April 2012 Miami Heat Wiretap

Spoelstra Believes Heat Will Need To 'Reinvent' Themselves To Repeat

Jul 31, 2012 11:26 PM

Erik Spoelstra wants to make sure history doesn't repeat itself.

"If we learned one thing from the 2006 title, it was that you need to continue to reinvent yourself and improve as a basketball team," Spoelstra said. "That year we brought the exact the same team back, we thought it would be the same path and same journey. It never is.

"It's always going to be different. And we ended up losing the first round and we were swept in four games. Another year later, we only won 15 games and we were the worst team in basketball and that's how fragile this game can be."

Miami signed Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis to add depth and three-point shooting to a rotation that includes Shane Battier, Mike Miller and James Jones.

Ira Winderman/South Florida Sun Sentinel

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Thunder, Heat, Knicks To Make League-Maximum 25 National TV Appearances

Jul 27, 2012 12:32 PM

The Thunder, Heat and Knicks are each on national television a league-maximum of 25 times.

The Lakers will appear on national television 24 times, while the Celtics and Bulls make 19 appearances apiece and 16 for the Spurs.

Berry Tramel/Oklahoman

Tags: Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, NBA

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Team-By-Team NBA Players On 2012 Olympic Rosters

Jul 24, 2012 5:30 PM

The following 36 NBA players are currently under contract for the 12-13 season and are on their respective country's Olympic rosters:

Atlanta Hawks - no players

Boston Celtics - no players

Brooklyn Nets - Deron Williams (USA)

Charlotte Bobcats - no players

Chicago Bulls - Luol Deng (Great Britain)

Cleveland Cavaliers - Anderson Varejao (Brazil)

Dallas Mavericks - no players

Denver Nuggets - Timofey Mozgov (Russia)

Detroit Pistons - no players

Golden State Warriors - no players

Houston Rockets - no players

Indiana Pacers - no players

Los Angeles Clippers - Chris Paul (USA)

Los Angeles Lakers - Kobe Bryant (USA), Pau Gasol (Spain)

Memphis Grizzlies - Marc Gasol (Spain) 

Miami Heat - LeBron James (USA)

Milwaukee Bucks - no players

Minnesota Timberwolves - Kevin Love (USA), Alexey Shved (Russia)

New Orleans Hornets - Anthony Davis (USA), Al-Farouq Aminu (Nigeria)

New York Knicks - Carmelo Anthony (USA), Tyson Chandler (USA), Pablo Prigioni (Argentina)

Oklahoma City Thunder - Kevin Durant (USA), Russell Westbrook (USA), James Harden (USA), Serge Ibaka (Spain)

Orlando Magic - no players

Philadelphia 76ers - Andre Iguodala (USA)

Phoenix Suns - Luis Scola (Argentina)

Portland Trail Blazers - Nicolas Batum (France), Victor Claver (Spain), Joel Freeland (Great Britain)

Sacramento Kings - no players

San Antonio Spurs - Tony Parker (France), Manu Ginobili (Argentina), Boris Diaw (France), Tiago Splitter (Brazil), Patty Mills (Australia), Nando De Colo (France)

Toronto Raptors - Jose Calderon (Spain), Jonas Valanciunas (Lithuania), Linas Klezia (Lithuania)

Utah Jazz - no players

Washington Wizards - Nene (Brazil), Kevin Seraphin (France)

Click here to view the full Olympic rosters.

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Trail Blazers Blowout Heat 81-55

Jul 22, 2012 1:51 AM

The Trail Blazers beat the Heat by a final score of 81-55 in Summer League play on Saturday.

Will Barton scored 27 points on 10-for-17 shooting for Portland. Dee Bost had 14 points and seven assists and Ekene Ibekwe eight and 10 boards.

Dexter Pittman had 13 points and five rebounds and Kyle Weaver had five points and six assists for Miami.

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Heat Come From Behind To Beat Spurs 83-78

Jul 21, 2012 12:31 PM

The Heat beat the Spurs by a final score of 83-78 in Summer League play on Friday.

Terrel Harris had 25 points and five rebounds for Miami. Justin Hamilton had 15 points and eight rebounds and Adrian Thomas scored 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting.

Tyler Wilkerson had 12 points and five rebounds for San Antonio. James Anderson had 10 points and seven boards and Cory Joseph had nine points and six assists.

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Jenkins, Barnes Give Warriors 65-62 Victory Over Heat

Jul 19, 2012 10:26 AM

The Warriors defeated the Heat by a final score of 65-62 in Summer League play on Wednesday.

Charles Jenkins had 17 points for Golden State. Harrison Barnes had 15 points and seven rebounds and Jeremy Tyler added 12 points and six boards.

Norris Cole led Miami with 15 points, four rebounds and four assists. Terrel Harris had 10 points and five boards and Drew Viney had 10 points and eight rebounds.

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Heat, Clippers, Bulls, Nets Interested In Darko Milicic

Jul 18, 2012 3:22 PM

The Heat, Clippers, Bulls and Nets are interested in signing Darko Milicic.

Milicic was waived by the Wolves using the amnesty provision.

