Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is a basketball team that competes in the NBA’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The Miami Heat formed in 1988 as an expansion team. After a few years of mediocrity, the Heat became championship contenders in the late ‘90s and won their first championship in 2006.
Notable former players include Dwyane Wade, Shaquille O’Neal. Wade and O’Neal led the Heat to its 2006 title, while Wade, James, and Chris Bosh helped the Heat claim NBA Finals titles in 2012 and 2013. A unique thing about the Heat? It retired the No. 23 in honor of Michael Jordan, even though he never played for the Heat.
- Established: 1988
- Head coach: Erik Spoelstra
- Governor: Micky Arison
- Arena: FTX Arena (previously AmericanAirlines Arena)
- Number of NBA championships: 3
- Colors: Black, red and yellow
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The Miami Heat are in the least envious position for an NBA team. They are the employer of the disgruntled star, Jimmy Butler, who everyone is talking about. However, it isn’t all doom and gloom in South Beach. The Heat are a smarter organization than most. As a result, they have a solid foundation of […]
As we enter the second half of the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the races for league awards are starting to take shape. There is a two-man sprint for MVP honors, a tight race for Most Improved, and run-away performances for DPOY and 6th Man of the Year. But one of the more interesting award chases […]
The Jimmy Butler saga continued on Wednesday, as the Miami Heat announced that the 35-year-old forward would be suspended for the team’s two-game road trip. It is just the latest in a string of incidents that suggest that the relationship between the two sides is effectively over, as he has played in just five […]
The Wolves are among a host of teams willing to facilitate a Jimmy Butler trade, per NBA insider Marc Stein in his latest Substack. Minnesota has no interest in actually acquiring Butler, but rather play a smaller part that possibly helps improve its depth options. According to Stein, nearly half the league has reached out […]
It’s time for our first Most Improved Player ladder of the new calendar year. We’re nearing the All-Star Break and learning more about which players will and won’t qualify for end-of-season awards due to missing the 65-game minimum (sorry to Franz Wagner). As we did previously, let’s discuss our top five most improved players of […]
Jimmy Butler skipped morning shootarounds on multiple occasions and insisted on private flights separate from the Miami Heat’s team charter, according to Jake Fischer in the latest Stein Line report. It was this type of behavior and demand that contributed to the Heat suspending him for conduct detrimental to the team. Speaking with Sirius XM […]
Jimmy Butler appeared to possibly troll his Miami Heat bosses on Thursday, implying he’s been let down by them in recent times. At what appeared to be a PR event at his coffee shop, Big Face Coffee, Butler complimented his employee in an Instagram story with what also appeared to be an indirect message to […]
The Memphis Grizzlies and Milwaukee Bucks are among the teams that have been informed not to trade for Jimmy Butler, per reports from NBA insiders Chris Haynes and Kevin O’Connor. While Butler doesn’t have a trade clause in his contract, he is expected to opt out of his player option this summer to become a […]
Jared McCain’s injury clouds the first rookie ladder of 2025 (here’s our last of 2024, as a refresher). Despite his strong production and part-time offensive engine work, McCain’s time missed exempts him. No other rookie has come close to his output, but quite a few have some cases as the highest impact first-year pro. As […]
The Heat have punched back at Jimmy Buter’s shenanigans, announcing he will be suspended seven games for “multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team over the course of the season and particularly the last several weeks.” After losing to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, Butler was seething during his post-game press conference and […]
