MIAMI— There finally is light at the end of the treadmill for Eddy Curry. Instead of again summarily ruling the bulky veteran center out of Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers at AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra left the door ajar after Wednesday’s practice. “Possibly,” Spoelstra said, with the bulk of [...]
Eddie House ready for next, post-Heat step
January 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
NEWARK, N.J. Eddie House sensed it was over even before it was over. Veterans just know. So even before the call came from Pat Riley on Dec. 23, House already was getting his house in order, in anticipation of his second departure from South Florida. No hard feelings. No remorse about a second go-round that [...]
Eddie House ready for next, post-Heat step
January 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
NEWARK, N.J. Eddie House sensed it was over even before it was over. Veterans just know. So even before the call came from Pat Riley on Dec. 23, House already was getting his house in order, in anticipation of his second departure from South Florida. No hard feelings. No remorse about a second go-round that [...]
Eddie House ready for next, post-Heat step
January 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
NEWARK, N.J. Eddie House sensed it was over even before it was over. Veterans just know. So even before the call came from Pat Riley on Dec. 23, House already was getting his house in order, in anticipation of his second departure from South Florida. No hard feelings. No remorse about a second go-round that [...]
Norris Cole ready for Heat challenge at point guard
December 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— The kid is all right. At least that’s what Norris Cole will attempt to impress upon the Miami Heat when training camp opens Friday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Cole joined several teammates Monday on the Heat’s practice court for the informal sessions that will continue until an expected Thursday ratification of a new collective-bargaining agreement. [...]
NBA talks resume; Heat’s Pat Riley ready to pounce
November 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— Amid Friday’s resumption of talks to end the NBA lockout, the Miami Heat stand poised to spring back into action. Parties for the NBA and the trade association that formerly had been known as the players’ union resumed negotiations at noon in New York amid hopes of settling the anti-trust action the players brought [...]
Heat President Pat Riley says he is ready to get back to work
November 11, 2011 Leave a Comment
DORAL, Fla.— In his first expansive comments since the July 1 start of the NBA lockout, Miami Heat President Pat Riley said Friday he is anxious to get back to the business of basketball. While banned by the league from commenting directly on the lockout, Riley, during a Heat-organized event in commemoration of Veterans Day [...]
Heat draft pick Norris Cole ready for “next phase”
June 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— The college kid in Norris Cole thought it was cool. When he grew out a hi-top fade his senior year at Cleveland State, he became a fan favorite because of the old-school hairdo. Now, like most graduates, the fun is over. Time to get serious. The late 1980s hair has been chopped off, replaced [...]
NBA FINALS: Mavs at Heat, 9 p.m. Tuesday (ABC-TV) Miami Heat say they’re ready for the late show
May 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— The Miami Heat slept in Tuesday. Coach Erik Spoelstra said that was because he wanted to make sure his team was wide awake for Tuesday night’s 9 p.m. NBA Finals opener against the Dallas Mavericks at AmericanAirlines Arena. “I try to remember back in 2006,” Spoelstra said of the Heat’s title run through the [...]
Heat’s Dwyane Wade not 100 percent, but he’s ready
May 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
MIAMI— There were no post-practice shooting contests. On Wednesday, the mood was less playful for Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade. Long after the usual contest participants — Mike Bibby, Eddie House and LeBron James — had disappeared from the practice court, Wade remained behind. He was hoisting up mid-range jumpshots with assistant coach David Fizdale [...]