Marc J. Spears/Yahoo! Sports (via Twitter)

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D-League Announces Affiliations For 12-13 Season

Jul 18, 2012 11:10 AM

The National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League, the official minor league of the NBA, announced the affiliation system for the 2012-13 season. An all-time high eleven NBA teams will have single NBA D-League affiliates including first-year partnerships between the Boston Celtics and Maine Red Claws and the Portland Trail Blazers and Idaho Stampede.   

Here are the affiliation for the 12-13 season:

AUSTIN TOROS (TX) 

San Antonio Spurs  

BAKERSFIELD JAM (CA) 

Atlanta Hawks 
Los Angeles Clippers 
Phoenix Suns 
Toronto Raptors 

CANTON CHARGE (OH) 

Cleveland Cavaliers 

DAKOTA WIZARDS (Bismarck, ND) 

Golden State Warriors 

ERIE BAYHAWKS (PA) 

New York Knicks  

FORT WAYNE MAD ANTS (IN) 

Charlotte Bobcats 
Detroit Pistons 
Indiana Pacers 
Milwaukee Bucks 

IDAHO STAMPEDE (Boise, ID) 

Portland Trail Blazers  

IOWA ENERGY (Des Moines, IA) 

Chicago Bulls 
Denver Nuggets 
New Orleans Hornets 
Washington Wizards 

LOS ANGELES D-FENDERS (CA) 

Los Angeles Lakers 

MAINE RED CLAWS (Portland, ME) 

Boston Celtics  

RENO BIGHORNS (NV) 

Memphis Grizzlies 
Sacramento Kings 
Utah Jazz 

RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS (TX) 

Houston Rockets 

SIOUX FALLS SKYFORCE (SD) 

Miami Heat 
Minnesota Timberwolves 
Orlando Magic 
Philadelphia 76ers 

SPRINGFIELD ARMOR (MA) 

Brooklyn Nets 

TEXAS LEGENDS (Frisco, TX) 

Dallas Mavericks 

TULSA 66ERS (OK) 

Oklahoma City Thunder

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Grant Hill Agrees To Sign With Clippers

Jul 17, 2012 12:45 PM

Grant Hill has reached an agreement with the Clippers on a contract.

The terms of the deal are still being finalized, but Hill has committed.

The Lakers, Heat and Knicks also pursued Hill.

Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports (via Twitter)

Tags: Grant Hill, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, New York Knicks, NBA, NBA Signing Rumor, NBA Misc Rumor

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Riley Believes League Gravitating Toward 'Position-Less' Approach To Team Building

Jul 17, 2012 10:53 AM

Pat Riley is creating a versatile blueprint.

"The game today is different than it was five years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago," Riley said. "…It's sort of a position-less game. We don't talk about point guards anymore, two guards or shooting guards or power forwards. As a matter of fact, when the word power forward comes out, I want to eat some oatmeal."

Riley has acquired a collection of players who are no longer defined by position.

"It's just recently got like that," Chris Bosh said earlier this week. "I think this past series [the NBA Finals] that was played is going to change basketball. I think a lot of kids out there are seeing how fast the game is. We had some success doing it so I think a lot of other teams will have that position, or attempt to have that position, where everybody is quick enough to guard everybody and everybody can put the ball on the floor and make plays."

Shandel Richardson/South Florida Sun Sentinel

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Cole Leads Heat To 106-56 Win Over Lakers

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Heat Defeat Raptors 71-59

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Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis Can Opt Out After Next Season

Barry Jackson/Miami Herald

Grant Hill Considering Knicks, Lakers, Heat

Frank Isola/New York Daily News (via Twitter)

Oden Seeks Contract For 12-13 Season

Chris Tomasson/FOXSportsFlorida

Spoelstra Envisions 'Positionless' Lineup

Barry Jackson/Miami Herald

Heat Agree To Two-Year Contract With Rashard Lewis

Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

Heat, Thunder, Lakers Remain In Running For Grant Hill

David Aldridge/NBA.com (via Twitter)

Bobcats Continue Pursuit Of Antawn Jamison; Warriors, Lakers, Heat, Nets In Mix

David Scott/Charlotte Observer

Wade Undergoes Successful Knee Scope

Brian Windhorst/ESPN (via Twitter)

Heat Interested In John Lucas III

Brian Windhorst/ESPN

Raja Bell On Verge Of Buyout With Jazz, Wants To Play For Winning Team

Brian T. Smith/Salt Lake Tribune

Rivers Disappointed In Allen's Decision To Join Heat

Gary Washburn/Boston Globe

Camby To Meet With Knicks, Heat

Jared Zwerling/ESPNNewYork

Ray Allen Decides To Sign With Heat

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Ray Allen Torn Between Celtics, Heat

Brian Windhorst/ESPN

Ray Allen Likely To Pick Heat Or Clippers

Brian Windhorst/ESPN

Heat Make Contact With Rashard Lewis

Ira Winderman/South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Bird On LeBron: Has Anyone Ever Had A Playoff Run?

Jackie MacMullan/ESPN

Arison Expects Heat To Lose Money Despite Title

Darren Rovell/CNBC