Talent could wind up secondary to precision in NBA Finals
7 days ago
The Heat had assigned centers Dexter Pittman and Jarvis Varnado for D-League stints with the Skyforce this past season.
Cheap labor key to Heat's future
9 days ago
The Heat do not have a pick in either round of the June 27 NBA Draft, their first-round pick having gone to Cleveland in the LeBron sign-and-trade, their second-round pick to the Memphis...
Birdman says he must maintain composure
16 days ago
They've been in this situation before," he said, with the Heat's Udonis Haslem and Dexter Pittman suspended during last season's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Pacers that the...
Stephenson's success catching Wade, Heat off guard
19 days ago
Well, confidence has never been a issue for Stephenson, who just a year ago was giving James the choke sign during one game of the teams' Eastern Conference semifinal series and then tasting...
Supporting cast is a benchmark for Heat
28 days ago
Erik Spoelstra, mad chemist that he is, started Dexter Pittman in Game 3 of the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals against the Pacers.
It's Heat vs. Pacers in East finals starting Wednesday
30 days ago
A year ago, Heat-Pacers in May translated into everything from a throat-slashing gesture by Indiana guard Lance Stephenson to violent flagrant fouls from Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough and Heat...
Spoelstra said Riley's record win streak never broached
96 days ago
Yet the team that dealt Dexter Pittman to make room for Juwan Howard isn't giving up on the future.
Will there be blood? Heat-Pacers figures to be intense
100 days ago
The last time the Pacers were in South Florida was a wild Game 5 of the 2012 Eastern Conference semifinals, a game that featured a vicious flagrant foul from Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough on...
Battier's little things going a long way for Heat
107 days ago
Enough that to clear the room needed to open the roster spot utilized to sign Howard to a 10-day contract Saturday, they traded Dexter Pittman, a second-round pick and $100,000 last week to the...
Orlando Magic (15-39) at Memphis Grizzlies (35-18), 8 p.m. (ET)
115 days ago
Memphis made a move before Thursday's trade deadline, landing center Dexter Pittman, a 2013 second-round draft pick and cash considerations from the Heat for the rights to center Ricky Sanchez.