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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Before he became known for thunderous dunks, Shaquille O'Neal catered to his dreams of being Magic Johnson. Those dreams were dashed in a hurry because of his stepfather, and Shaq looked to a journeyman center for inspiration in finishing around the basket. That eventually gave birth to the “Dunkman” logo.
Never get in the way of an angry Shaquille O'Neal.
Hall of Fame centers Shaquille O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning went 1-2 in the 1992 NBA Draft, and O'Neal's citation of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell sparked an individual rivalry that lasted for years. However, the two became friends after Mourning recovered from a near-fatal kidney disease and won a ring with Shaq in Miami.
Gabrielle Union had a front-row seat to the iconic LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh Miami Heat teams that dominated the league for four consecutive years and brought unparalleled excitement to the game of basketball. And in a recent podcast appearance, she revealed why they “changed the NBA” forever.
Shaquille O'Neal has always been peeved by losing out on more MVP trophies because of Steve Nash's success in the “seven seconds or less” Suns offenses.
Chris Bosh waited 11 years for just the right moment to give Pat Riley an emotional gift.
Chris Bosh made millions with the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat throughout his legendary NBA career that saw him earn 11 All-Star selections and win two championships. But the big man’s first major purchase wasn't a car, house, or any other typical big-money item. It was something that went in his man cave.
Jimmy Butler is an incredibly underrated NBA superstar, but when it comes to playing football, he's nowhere near as talented. While working out with Brown and Russell Wilson, Butler bet he could stop Brown from catching a pass in the Red Zone. He could not, but a few NBA players maybe could have.
LeBron James irritated a legion of fans with “The Decision” in 2010. Dwyane Wade explained what drove much of that resentment during an appearance on NBA player J.J. Redick's podcast.
Full of sound and fury and likely to signify little to nothing, the NBA announced tampering investigations into a pair of sign-and-trade deals that were leaked early on the first day of the free agency negotiating period.
