As the calendar turns deeper into December, the Miami Heat find themselves navigating one of the more demanding stretches of their 2025–26 regular season amidst a five-game losing streak. The remaining seven games to close out the year show little room to breathe for the suddenly-struggling team, with a mix of tough road games, critical […]
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It’s never too early to talk about the 2026 NBA Draft class, which is expected to carry a bevy of talent. With the Miami Heat having just one first-round pick, all eyes are on the rising stars — and that same hype has exploded among DFS players building lineups around these early breakout names dominating […]
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Coming off a career-high 77 games, it’s been an injury-riddled 2025-26 season for Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro. Hoping to play well enough to earn an extension, which he won’t be eligible for again until next summer, the 6-foot-5 guard has missed 20 of the team’s 26 games. He missed the team’s first 17 coming […]
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Coming off a career-high 77 games, it’s been an injury-riddled 2025-26 season for Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro. Hoping to play well enough to earn an extension, which he won’t be eligible for again until next summer, the 6-foot-5 guard has missed 20 of the team’s 26 games. He missed the team’s first 17 coming […]
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The Miami Heat have been linked to several stars on this year’s trade market so far. Most notably, Giannis Antetokounmpo headlines that list, and Miami should be willing to trade almost anything to bring someone of his MVP caliber aboard. However, for the other names, that shouldn’t be the case. And not even close to […]
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Until he asks out, there will be rampant speculation on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Milwaukee Bucks. Until that comes, the Bucks appear steadfast on not wanting to deal their superstar. In fact, despite being 11-16, losers of 11 of their last 14 — including a humiliating 127-82 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, of all […]
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed reporters in Las Vegas, Nev., on Friday to discuss a variety of topics. One of those was the expected timetable for the conclusion of the cases for Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups. Rozier was arrested by the FBI in late October in an illegal gambling probe and pleaded not guilty […]
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The Miami Heat were already down two rotation players heading into Monday’s game against the Toronto Raptors. Heat reserve Pelle Larsson is currently dealing with an ankle sprain, while star guard Tyler Herro was a late scratch with a nagging toe injury. Thus, an opportunity was available for Nikola Jovic to seize amid a poor […]
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Both the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat entered Monday on four-game losing streaks. One was going to get snap, while the other was going to extend to five. The Toronto Raptors snapped theirs and, thus, the Miami Heat did not. Behind a dominant fourth quarter, the Toronto Raptors powered past the Heat with a 106-96 […]
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Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic exited early against the Toronto Raptors on Monday game with a right elbow injury. Jovic, 22, was going up for a dunk attempt in transition over Collin Murray-Boyles. Jovic was fouled in mid-air, tried to brace his landing and appeared to have injured his right arm while trying to brace […]
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Less than 30 minutes ahead of Monday’s contest between the Miami Heat and Toronto Raptors, Heat guard Tyler Herro was a late scratch with a toe injury, the team officially announced. Simone Fontecchio will start in his place. Monday marks Herro’s 20th missed game of the season. He missed the first 17 recovering from offseason […]
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The Miami Heat’s hot start to the 2025-26 season has unfortunately cooled off. Heading into Monday night’s matchup versus the visiting Toronto Raptors, Miami is looking to finally snap a four-game losing skid and secure a long overdue bounce back win. Additionally, they have lost five of their last six games and have limped to […]
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There have been 50 draftees who have played at least five minutes in an NBA game this season. Miami Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis, who the franchise drafted No. 20 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, is not one of them. Jakucionis’ lone minute — 54 seconds, to be exact — came in the Heat’s 140-123 […]
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The Miami Heat will square off with the Toronto Raptors Monday, the first of four times the two teams will meet this season. Monday’s game comes as a replacement for losing the Emirates Cup quarterfinals. The Heat lost by nine to the Orlando Magic, while the Raptors lost by 16 to the New York Knicks. […]
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It has been nearly one full week since the Miami Heat have last hit the floor. And after a disappointing NBA Cup quarterfinals knockout loss at the hands of the in-state rival Orlando Magic, the Heat are searching to get back on track. They have lost a season-worst four games in a row and five […]
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There will always be peaks and valleys throughout an 82-game season. The Miami Heat’s first peak was great. Their offense was taking the league by storm, seemingly scoring 120-130-plus points every night — capped by a six-game win streak. Though they’ve recently hit their first valley, suffering a four-game losing streak — two losses to […]
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Miami Heat great Dwyane Wade may have idolized Allen Iverson, but that doesn’t mean he was willing to pull all of the strings to make him his teammate. While covering the Emirates Cup on Prime Video, Udonis Haslem pressed his close personal friend about a potential deal in 2006 to acquire Iverson. And Wade’s reasoning […]
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The Miami Heat are in the midst of their first four-game skid of the 2025-26 season. Every season features highs and lows — both individually and collectively — but the Heat’s recent skid coincides with Tyler Herro’s return to the lineup. Herro isn’t having a bad start to the season, per se. He’s averaging 23.2 […]
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We have reached the 25-game mark of the 2025-26 Miami Heat season. There’s been good, bad and, recently, some ugly basketball played. In totality, Miami is currently 14-11 and in sole possession of the No. 8 seed in the East, 0.5 game ahead of the Atlanta Hawks and a 0.5 game back of a four-way […]
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Time flies by when you’re having fun! And the Miami Heat, at different points, have had plenty of fun throughout the first 25 years of the 21st century. Since the start of the 2000-01 season, Miami is both No. 5 in total wins (1,124) and win percentage (.551), capturing three NBA championships and seven Eastern […]
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The talk around the NBA is Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Milwaukee Bucks. Will the Bucks deal their two-time MVP?! Given the team’s 11-15 record, subpar supporting cast and limited flexibility to build around Antetokounmpo, a breakup between the two sides feels inevitable. The question remains: When will it come?! Earlier this month, ESPN NBA […]
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At his end-of-season press conference last May, Miami Heat president Pat Riley hinted at the organization wanting to duck the luxury tax to avoid repeater tax penalties for the 2025-26 season. By a series of moves, the Heat got under the luxury tax last summer, currently $1.6 million below that threshold. Though Saturday marked the […]
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There are a number of names who could potentially be available ahead of the 2025-26 NBA Trade Deadline, set to be on Feb. 5 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Most notably, there’s a chance that Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo requests a trade away from the Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo’s situation is a ticking time bomb, given […]
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Nearly three months removed from Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier getting arrested by the FBI amid a months-long gambling investigation, there appears to be — still — no end on the horizon to the situation. This will ultimately take time for the NBA to settle, but several damning details — such as Charlotte and the […]
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