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• • Erik Spoelstra on youngsters in Heat's starting lineup: 'Those guys earned it'
  While some head coaches prefer to shake up their starting lineup over the course of the season, Erik Spoelstra has found comfort in consistency this year, writes Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. After using 29 different lineups in 2018-19, the Heat have started the same five players — Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Meyers Leonard, Kendr...2020
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel
• • Heat star Jimmy Butler might be having the best season of his career, but in one way it's actually his worst
  Erik Spoelstra isn't worried about Butler's shooting woes: He has a 'playoff-ready game'...2019
  Jimmy Butler
• • Bam Adebayo is a budding superstar, and one play he made vs. Joel Embiid might've been his official arrival
  Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called it 'one of the toughest baskets Bam has scored in his career'...2019
  Joel Embiid
• • Jimmy Butler on Heat's high exceptions: 'We can't be happy with where we are'
  After a hard-fought 117-116 overtime defeat of his old Sixers team, the Heat’s new All-Star wing Jimmy Butler reflected on the heightened expectations that come with his squad’s new winning ways, Ira Winderman of the Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. “We can’t be happy with where we are,” Butler said. “Nobody in this locker room is, nobody in this orga...2019
  Jimmy Butler
• • The existential struggle of Dion Waiters
  There was one year, maybe, when Dion Waiters got it, and it was actually only half a year, because he missed 36 games with injury, including the last month of the season. It’s not a stretch to say Dion represented the margin between the Heat making the playoffs and missing them; he was playing the best ball of his career as his team surged in 2017....2019
  Dion Waiters
• • Heat coach Erik Spoelstra jokes that Jimmy Butler has been 'a total a-hole’
  Small forward Jimmy Butler arrived in South Beach with significant baggage, not to mention a reputation of being a malcontent, when he signed with the Miami Heat this past offseason. The notion that the occasionally mercurial superstar would be a disruptive presence on the Heat was shut down this week when head coach Erik Spoelstra jokingly dropped...2019
  Erik Spoelstra
• • Knicks fire David Fizdale: Steve Kerr, Gregg Popovich, Erik Spoelstra show support for fired New York coach
  A trio of championship coaches don't think that Fizdale was given a fair shake in New York...2019
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  • Heat coach Erik Spoelstra misses game at Boston for birth of son
  Assistant coach Dan Craig, who grew up about 40 minutes away from TD Garden in Chelmsford, directed the Heat....2019
  Erik Spoelstra
• • Spoelstra misses game in Boston for son's birth
  Heat coach Erik Spoelstra missed Miami's game Wednesday in Boston to be with his wife for the birth of their second son....2019
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• • Dion Waiters Apologizes for Plane Incident
  Dion Waiters issued a public apology to the Miami Heat and their fanbase after serving a 10-game suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team.” Waiters, 27, accepts responsibility and says he was in the wrong. Head coach Erik Spoelstra kept Waiters on the inacitve list for Sunday’s game road game against the Brooklyn Nets. Per ...2019
  Dion Waiters

• • The existential struggle of Dion Waiters
  There was one year, maybe, when Dion Waiters got it, and it was actually only half a year, because he missed 36 games with injury, including the last month of the season. It’s not a stretch to say Dion represented the margin between the Heat making the playoffs and missing them; he was playing the best ball of his career as his team surged in 2017....2019
  Dion Waiters
• • Dion Waiters Apologizes for Plane Incident
  Dion Waiters issued a public apology to the Miami Heat and their fanbase after serving a 10-game suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team.” Waiters, 27, accepts responsibility and says he was in the wrong. Head coach Erik Spoelstra kept Waiters on the inacitve list for Sunday’s game road game against the Brooklyn Nets. Per ...2019
  Dion Waiters
• • Set to return from suspension, Heat guard Dion Waiters gets full support from teammates
  Guard Dion Waiters appears to have returned to the Heat in good standing after serving a 10-game suspension, writes Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald.  Waiters is eligible for this afternoon’s game against the Nets, but coach Erik Spoelstra wouldn’t say when he expects to start using him again. Waiters hasn’t played this season, and Miami is off to...2019
  Dion Waiters
• • Set to return from suspension, Dion Waiters gets full support from teammates
  Guard Dion Waiters appears to have returned to the Heat in good standing after serving a 10-game suspension, writes Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald.  Waiters is eligible for this afternoon’s game against the Nets, but coach Erik Spoelstra wouldn’t say when he expects to start using him again. Waiters hasn’t played this season, and Miami is off to...2019
  Dion Waiters
• • Dion Waiters issues apology after 10-game suspension ends
  The 10-game suspension for Heat guard Dion Waiters has officially come to an end, with the final game of his punishment commencing Friday in a 122-105 home win against the Warriors. Waiters, who’s in his fourth season with the Heat organization, was suspended by the team earlier this month after consuming an edible laced with THC and suffering a pa...2019
  Dion Waiters

