CHICAGO— The NBA cares plenty about what Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau thinks, fining him $ 35,000 Sunday for his Friday postgame comments about officiating. Erik Spoelstra? Well the Miami Heat coach offered his own powerful retort to Thibodeau’s claims of whistles and double-standards. “I don’t care,” Spoelstra said when the issue [...]
Heat don’t accept that East is least
When it comes to political coverage, the debate tends to focus on perceived East Coast bias. When it comes to NBA, opinion tends to run the other way, that the Western Conference yields the true power. Even before the Miami Heat’s 27-game winning streak came to an end, Memphis Grizzlies All-Star forward [...]
76ers’ Collins on Heat: ‘I don’t see any weaknesses’
By Ira Winderman South Florida Sun Sentinel 8:02 a.m. EST, February 24, 2013 MIAMI— In addition to Saturday’s rout of the 76ers, the Heat have three remaining games against the 76ers. Consider it Doug Collins’ ultimate nightmare. The brutally honest 76ers coach didn’t exactly put it that way, but he came close, awfully close, to [...]
Pacers don’t see Heat’s loss of Bosh as huge advantage
MIAMI— The Pacers maintained Monday that Heat power forward Chris Bosh’s abdominal injury, which likely will sideline him the rest of this series, doesn’t put them a distinct advantage heading into Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series Tuesday night. “We just can’t think that’s going to give us some sort of one-up,” Pacers [...]
Don’t fall in love with LeBron, Heat fans
Pat Riley: It doesn’t matter if we don’t have enough
The question was about whether the Heat accomplished their personnel goals with the regular season mere days away. But the one thing with Pat Riley is it’s never about the question, only the answer the Miami Heat president had scripted on the ubiquitous blue note card he carried into Friday’s state-of-the-Heat preseason media session at [...]
Pat Riley: It doesn’t matter if we don’t have enough
The question was about whether the Heat accomplished their personnel goals with the regular season mere days away. But the one thing with Pat Riley is it’s never about the question, only the answer the Miami Heat president had scripted on the ubiquitous blue note card he carried into Friday’s state-of-the-Heat preseason media session at [...]
Chris Bosh on Shaq attack: ‘Just a tactic . . . I really don’t care’
CORAL GABLES, Fla.— Chris Bosh has been through this so many times that he just smiles. Yes, he gets it, that he’s not Shaquille O’Neal’s personification of elite, a star, perhaps even a man. The latest dig comes in O’Neal’s latest autobiography, the just-released “Shaq Uncut: My Story.” Included in the retired center’s inspection of [...]
Wade: ‘I will play basketball… I don’t know where’
4:28 p.m. EDT, August 19, 2011 MIAMI BEACH –— Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade says his intentions have yet to change. He will play basketball this season whether it’s at AmericanAirlines Arena or some international venue. He reiterated Friday that he plans to play overseas if the NBA lockout resumes, delaying or canceling the season. [...]
