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• Heat Notes: Bryant, Spoelstra, 14th Roster Spot, Butler
Head coach Erik Spoelstra cited “flexibility” as one reason why the Heat decided to trade big man Thomas Bryant to the Pacers for a 2031 second-round pick swap, writes Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. The parting sounds quite amicable, with Spoelstra praising Bryant for staying upbeat amid a challenging individual season — […]...2024
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra, and Doc Rivers are just a few of the NBA coaches struck by how a star-studded Celtics squad has embraced selfless basketball. BOSTON — Just how unselfish are the Boston Celtics? The standard numbers don’t pop out. The Celtics average 26 assists per game — good for 14th in the NBA. And only the Clippers have...2024
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• Heat Notes: Butler, Trade Rumors, Herro, Richardson
ESPN’s Tuesday report stating that the Heat are open to offers on Jimmy Butler and might make a deal if the price is right has resulted in plenty of chatter among NBA fans and observers, but head coach Erik Spoelstra and Butler have since downplayed the report in comments to the media. As Ira Winderman […]...2024
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• Miami Heat Players & Coach React to Jimmy Butler Trade Rumors
The Jimmy Butler trade rumors are heating up and his coach Erik Spoelstra and teammate Tyler Herro aren’t at all happy about it. Shams reported, “The Heat are open to listening to offers for Butler and making a deal if the proposal is right, league sources told ESPN, and Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, has indicated in […] The post Miami Heat Players & Coach React to Jimmy Butler Trad...2024
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• Heat coach Erik Spoelstra gives special praise to Payton Pritchard

Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra clearly has a lot of respect for the hard work Celtics guard Payton Pritchard has put in to improve his game....2024
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• Pritchard drops great quote about chirping Heat's Erik Spoelstra

Payton Pritchard had some choice words for Erik Spoelstra and the Heat while giving them 25 points in the Celtics' blowout win Monday....2024
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• Josh Richardson Nearing Return For Heat

Miami Heat guard Josh Richardson is nearing a return to the court. Richardson is fully recovered from a shoulder injury he suffered last season. Now, the veteran guard has to get over some lingering heel soreness before playing again. "He's making progress," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said when asked about Richardson following Saturday's morning shootaround in Charlotte. "So I'm encouraged by it. I...2024
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images These are the NBA teams facing the most pressure this season. Not every team can realistically dream about winning the NBA championship entering the new season, but some organizations are feeling more pressure than others. A year ago, the Boston Celtics went ‘all-in’ after a string of playoff failures by acquiring Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. The...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 9/19/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Forget the Loss - Iggles BlitzIf Saquon Barkley catches that pass, the Eagles are 2-0. Since he dropped the pass and the Eagles lost, the focus seems to be on the result of the game more than anything. What if the Eagles run the ball on third down? What if Nick...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Joe Mazzulla is the ideal head coach for the Celtics in so many ways. What does it mean to get “out-coached”? This phrase is thrown around as an explainer for all manner of failures, from NBA head coaches declining to call crucial timeouts to allowing their team to choke away a game they had well in hand on a putrid final possession. It’s a tal...2024
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• Erik Spoelstra: Heat Not Blaming Injuries For First-Round Exit

The Miami Heat had a tough road ahead of them when it came to repeating as Eastern Conference champions. For starters, they had to try to do it without star forward Jimmy Butler, sidelined by a knee injury. Secondly, they had to try to do it against the Boston Celtics. And all the Celtics did […] The post Erik Spoelstra: Heat Not Blaming Injuries For First-Round Exit appeared first on Hoops ...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• Coach Erik Spoelstra about playing without Jimmy Butler: ‘We will do this the hard way’
Bad news arrived at the South Beach camp when Jimmy Butler‘s results came in. Not only is the guard out for what could potentially be their final game of the season against Chicago this Friday, but he is set to miss several weeks due to a right knee injury he suffered in their Play-in contest […] The post Coach Erik Spoelstra about playing without Jimmy Butler: ‘We will do this the har...2024
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• Heat Notes: Lineup Combinations, Jaquez, Highsmith, Jovic
With their season disrupted by injuries, the Heat won’t be able to rely on continuity in the playoffs, but coach Erik Spoelstra thinks they might have something even better, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Miami has used 34 different starting lineups this season — trailing only Memphis and Portland — and Spoelstra believes […]...2024
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• Heat Notes: Butler, Bryant, Rozier, Herro
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was disappointed with the league’s decision to suspend Jimmy Butler one game for the altercation between his club and the Pelicans on Friday, according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. Nikola Jovic was also assessed a one-game suspension and Thomas Bryant received a three-game penalty. The Heat will be in […]...2024
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• ‘Playoff Jimmy’ wills Heat to another upset as Miami beats Celtics in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Plus: Jayson Tatum falls apart late in Celtics’ second-straight game 1 loss I guess the Miami Heat fan I met in a tattoo parlor hours before the game tipped didn’t end up needing the prayers or moments of silence he was asking for, because what an absolute clinic put on by Erik Spoelstra, Jimmy Butler, and the entire Heat in their 123-116 ...2023
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• Chris Bosh Ruled Out for 2016 Playoffs Due to Blood Clot
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• As Always for LeBron, It's His Teammates, Not the Coach, That Matters Most
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• Chris Bosh Turned Down Houston Rockets to Avoid More Big 3 Pressure
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• The Can-Do Kid: Becky Hammon's Incredible Journey from Rapid City to the NBA
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• NBA Preseason Allows Coaches to Show off a Few New Moves of Their Own
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"After Erik Spoelstra signed a contract extension with Miami that made him the highest paid NBA coach ever, some internet trolls decided to attack his ex-wife, Nikki Sapp, about it."