• • Erik Spoelstra plans to cut back Justise Winslow's minutes
  Justise Winslow made his return to the lineup on Wednesday, playing 34 minutes in his first game back from a concussion. After the game, coach Erik Spoelstra said that the plan moving forward is not to have the Duke product play that much. “I had no intention of playing him that much. K-Nunn got hit in the chest. He couldn’t play. Duncan got five f...2019
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• • Heat show commitment to Yante Maten with new contract
  Their confidence in Yante Maten‘s offensive game led the Heat to sign him to a new contract, writes Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Playing all season on a two-way deal, the undrafted rookie forward out of Georgia was signed for the three games remaining this season, along with a partial guarantee over the next two years.  Maten's salary for 202...2019
  Miami Herald
• • Goran Dragic, Derrick Jones full participants in Heat practice
  The Heat announced on Wednesday (via Twitter) that injured guards Goran Dragic and Derrick Jones were full participants in practice and traveled with the team to Philadelphia for Thursday’s game against the 76ers. While Dragic and Jones have been cleared to return to action, head coach Erik Spoelstra said the duo may still need “a little more work”...2019
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• • Heat fined Dion Waiters for publicly complaining about playing time
  The Heat have hit Dion Waiters with a fine after he publicly griped about his playing time earlier in the week, suggesting he was tired of being “patient” as he waited for an increased role. Miami didn’t disclose how much the fine for Waiters was worth, but said it was for conduct detrimental to the team, as David Furones of The South Florida Sun S...2019
  Dion Waiters
• • Wizards more likely to use 10-day contracts than disabled player exemption?
  Even if the Wizards are granted an $8.6M disabled player exception, they’re more likely to sign players to 10-day contracts than use that exception, according to Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington.  Washington applied for the exception due to John Wall‘s season-ending heel surgery. The Wizards’ cap issues make it unlikely they’d find a free agen...2019
  Sports Washington

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  • On The Rise: Miami Heat Guard Josh Richardson is For Real 💯
  Erik Spoelstra was speaking to a group of reporters during the playoffs last week about Josh Richardson. “He’s been a very important player for us,” the Miami Heat head coach said of his team’s 24-year-old swingman. “And it’s not necessarily the play calls or box-score stats, but when you feel J-Rich’s presence in a game, […] The post On The...2018
  Josh Richardson
• • Miami Heat Have Silver Linings to Find During Midseason's Dark Days
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• • Erik Spoelstra, Heat Agree to New Contract: Latest Details and Reaction
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  Chris Paul
• • Tuesday NBA Roundup: Why Isn't Anyone Talking About the San Antonio Spurs?
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• • Spoelstra misses game in Boston for son's birth
  2019
  Erik Spoelstra
• • Heat's Udonis Haslem remains undecided on retirement
  After watching longtime teammate Dwyane Wade enjoy a farewell tour in his final NBA season, Miami's Udonis Haslem remains undecided on retirement, reports Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. If Haslem decides to play next year it will be his 17th NBA season — all with the Heat. The 38-year-old power forward has settled into a mentor role over the p...2019
  Udonis Haslem
• • Dwyane Wade returns to Heat, will play Tuesday vs. Nets
  Dwyane Wade is back with the Miami Heat after a two-week paternity leave and will return to the lineup in Tuesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets at AmericanAirlines Arena. The Heat shared video of Wade participating in Tuesday morning’s shootaround to celebrate the veteran’s return. The Heat went 2-5 in Wade’s absence as the star spent time with ...2018
  Dwyane Wade
• • Erik Spoelstra convinced Dwyane Wade not to retire
  Dwyane Wade was “strongly considering” retirement last week before Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and a few other people were able to convince him to change his mind, according to an Associated Press report.Wade, 36, held off on announcing a decision all summer before releasing a Twitter video on Sunday in which he revealed his intention to play one mor...2018
  Erik Spoelstra
• • Erik Spoelstra: Hassan Whiteside rant is ‘behind us’
  Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra says there are no hard feelings stemming from center Hassan Whiteside’s recent postgame rant.After Saturday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, Whiteside called it “bull—-” that he was benched down the stretch in favor of a smaller lineup. Whiteside has since apologized, and that is apparently good enough for Spoelstra...2018
  Erik Spoelstra

• • Hassan Whiteside Has Gone from Novelty to Necessity for Miami Heat
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• • Michael Beasley to Grizzlies: Latest Contract Details, Analysis and Reaction
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  Michael Beasley
• • 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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  LeBron James
• • Wednesday NBA Roundup: Kawhi Leonard's Night Nearly Spoils Kevin Durant's Return
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  Kawhi Leonard
• • Pat Riley: LeBron James Never Pushed for Erik Spoelstra’s Firing
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  Miami Heat

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• • Erik Spoelstra on youngsters in Heat's starting lineup: 'Those guys earned it'
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• • Heat star Jimmy Butler might be having the best season of his career, but in one way it's actually his worst
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  Jimmy Butler
• • The existential struggle of Dion Waiters
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  Dion Waiters
• • Erik Spoelstra plans to cut back Justise Winslow's minutes
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• • Report: Heat to make playoff push without injured Richardson, Ariza
  The Heat may have to make their final push for the playoffs without Josh Richardson and Justise Winslow, relays Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Neither player traveled with Miami on its two-game trip to New York and Boston, and there’s no guarantee that either will return over the final week and a half of the regular season. Richardson, Miami’s ...2019
  Miami Herald

• • Heat's chief revenue adviser canned amidst scandal
  The Heat have fired a team executive who is under an FBI investigation into a suspected money-laundering scheme, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports. Jeffrey R. David was hired in July as chief revenue officer for The Heat Group after a similar role with the Kings. He had been placed on administrative leave before Miami decided ...2018
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• • Spoelstra addresses Whiteside situation, Wade's future, more
  While there has been a ton of speculation since the end of the Heat’s season earlier this week about Hassan Whiteside‘s future – or lack thereof – in Miami, head coach Erik Spoelstra didn’t indulge that speculation today when he met with reporters. As Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel writes, Spoelstra said that he “loves” working wit...2018
  Miami Herald
• • Michael Beasley takes shots at Heat, former coach Erik Spoelstra
  Michael Beasley has a bit of a bone to pick with the team that drafted him.In an interview with the New York Post’s Marc Berman that ran Thursday, the veteran forward took shots at the Miami Heat and his ex-coach Erik Spoelstra.“I feel I could’ve gotten more out of that organization,” said Beasley. “I feel Spo could have believed in me a lot more t...2018
  Michael Beasley
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• • Miami Heat Couldn't Resist Hassan Whiteside's Unknowable Upside
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