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1 week ago | heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini

When the golden days of Miami Heat basketball are brought up, there are likely three players that come to mind for plenty of folks: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Miami reached four consecutive NBA Finals and won two championships when the Heat employed what many consider to have been a Big 3. In the eyes of James’ agent Rich Paul, however, the Heat never actually had a Big 3. He noted that Bosh saw his role get relegated quite a bit compared to his time with the Toronto Raptors.

1 week ago | heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini

On Wednesday, the No. 9 and No. 10 seeds in the Eastern Conference — the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat — will duke it out in a play-in game. The losing team will see its season come to a close, while the team that wins will move on to face the loser of the other Eastern Conference play-in matchup between the Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic. Unfortunately for the Bulls, they will in all likelihood be without point guard Lonzo Ball for the important contest against Miami.

1 week ago | heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini

Before forward Andrew Wiggins began his stint with the Miami Heat, he spent several seasons playing alongside guard Stephen Curry on the Golden State Warriors. During that time, he helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA title. The Warriors beat the Boston Celtics in six games in that year’s championship series, and Wiggins played great basketball on both ends of the floor. On offense, he averaged 18.3 points per game in the series while shooting 44.6 percent from the floor.

1 week ago | heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini

Miami Heat rookie big man Kel’el Ware is finishing off the 2024-25 regular season on a strong note. He entered Sunday’s action averaging a double-double of 11.3 points and 10.2 rebounds to go along with 1.3 blocks per game in the month of April. What makes Ware’s level of play even more impressive is that he spent much of the beginning of the campaign glued to the bench. Ware is one of several first-year NBA big men who have put together notable campaigns.

1 week ago | heatnation.com | Jesse Cinquini

The Phoenix Suns’ experiment with a superteam of stars Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal has gone disastrously, as the team got swept in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs and has already missed out on the 2025 NBA Playoffs entirely. Beal seemingly deserves some blame for the lack of success that the Suns have enjoyed with their star trio, as he has yet to really find his footing with the team.