A Miami Heat Blog
Just when we thought a wild NBA offseason was finally winding down, another stunner was delivered last Friday with the disclosure by ESPN that four-time All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving has asked the Cleveland Cavaliers to trade him. Irving reportedly made the …
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Pat Riley’s goal for this summer was clearly to sign Gordon Hayward. It had been that way for quite a while. He downplayed it because, well, it was always going to be exceedingly difficult to execute. Hayward tugged at our heartstrings for …
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With less than 24 hours left before the start of the draft and just ten days until the start of free agency, NBA teams were provided an updated projection for the 2017-18 salary cap — and it’s not nearly as high as …
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Update (6/28/17): The Boston Celtics clearly have two max salary players squarely in their sights: Gordon Hayward and Paul George. The Celtics don’t have enough salary-cap space to offer Hayward a full max right now — they need to make some small …
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Update (07/01/17): Pat Riley and the Miami Heat organization received some encouraging news on Friday, as they prepare to lure All-Star free agent Gordon Hayward away from the Utah Jazz in a meeting scheduled for Saturday. Hayward is reportedly considering the Heat, …
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Update (7/3/17): Each of the Golden State Warriors’ critical free agents this summer have agreed to return: Stephen Curry will sign the 5-year, $201M supermax contract for which he qualifies; Andre Iguodala will sign a three-year, $48M contract; and that Shaun Livingston …
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Today’s announcement of the All-NBA teams for the 2016-17 season had much more far-reaching implications than in years past, thanks to new “Designated Veteran Player” rules in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that reward certain players with higher maximum salaries than to …
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The Miami Heat pulled off perhaps the greatest turnaround in NBA history this past season, under perhaps the most challenging of circumstances. After losing Dwyane Wade to free agency and Chris Bosh to a possible career-ending medical condition, it was always going …
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The Miami Heat has consciously maneuvered around various – sometimes intricate, sometimes transparent and highly-publicized – salary cap issues over the past couple of seasons with one specific goal in mind: to maximize its flexibility in free agency. The summer of 2017 …
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The NBA salary cap has experienced staggering growth in recent seasons. The cap jumped from $58.7 million in 2013-14, to $63.1 million in 2014-15, to $70.0 million in 2015-16. That’s a near 20% growth in just two years. But it’s nothing compared …
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