb Martin ready to be Miami Heat’s starting 4?