Tag: Miami Heat
Basketball Insiders writers Michael Scotto, Jesse Blancarte and Moke Hamilton look at which NBA teams that got off to a slow start have turned the corner.
NBA salary cap guru Eric Pincus reveals the NBA’s decreased cap projections for the next two seasons.
Erik Spoelstra and Dion Waiters needed time. The Heat’s intense coach and the uber-confident guard spent a lot of time getting know each other, trying to understand each other. And it wasn’t easy. Waiters said the two were “bumping heads” early on. Waiters, 25, calls it “tough love.” “It’s good bumping heads. It’s not anything […]
The NBA says the Heat will need to trade or release a player if it wants to keep emerging forward Okaro White beyond this weekend. And the Heat is actively exploring options to achieve that. An NBA official in touch with Miami’s front office said the Heat has explored trading Derrick Williams to create a […]
Jimmy Butler led the Chicago Bulls in playing time Friday night despite coming off the bench as a disciplinary measure handed down by coach Fred Hoiberg. The problem for the Bulls: Butler never found his game. Butler went 1-for-13 from the field and was held to three points in a 100-88 loss to the visiting […]
Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has been fined $15,000 for striking Miami Heat forward Luke Babbitt in the face, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. Source: NBA.com
There were a couple interesting Bosh rumbles in circulation this week in suburban Toronto: 1. More than one rival team has said they don’t expect Bosh to be waived by Miami until after March 1, thereby ensuring he’s not playoff-eligible for another team. The prospect of removing Bosh from the team’s payroll becomes an active […]
Miami’s Hassan Whiteside believes his numbers stack up to any center’s in the East and said if his name was not attached to his statistics, the All-Star voting “would be different.” Whiteside is not sure why he believes there is a bias against him but he just thinks there is one. “You put my numbers […]
Forward Chris Bosh: Has been away from the team since failing his preseason physical, after missing the second half of the past two seasons due to blood clots. The Heat are expected to begin a permanent separation process sometime after Feb. 9, the one-year anniversary from Bosh’s last game played with the team Source: Ira […]
Source: Miami Heat is signing Okaro White of Sioux Falls to 10-day contract. Source: David Pick on Twitter
