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Latest Sporzzio coverage, playoff reads, and explainers about the Miami Heat.
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Klay Thompson is expected to join Miami after clearing waivers because the Heat can give him a focused shooting role beside Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo. The fit is real, but it depends on treating the 36-year-old as a complementary floor-spacer rather than the two-way star he was in Golden State.
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The 2026-27 NBA season begins October 20 with an NBC and Peacock tripleheader and ends April 11. Here are the biggest games, broadcast details and the reason each team initially has only 80 assigned matchups.
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The 2026 NBA Cup begins October 30, sends eight teams to single-elimination play and ends December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Here are the groups, national TV schedule, tiebreakers and impact on the 82-game season.
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The 2026 NBA Christmas schedule features five games on ABC and ESPN, beginning with a Spurs-Knicks Finals rematch and including LeBron James’ first scheduled trip back to Los Angeles as a 76er.
Team Pulse
Giannis to Miami moves the Heat from star-chase possibility into a new contender-pressure reality.
Explainer
Damon Jones being set to plead guilty matters to NBA fans because prosecutors say nonpublic injury information moved before public availability news. The issue is who gets useful information first, not just who bets on it.