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Remembering Jimmy Buffett the sports fan, who once got ejected from a Heat game

Buffett was a HUGE sports fan, especially of the Saints and Heat.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jimmy Buffett's laid-back party vibe created adoring 'Parrotheads' and success beyond music

Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself

The Independent UK

How Magic Johnson’s shocking Lakers trade request led to Paul Westhead’s firing in 1981

HBO's Winning Time reminded us Magic Johnson wanted to leave the Lakers during his third season in the league.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Gen Z needs this NBA history lesson

The Celtics' Jaylen Brown wouldn't be here if Magic Johnson didn't reach the heights we see in HBO's Lakers series

Salon

Dwyane Wade Was ‘Best Version’ of Himself During 2006 NBA Finals

The future Hall of Famer talked about the Heat’s fateful NBA Finals series, the craziest thing he’s ever seen Pat Riley do and more.

Sports Illustrated

A convo with NBA rookies Amen and Ausar Thompson: ‘He’s never going to dunk on me in his life’

This was a fun conversation with Amen and Ausar Thompson!

USA Today Sports Media Group

HBO’s Winning Time is a delicate dance of intention and improv, not unlike the 1980s Lakers

HBO's Winning Time contrasts on two basketball philosophies. Did the cast prefer structure like Paul Westhead or improv like Pat Riley?

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Spurs’ Gregg Popovich, NBA’s career wins leader, signs five-year extension

The NBA’s winningest coach has signed a five-year contract to remain coach and president of the team, the Spurs announced Saturday

The Guardian - US

Heat have chips to put into play, but liar’s poker in a Lillard deal won’t necessarily come in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The notion is more of mystique than reality, of Portland Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin tossing his top chip to the middle of the table at one of the poker rooms here, waiting for Miami Heat president Pat Riley to push his stack all in.

Tribune News Service

Heat Receive Some Good News on Damian Lillard Trade Front, per Report

The Heat finally received some positive news in their efforts to piece together a trade that brings Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard to town.

Sports Illustrated

Greg Cote: Heat’s Pat Riley gets elusive last hurrah (& last laugh) if he closes deal on Lillard

MIAMI — If all of the indications prove right, Miami Heat president and potentate Pat Riley is, at age 78, about to score what would feel like the last hurrah of an epic NBA career. It would also afford him a final, resounding I-told-you-so, even though he would never tell…

Miami Herald

Complex math won’t get in the way of a Lillard deal. Heat practically invented it.

MIAMI — Standing as a destination of choice is nothing new for the Miami Heat. It has allowed Pat Riley to reel in some of the biggest names in the NBA over a stewardship of the franchise now into a third decade.

Tribune News Service

The early-round winners and losers from NBA free agency

The Cavaliers, Lakers and Fred VanVleet should me all smiles after the first weekend of NBA free agency, but the one person that could have the biggest smirk when the smoke clears? Pat Riley.

Chicago Sun-Times

Miami Heat president on same page as Jimmy Butler after losing NBA Finals

Both Pat Riley and Jimmy Butler both have a desire to continue competing for an NBA Championship after the Miami Heat lost to the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals

Daily Mirror

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What will the Heat do this offseason? Pat Riley discusses a summer full of possibilities.

With speculation swirling about what the Miami Heat might do this offseason, team president Pat Riley addressed reporters in a press conference setting on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since last June.

Sports Illustrated

Pat Riley Got Emotional While Talking About Special Moment He Had With Udonis Haslem

He recalled how the longtime Heat forward was there for him during a difficult time.

Tribune News Service

With Beal question resolved, is Lillard next Heat answer? Pat Riley can’t say (at the moment)

MIAMI — If the outside perspective is that the Miami Heat struck out on Bradley Beal, is it because the team believes that Damian Lillard is waiting on deck?

Sports Illustrated

Kendrick Perkins Ripped for Saying He’d Like to See Ja Morant Play for Heat

Allow the ESPN analyst to explain why this could work.

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Spoelstra addresses Herro ire; Heat’s Strus, Vincent, Yurtseven discuss free agency

MIAMI — Before looking ahead to what will be a summer of significant decisions for the Miami Heat, coach Erik Spoelstra paused Wednesday to reflect on one particular moment at the end of his team’s run to within three victories of an NBA championship.

The Guardian - US

Lionel Messi’s move to Miami brings joy, disbelief, and potential pitfalls

The World Cup winner’s pending arrival will be transformative, but Inter Miami must grow up fast

Tribune News Service

Dave Hyde: No title, no shame, no regrets, nothing but thanks to Heat for this great run

It wasn’t until Jimmy Butler made the play he shouldn’t, the one pass he couldn’t, that you sensed the end was finally coming for the Miami Heat. You’d sensed it so many times before this spring you wanted to discard it even then Monday night.

Sports Illustrated

The Heat Owe Jimmy Butler a Contender. Can They Afford It?

In a normal summer, Miami would be looking for the right piece to complement its best player. But a ballooning payroll will make that more difficult than usual.

Sports Illustrated

Nikola Jokić’s Legacy Is Forever Changed By Winning a Title, But He Was Already One of the Greats

The Finals MVP added an NBA championship to his résumé, quieting any doubters who deemed his career incomplete.

The Guardian - US

Udonis Haslem: the Miami Heat’s doyen of grit and keeper of the flame

The Miami lifer and Methuselah of the NBA finals, who turns 43 on Friday, has done more to define the Heat’s unimpeachable culture than any other figure

The Guardian - US

NBA finals predictions: Nuggets or Heat? Our writers share their picks

Denver or Miami? Our contributors pick the winner, key players and dark horses before the NBA’s grand finale tips off

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