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Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Proposed Heat-Kings Trade Featuring DeMar DeRozan Sparks Strong Fan Pushback
Proposed Heat-Kings Trade Featuring DeMar DeRozan Sparks Strong Fan Pushback originally appeared on Athlon Sports. A proposed trade scenario involving the Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings caught fans' attention this week. The trade suggests sending Duncan Robinson, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Pelle Larsson to the Kings in exchange for DeMar DeRozan. Advertisement The idea was shared on social media by Heat Lead, asking fans, 'Who says no?' Miami HEAT UK responded, 'Can't find the vocabulary to explain how dumb this would be.' The reaction reflects the sentiment many Heat fans expressed. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Robinson has been a long-tenured shooter in the Heat's system. Robinson helps the offense with his shooting and spacing. He's been a steady piece in the rotation. Jaquez Jr. just wrapped up an impressive rookie year. Fans like his growth and potential. Larsson is still new, but his all-around game stands out. DeRozan brings experience and scoring. He's known for his midrange game. But fans worry about his contract and how well he fits the Heat's defense. Many noted the age difference and long-term costs involved. Advertisement The reaction on social media leaned heavily against the move. Fans questioned the value exchange, pointing to the loss of two core rotation players and a promising young guard. Some described the trade as one-sided, citing DeRozan's age and declining three-point production. At this stage, no reports suggest the trade is under actual discussion between the franchises. The scenario remains speculative and a topic for fan debate. It has, however, highlighted the growing support for the Heat's young core and the hesitance to break it up for short-term gains. This online response shows that while DeRozan is respected, many Heat fans would prefer continuity over risk. Related: DeMar Derozan Climbs NBA All-Time Scoring List, Passes Reggie Miller Related: Duncan Robinson Injury Status Gets Very Positive Update This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 21, 2025, where it first appeared.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Sport
- Forbes
2025 NBA Free Agents: Robinson Can Revamp Your Offense At A Bargain
With the 2024-25 season nearing its conclusion, it is time to start looking ahead to the offseason. In this article series, we will take a look at under-the-radar options in the 2025 Free Agency Pool. For the sake of simplicity, we are going to focus primarily on unrestricted free agents. At a glance, Duncan Robinson still has one more deal left on the five-year, 90-million dollar contract that he signed back in 2021. However, the final year of his deal is only partially guaranteed (9.9 million). So, if the Miami Heat (or whatever team they trade him to) waives him for before July 8, they will save roughly 10 million dollars. If that's the case, Robinson would become an unrestricted free agent, making him available for the rest of the league to try and sign this offseason. Now, a 31-year-old coming off an 11 PPG season may not seem like a game-changer, but don't let the numbers fool you. Robinson can add a whole new wrinkle to any offense. Robinson has always been one of the best shooters on the planet. It's the reason he was able to pull off the storybook odyssey from Williams College (a Division III school) to the University of Michigan to the NBA. For his career, Robinson is shooting 39.7% on 7.2 3-point attempts per game – a mountain of volume and efficiency that few others in NBA history have ever climbed. All-Time Shooters Chart. Stathead. In today's spaced out world, shooting is one of the best skills you can have. But shooting alone isn't enough to be a productive player. NBA defenses are too sophisticated, and over the years, they have concocted tactics to neutralize shooting specialists (i.e., the fly-by closeout). This, along with Robinson's limitations as a defender, threatened to put the marksmen into extinction. During the 2022 Playoffs, Robinson played just 12.2 MPG for the Heat despite being the team's fourth-highest-paid player. The season after, Robinson played just 16.5 MPG in the regular season before flashing his personal growth that postseason. The development we're referencing is Robinson's