No NBA team in recent years has gotten more from undrafted projects than the Miami Heat. And no team has gotten less for those success stories when those player

Grant Afseth of Fastbreak Journal has reported that the Heat have expressed interest in multiple big men, and among them is former Utah Jazz first-round draft pick Trey Lyles. Mor

For the Lakers, probably no player is worth both a look back and a look forward more than Austin Reaves, the one-time undrafted guard from Oklahoma who managed to carve out a starring role for himself in the NBA despite significant odds working against him.

On Friday, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald revealed the package Miami offered the Suns for Durant, which may surprise Heat fans. Jackson reported the Heat offered Andrew Wiggins, Terry Rozier, Jaime Jaquez, Haywood Highsmith and the 20th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. This draft pick became Kasparas Jakucionis.

Two of the state’s biggest columnists jumped into the fray. Dave Barry of the Miami Herald called Central Floridians an uncultured bunch of “low-foreheaded, nose-picking yahoos.” Bob Morris of the Orlando Sentinel fired back. It was Florida Man versus Florida Man before Florida Man was even a meme.

But more importantly, the trade brings the Heat under the luxury-tax threshold. By shedding Highsmith’s expiring $5.6 million salary, the Heat goes from about $1.3 million above the luxury-tax line to about $4.3 million under the luxury-tax threshold.

The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets have come together on a surprising trade in the latter weeks of the NBA offseason. ESPN's Shams Charania has reported that the Heat have sent forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft pick to the Nets in exchange for a protected 2026 second-rounder.

After being among the bottom of the league offensively and within the top 10 defensively for the last three seasons, the Miami Heat’s successful offseason may l