▪ The first day after the NBA Finals: The Heat and other NBA teams can begin negotiating with their own impending free agents on the day after the last game of the NBA Finals. For the Heat, that means negotiations can begin with impending free agents Davion Mitchell (restricted free agent) and Alec Burks (unrestricted free agent).

Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander needs to step up in Game 4 of the NBA Finals to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a chance to win.

Udonis Haslem, in his role of ESPN commentator, said Friday he could see a trade fit for the Miami Heat with Kevin Durant.

The Miami Heat are reportedly "hesitant" to include one of their young stars in a trade for Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant.

Analyst recalls Mavs Finals fumble "Dallas Mavericks fans probably are still holding on to a handful of what-ifs from this series," Velazquez wrote. "What if they hadn't let a 13-

Jaime Jaquez Jr. never made it to the 2023 NBA Finals with the Miami Heat, arriving 10 days too late, as the No. 18 pick in the NBA draft that followed shortly thereafter. Now the second-year

The Minnesota Timberwolves got over the first round hump after two years of exits at that stage in 2024. They beat Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns in a sweep that stamped their arrival.

With many around the NBA growing confident that Giannis Antetokounmpo will stay put in Milwaukee, Kevin Durant is set to be among the biggest dominoes set to fa