improvement playing off-the-dribble. Robinson didn't magically transform into Allen Iverson, but aggressive closeouts no longer phased him. He has become comfortable attacking those fly-bys with one or two dribbles and a midrange pull-up or shot at the rim. Robinson's growth in this area is apparent when you look at his increase in frequency of shots taken after at least one dribble over his career. Look at the steady uptick over the last couple of years: As a general rule, the better a player gets at ball handling, the better they are as a passer. When you are more comfortable with the ball in your hands, your brain exerts less energy dribbling, which gives it more latitude to focus on reading the floor and dissecting the defense. According to Ben Taylor's Passer Rating metric, this past season was the best passing year of Robinson's career – grading as a respectable 5.3 out of 10 (53rd percentile). When you pair Robinson's growth as a passer/ball handler with his all-time shooting abilities, you get a dynamic complimentary offensive option – one that pairs with practically any type of offensive engine. Do you need a floor spacer and closeout attacker to pair with a ball-dominant guard/wing? Robinson is your man. What about a movement shooter who can operate in the two-man game with your passing big? Robinson can do that, too. A release valve for isolationists to skip the ball to when defenses are playing hard in the gaps? You already know the answer: Robinson is your guy. The best part is, since Robinson would still be earning half his salary for next year if he gets waived, he'll be more likely to sign for the veteran minimum this summer (which is estimated to be 3.1 million dollars next season). Robinson still has his flaws. His defensive shortcomings will make it hard to play him big minutes in the playoffs. But the chance at getting a dynamic offensive player for a couple of million dollars is an opportunity that few playoff teams can afford to pass up. Did you enjoy this article? If so, be sure to check out the other installments in this series of Amir Coffey, Landry Shamet, and Jae'Sean Tate.
USA Today
09-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
How to watch Heat at Bulls: Time, TV channel, odds, injury report on April 9
On Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls (36-43) host the Miami Heat (36-43) at the United Center, and if you're wondering how to catch the action live, you've come to the right place. The matchup is a potential play-in tournament preview, with the Bulls currently ahead in ninth place because of their head-to-head tiebreaker after winning the first two games of the season series. The Heat would have to finish one game better than the Bulls to host them in the postseason. The Bulls are coming off a 135-113 loss against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday after resting several key players on the first night of a back-to-back set. They trailed by as many as 27 points after allowing the Cavaliers to shoot 25-of-50 from 3-point range. Patrick Williams produced a team-high 21 points, rookie Matas Buzelis scored 19 points and Jalen Smith added 13 points and 10 rebounds, as the Bulls lost for only the third time in 10 games. They dropped to 1-9 over their last 10 games against the Cavaliers. The Heat defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 117-105 on Monday for their seventh win in nine games. They outscored the Sixers 34-22 in the fourth quarter to pull out the win and improve to 15-4 this season when shooting at least 50% from the field (50.6). Duncan Robinson led the Heat with 21 points, Tyler Herro registered 20 points and rookie Kel'el Ware added 19 points and 17 rebounds for his 14th double-double. Ware tied Grant Long for the most double-doubles by a rookie in a single season in franchise history. How to Watch Date: April 9 Time: 8 p.m. EDT Location: Chicago, Illinois Channel: FanDuel Sports Network - Sun, Chicago Sports Network Betting Lines Point Spread: Heat -1.5 Money Line: Bulls -105, Heat -115 Over/Under: 226.5 NBA Odds via BetMGM. Jerseys Miami: Vice City Edition (white) Chicago: Statement Edition (black) Source: LockerVision Heat at Bulls Injury Report Miami: Isaiah Stevens (foot) and Andrew Wiggins (hamstring) are questionable. Nikola Jović (hand), Kevin Love (personal reasons) and Dru Smith (Achilles) are out. Chicago: Not yet submitted. Projected Starting Lineups Miami Heat: Pelle Larsson Haywood Highsmith Bam Adebayo Tyler Herro Duncan Robinson Chicago Bulls: Kevin Huerter Matas Buzelis Nikola Vučević Coby White Josh Giddey We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