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"Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has called for an outdoor NBA game to be played in front of 100,000 people."

2022
"Williams beat out Taylor Jenkins and Erik Spoelstra for the award"

2021
"Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is thrilled with how the fallback game plan has been going with Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro out of the picture."

2020
"There may be no better example of what good coaching can do for a team than when the Miami Heat toppled the Milwaukee Bucks in this strange […] The post Erik Spoelstra is easily the best coach left in the NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints."

2019
"Erik Spoelstra isn't worried about Butler's shooting woes: He has a 'playoff-ready game'"

2018
"NEW YORK -- The Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra and the Portland Trail Blazers' Terry Stotts today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in January."

2017
"Mike D'Antoni, Erik Spoelstra named co-recipients of NBCA Coach of the Year Award"

2016
"Even while James hasn't been at the forefront of the NBA scene, there has been an expectation that his work behind the scenes would transform Irving and Love into Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, with Blatt evolving the way inexperienced Erik Spoelstra did as James' coach in Miami."

2015
""Good enough that Erik Spoelstra admitted that he'd erred by keeping Whiteside on the bench so long, after taking him out late in the third quarter due to some fatigue."

2014
"Although it is unlikely that using Beasley more in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs would have significantly altered Miami's losing fate, Suns announcer Eddie Johnson scolded the Heat and head coach Erik Spoelstra for parking Beasley on the bench: Beasley dressed for just one Finals game and ended up playing 17 minutes in Game 5."

• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• Heat Notes: Butler, Trade Rumors, Herro, Richardson
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• Miami Heat Players & Coach React to Jimmy Butler Trade Rumors
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• The Jazz calling a timeout to wipe away their own potential game-winner is incredible tanking

Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images The Jazz are firmly in the middle of a rebuild, but it’s safe to say even they (probably) didn’t mean to tank this blatantly in their Sunday night loss to the Lakers. Under normal circumstances, the Utah Jazz (4-16 overall) losing a game would not be headline news. But it was the way they lost against the Lakers on Saturday night to secure that 16th defe...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images JP Acosta dives into the NFL’s biggest trends, including the Saints’ record-breaking offense, a Packers coaching masterclass, and the Patriots’ new position-less defensive star. Welcome back to Establish the Fun, where football is fun and I’m here establishing that harder than a Big Ten football game in November. It’s Week 3, and some early trends are popp...2024
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Tyronn Lue, Clippers Have Yet To Make Progress In Extension Talks

Tyronn Lue is set to enter the final season of his current contract with the Los Angeles Clippers in 24-25 if an extension isn't reached this offseason. Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns had interest in Lue, but it was made clear that the Clippers wouldn't entertain letting him out of his contract. The Clippers would like to extend Lue, but those conversations reportedly haven't progres...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• Heat Notes: Butler, Trade Rumors, Herro, Richardson
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• Pritchard drops great quote about chirping Heat's Erik Spoelstra
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• Jalen Rose saw the ghost of Chris Webber after Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn’t have

Erik Spoelstra pulled a Chris Webber in Heat loss, and Jalen Rose looked like he saw a ghost. The Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons played a thriller to open up NBA Cup play on Wednesday night. Detroit led by 10 points with under four minutes left, but Tyler Herro hit three straight three-pointers to close the fourth quarter and help force overtime. In OT, Herro put the Heat up with a leaning bucket ...2024
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• Southeast Notes: Highsmith, Ware, Risacher, Skyhawks, Sarr
The Heat‘s starting lineup of Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo is being outscored by 16.6 points per 100 possessions through seven games this season. With the team struggling in third quarters, coach Erik Spoelstra made the decision to sub in Haywood Highsmith for Jovic to open the second half […]...2024
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• The Jazz calling a timeout to wipe away their own potential game-winner is incredible tanking
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• Erik Spoelstra costs Heat game with brutal Chris Webber moment — and Jalen Rose can’t believe it

