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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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.
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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.
ESPN's Jalen Rose made a lame excuse for the reason the Knicks are getting torched in the 2023 NBA playoffs by Jimmy Butler and the Heat.
The Miami Heat barely made it into the playoffs, and now they are making plenty of noise as a No. 8 seed.
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