Miami Herald
08-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Heat -- without Adebayo and Wiggins -- takes control in fourth to beat undermanned 76ers
Takeaways from the Heat's 117-105 win against Philadelphia on Monday at Kaseya Center: ▪ The Heat unraveled in the third quarter and allowed an undermanned team that had lost 11 in a row to hang around far too long. But Miami took control in the fourth and won a game in which five of the two teams' six best players were sidelined by injuries. The Heat entered having blown a double-digit lead in an NBA-high 21 losses and having squandered an NBA-high 20 fourth-quarter leads in losses this season. It looked like it might happen again, as the 76ers erased a 14-point deficit with a 22-6 third quarter spurt that left them up seven. With the game tied at 88 and just over four minutes left, Duncan Robinson, Kyle Anderson, Davion Mitchell, Kel'el Ware and Jaime Jaquez Jr. super-charged a rally that put the Heat up nine. Miami outscored the 76ers 34-22 in the fourth to break open a game that was tied after three. A loss would have been disastrous for Miami, which clings to hopes to move up from 10th in the jockeying for Eastern Conference playoff position. Next up: a critical game on Wednesday in Chicago, which leads the Heat by a half game for ninth and has already clinched the tiebreaker against Miami. The Heat played with Bam Adebayo (back spasms) and Andrew Wiggins (sore hamstring), while the 76ers played without injured Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Paul George and several other rotation players. With Adebayo missing only his third game of the season, Erik Spoelstra opened with a starting group of Ware, Haywood Highsmith, Pelle Larsson, Alec Burks and Tyler Herro. Miami surged ahead by 14 points in the second quarter, but that lead evaporated and the game went to the fourth tied at 83 before a group of reserves led a furious 15-3 fourth quarter spurt. The supporting cast was very helpful, to the point that Miami didn't need a huge game from Herro, who had 20 (including two fourth quarter threes) and seven turnovers. Ware nearly had a double double in the first half alone (eight points, 11 rebounds) and finished with 19 points, 17 rebounds and a block in one of the most impressive efforts of his rookie season. The 17 rebounds tied Udonis Haslem and Omer Yurtseven for most rebounds in a game by a Heat rookie. Davion Mitchell, continuing to inject a spark off the bench, chipped in 12 points, nine assists, four rebounds, a block and a steal and hit two key baskets down the stretch. Duncan Robinson hit five of his six three-pointers on an 21-point night and had 12 key fourth-quarter points. Larsson scored all 12 of his points in the first half. Kyle Anderson continued to fill the box score, contributing eight points, eight rebounds, six assists and two blocks and making a handful of big plays in the fourth. Philadelphia hung around in large part thanks for 29 points from Quentin Grimes. The Heat, 19-21 at Kaseya Center, finishes its regular season home schedule against Washington at 1 p.m. Sunday. ▪ Injuries to the Heat's best players continued – a sad irony in the post-Jimmy Butler era: This time, it was Herro returning from a one-game absence and Adebayo and Wiggins sitting out. After missing six in a row with a hamstring injury, Wiggins participated in shootaround on Monday and seems positioned to return for Wednesday's big game in Chicago. The Heat's FanDuel Sports Sun telecast reported there's optimism that both Adebayo and Wiggins also will be available Wednesday. Butler's lack of consistent availability was one of the factors in the Heat bypassing the 2026-27 contract extension he coveted. But while Wiggins has played in only 15 of 30 games since the trade, Butler has played in 26 of 27 games for the Warriors. Four different ailments have sidelined Wiggins since joining the Heat - a hamstring, strained ankle, leg contusion and stomach illness. As for Adebayo, Spoelstra said the spasms began after Saturday's loss to Milwaukee and 'we will treat him day to day.' ▪ The Heat bench, which has been very good over the past eight games (six wins, two losses), continued to give Miami a lift. Players who are usually reserves almost entirely fueled a 10-0 run in the second quarter and gave