Erik Spoelstra made a series of mistakes in a matter of seconds that proved costly for the Heat in their overtime loss to the Pistons. The boneheaded moments saw the Heat blow a two-point lead with just under two seconds left in overtime and then an even bigger error came on the part of Spoelstra,......2024
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra Share Security Concerns With Sports Betting

Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra became the latest NBA personnel to speak out against sports betting. After Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton said he feels like a "prop" because some gamblers complain about his stat-lines, Bickerstaff shared that things have gone further for him and his family. "I have had my own instances with some of the sports ...2024
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• Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife blasts trolls after criticism over the coach’s new lucrative extension in Miami
As soon as it was confirmed that Erik Spoelstra agreed on one of the most lucrative extension deals in NBA history, the Heat coach’s ex-wife Nikki Sapp received a lot of criticism claiming she dropped the news about their divorce before his new deal was confirmed. At the start of the week, the former player […] The post Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife blasts trolls after criticism over...2024

• Hassan Whiteside Has Gone from Novelty to Necessity for Miami Heat
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• Humbled by the Warriors Yet Again, LeBron James on Verge of Becoming Irrelevant
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• Miami Heat Minority Owner Claims LeBron James Wanted Erik Spoelstra Fired
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• Michael Beasley to Grizzlies: Latest Contract Details, Analysis and Reaction
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• Gerald Green Fined $25K for 'Menacing Gestures' vs. Wizards
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• Chris Bosh Illness: Updates on Heat Star's Recovery from Blood Clots
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• Where Are All the Black NBA Coaches? Examining a Sudden, Silent Disappearance
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• Like It or Not, LeBron Is Going to Make His Voice Heard, and Why Shouldn't He?
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Miami Heat's Latest Collapse Leaves Team on the Brink of a Merciful End
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• Cavaliers, Like Heat Before Them, Are Learning What Life in the Bubble Is Like
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• Southeast Notes: Highsmith, Ware, Risacher, Skyhawks, Sarr
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• Heat Notes: Starting Lineup, Herro, Van Gundy, Smith
The Heat’s projected opening-night starting lineup of Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo looked good against New Orleans during limited playing time on Sunday. Coach Erik Spoelstra was encouraged by what he saw, according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. “The group has gone at it with the right […]...2024
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• Heat’s Erik Spoelstra: Jimmy Butler Needs Me To Push Him To Higher Levels

The Heat made a surprising run to the NBA Finals two years ago. Last season, they were bounced by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. So you can say that in each of the past two seasons, it took the eventual NBA champions to eliminate Miami. Last year, they had to go […] The post Heat’s Erik Spoelstra: Jimmy Butler Needs Me To Push Him To Higher Levels appeared first on Hoo...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star
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• Heat Notes: Wright, Offseason Decisions, Butler, Draft
The Heat’s season ended in an appropriate way Wednesday night — with another new starting lineup. Injuries have forced coach Erik Spoelstra to juggle his rotations since training camp, and he unveiled his 37th starting unit in Game 5 at Boston, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Rookie Jaime Jaquez was unavailable because of […]...2024
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• Jalen Rose saw the ghost of Chris Webber after Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn’t have
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star
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• East Notes: Heat, Bam Adebayo, Pistons, Hawks

Heat Forward/center Bam Adebayo came through when his team needed him most, burying a 3-pointer at the buzzer to top the Pistons for a 104-101 road win on Sunday. “Sometimes there’s karma in this game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Bam was just outstanding for us, especially defensively, with all the things he was doing […] The post East Notes: Heat, Bam Adebayo, Pistons, Hawks app...2024
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• Erik Spoelstra made shocking admission after 'humbling' blowout loss to Celtics

Spoelstra's team failed to cause the Celtics =problems. Instead, the Celtics waltzed to a 143-110 win....2024
• Bruce Brown’s big bet on himself is about to pay off after NBA Finals
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Bruce Brown went from feeling like no team believed in him to one of the top free agents on the market after the Nuggets’ championship run. As Bruce Brown Jr. did multiple dribble moves, stepped back and shot a three-pointer, Nikola Jokic threw his hands in the air in confusion; a reaction that likely many Denver Nuggets fans watching also...2023
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• Heat's Jimmy Butler explains how he exploited Bucks' game plan on buzzer-beating lob play (and before that)

Before the 'incredible play,' Butler told Miami coach Erik Spoelstra that he'd make it...2023
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