Category: NBA

Micky Arison insisted that his induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame would be about more than his three-decade tenure as owner of the Miami Heat. So as he spoke Saturday night at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Mass., not far from the sport’s shrine, he remained true to that vow. Instead, he put the focus on those who helped engineer the franchise success that led to three championships, seven NBA Finals appearances, seven Eastern Conference championships, 10 Eastern Conference Finals appearances and 16 division titles. At the start, that meant words of appreciation for...

MIAMI – For the second time this summer, the Miami Heat have turned to the Orlando Magic’s farm system to add a prospect for training camp. In the wake of signing Magic G League forward Myron Gardner to a two-way contract last month, after several solid efforts from Gardner for the Heat in summer league, the Heat on Wednesday night announced the signing of Magic G League guard Ethan Thompson to an Exhibit 10 camp tryout contract. The move with Thompson likely will be to seed the Heat’s G League program. Earlier Wednesday, the Heat’s affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, announced that they...

A year ago, the Miami Heat’s finale at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League was high theater, with the Heat stealing into the night with a sudden-death overtime victory in the event’s championship game. This time, a muted conclusion, with the Heat finishing their weeklong run in the Nevada desert with a 93-92 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on the UNLV campus, sparked by 10 fourth-quarter points from former FAU center Vlad Goldin. With the win, the Heat closed out their Vegas run at 2-3, with Goldin securing Friday night’s win with a driving layup with 11.3 seconds to play. “It was open,”...

LAS VEGAS — As the Miami Heat’s summer schedule winds down, the key is to see if boxes have been checked off. At least three were in Monday night’s 100-96 victory over the Boston Celtics at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League. Would Pelle Larsson remain a feisty presence intent on challenging for a rotation role? Check, closing with 24 points and six assists, with a scrap along the way that left Boston’s Jordan Walsh ejected. Would Kel’el Ware back up his 21-point, nine-rebound performance in Sunday’s loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers? Check, this time closing with 21 points, including three...

LAS VEGAS — Message received. At a time of year when little counts regarding NBA scores and statistics, Miami Heat center Kel’el Ware made a definitive statement in Sunday night’s 92-72 Las Vegas NBA Summer League loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. His intensity and professionalism called into question a day earlier by coach Erik Spoelstra, Ware responded by scoring 11 of the Heat’s first 15 points, including a pair of dunks and a 3-pointer. And he kept going from there, closing with 21 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots, with the most inspired of his play coming in the first...

They arrived as two of a kind, played that way as rookies, and were at it again Tuesday night for the Miami Heat at summer league. Having both joined the Heat a year ago after playing as teammates at Arizona, Pelle Larsson and Keshad Johnson again showed the aggressive promise they potentially can offer beyond meaningless games such as these. In the Heat’s finale of the California Classic at Chase Center, Larsson and Johnson each went for points in a 93-79 victory over the Golden State Warriors’ summer roster. Those efforts came with Heat summer-league coach Eric Glass giving 2024...

At 21, this hardly is men among boys for Ke’lel Ware. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t oversized expectations for the Miami Heat 7-footer in this, his second NBA summer league. Back in the starting lineup for Sunday’s 103-83 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the California Classic in San Francisco, Ware closed with 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting and three rebounds in his 28 minutes at Chase Center. While there was a spinning step-back 3-point conversion early and several quality finishes at the rim from the No. 15 pick out of Indiana in the 2024 NBA draft, it was not exactly the domination...

MIAMI — As expected, the Miami Heat sat out Thursday night’s second round of the NBA draft, after entering the night without a selection. The Heat had the ability to purchase a selection, but, by rule, by sending out cash in such a transaction it would have hard-capped the team at the second-apron of the NBA luxury tax for the entire 2025-26 season. Instead, next up is the free-for-all that follows the draft as teams stock summer rosters with undrafted free agents. The Heat pick in Thursday night’s second round was dealt in 2019 to the Indiana Pacers as part of a package of three future...

MIAMI — For the first time since 2005, the Miami Heat have made a first-round pick in the NBA draft for a fourth consecutive year. The streak of selections continued Wednesday night with the Heat selecting Illinois guard Kasparas Jakucionis at the No. 20 draft slot acquired from the Golden State Warriors at the Feb. 6 NBA trading deadline in the Jimmy Butler trade. The addition of the 6-foot-6 passing playmaker who was expected to go earlier, viewed as a potential lottery pick, continues a youth movement of Heat first-round selections Nikola Jovic (2022), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (2023) and Kel’el...