Miami a needed spark during that 16-3 fourth quarter surge. The Heat's first half run featured threes from Highsmith (who started Monday) and Robinson; a beautiful bounce pass from Anderson to a cutting Robinson for a layup; a Mitchell blocked shot and an Anderson pass to Jaime Jaquez Jr for a layup. In the fourth, Jaquez hit a big three and had a key block; Anderson made several key plays (including two baskets and a lob to Ware for a dunk); Mitchell hit a big driving layup and a three-pointer; and Robinson hit a three and converted a three-point play on a driving layup and foul. Jaquez (five points, five rebounds) logged 14 minutes after playing just 40 minutes in the Heat's past eight games, including none in the past two. Heat point guard Terry Rozier was a healthy scratch. Anderson and Mitchell have helped the Heat's bench become an asset over the past two weeks. On Monday, the Heat outscored the 76ers with 22 with Mitchell on the court and by 17 with Anderson on the court. Heading into Monday, the Heat had outscored teams by 59 points with Anderson on the court in Miami's past seven games and by 76 points with Mitchell on the floor in the past eight games. ▪ Ware moved into a tie for third for most double doubles by a rookie in team history. His 14th on Monday equaled Grant Long's 14 double doubles in Miami's inaugural season (1988-89). Sherman Douglas had 18 in the Heat's second season and Rony Seikaly had 18 in the Heat's first season. They share the team rookie record in that category. Ware's 22 double figure rebound games are now two ahead of Seikaly's previous team record of entered 20th in the league in rebounds per 36 minutes at 11.9, a figure ahead of Rudy Gobert, Evan Mobley, Adebayo (10.1) and dozens of others. His 11 first half rebounds tied Adebayo for most boards by a Heat player in a half this season. ▪ Now the biggest game of the season awaits. A loss on Wednesday in Chicago (36-42) means the Heat (36-43) almost certainly would finish ninth or 10th in the conference and probably 10th. A 10th place finish would require Miami to win two road games to qualify for the playoffs. But a Heat win over Chicago - combined with a Cleveland win at home against the Bulls on Tuesday night - would leave Miami needing only wins against the Pelicans and Wizards to claim the ninth seed, at the very least. Heat wins against Chicago, New Orleans and Washington - combined with a Chicago loss to Cleveland and two Atlanta losses in its last four games - would give Miami the eighth seed. The Heat has been eliminated from contention for the seventh seed.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Herro, Robinson each score 24, and the Heat hit 23 3s on the way to 131-109 win over Hawks
MIAMI (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 24 points and added 10 assists, Duncan Robinson scored 24 points off the bench and the Miami Heat shot a season-best 59% in a 131-109 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Davion Mitchell made all five of his 3-point tries and scored 20 for the Heat, who got 20 points and nine rebounds from Bam Adebayo. Miami made 23 3-pointers, one shy of the franchise record. The Heat had 39 assists on 45 field goals. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. Dyson Daniels scored 18 points and Trae Young and Caris LeVert each had 17 for the Hawks — who gave up 65 points in the first half, then 66 more in the second half. Takeaways Hawks: Atlanta fell to 6-22 this season when giving up at least 120 points. That might be the magic defensive number for the Hawks, who are 21-10 when allowing 119 or fewer points this season. Heat: The game was the start of a stretch in which Miami will play nine home games in a 10-game span, and 14 home games in a 17-game stretch. Entering Wednesday, the Heat had played once at home in four weeks — nine out of 10 on the road sandwiched around the All-Star break. Key moment Miami went on a 23-6 run to close the third quarter, turning a three-point deficit into a 107-93 lead going into the final 12 minutes. Key stat Miami had 107 points through three quarters, tying the franchise record done on two previous occasions. The others: Feb. 6, 1991, at New Jersey and at home on March 29, 2024, against Portland. There were 200 points scored through three quarters, the fourth-most in a Heat game. Up next Atlanta plays host to Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City on Friday. Miami plays host to Indiana on Friday. ___ AP NBA:
