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, LeBron James, Alonzo Mourning, and 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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Welcome to our new offseason series: “Immediate Impacts.” Most rookies don’t provide positive value to their teams right out of the gate. But as we saw last season with guys like Jaime Jaquez Jr., Dereck Lively II, and Brandin Podziemski, some rookies can help their teams from Day 1. Over the next few months, we’ll […]
The Miami Heat and free agent forward Haywood Highsmith agreed to a two-year, $11 million deal, his agent, Jerry Dianis, informed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith has two years fully guaranteed with no options in his new contract The two years on the deal are fully guaranteed and include no […]
The Miami Heat and free agent guard Alec Burks agreed to a one-year deal on Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Anthony Fields and Rich Paul of Klutch Sports negotiated the deal with the Heat front office. Miami Heat guard Alec Burks has averaged 10.8 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 742 career games […]
The Miami Heat and starting center Bam Adebayo agree to a three-year, $166 million contract extension, according to reports. Adebayo, who turns 27 on July 18, will sign the deal when the NBA’s free agency moratorium ends on July 6. Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo will have an average annual salary of about $55.3 million […]
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra received a massive contract extension on Tuesday afternoon. As a result, his ex-wife been subjected to internet trolls and targeted harassment online. Nikki Sapp, who married Erik in 2016, responded to their comments via Instagram on Wednesday. She is hopeful that people, in general, will choose kindness toward others […]
Dwyane Wade is one of several NBA stars getting inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend.
A look at the undrafted players on the Miami Heat roster for the 2023 NBA Finals.
What’s failure? Jaylen Brown and Giannis Antetokounmpo have far different outlooks.
The latest Jimmy Butler contract keeps him with the Miami Heat for the next few years, but that may be bad news for some key teammates.
Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are off to a strong start against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals.
