Guard Eddie Jones, who hasn't played in a game since May shoulder surgery, pronounced himself ready to start tonight's
opener and said his minutes would not be limited.
``Eddie has looked real good this week,'' coach Pat Riley said.
Said Jones: ``Coach knows I'm in pretty darn good shape. The first few days I started practicing, my rhythm wasn't there. Every day, I've cut down on the mistakes.''
Anthony Carter likely will start at point guard ahead of Rod Strickland. ``It has to do with knowledge and familiarity with things,'' Riley said. ``We'll just see how it goes. I will play both of them together at times, but not at the beginning.''
Riley declined to say whether Kendall Gill or LaPhonso Ellis would start at small forward, but said Ellis would be needed more in the power rotation while Chris Gatling sits out the first five games to work on his conditioning. One rotation player said he expected Gill will start.
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Heat coach Pat Riley said he has decided on his starter at small forward, but he will not reveal who it is until just before game time tonight.
Riley said Sunday that it would be either LaPhonso Ellis or Kendall Gill. Given that Chris Gatling is on the injured list, Ellis is likely to play a reserve role at power forward.
At point guard, Riley said Anthony Carter will start ahead of Rod Strickland, but Riley did leave the door open for a possible switch.
"I think it has to do with all the things, knowledge, familiarity with things, and then we'll see how things go," Riley said. "I'll play both at times, but not at the beginning."
Riley said Strickland has picked up the offense quickly, but Riley hasn't burdened the veteran with the playbook.
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Not even Pat Riley could wiggle off this hook.
He said he wanted to give youth a try, but he now has a group of mostly 30-somethings as he enters his seventh season coaching the Miami Heat.
So surely Riley would admit he changed his mind and went back to a more familiar formula.
Think again. Riley is wily enough to even put a spin on a concept as concrete as age.
"It depends on how you define what young is," Riley said. "I've got some old guys who are young."
After the laughter dies down, Riley, now laughing himself, continues his not-so-convincing argument.
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Heat Oct 2001 Archive
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| Oct 31, 2001
TNT (blacked out within 35-mile radius of arena), 4,34.
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| Oct 31, 2001
This is a special preview for the Miami Heat.
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| Oct 31, 2001
Let's start with the story of Pat Riley and the leopard.
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| Oct 31, 2001
What lies ahead is perhaps the greatest unknown in Pat Riley's seven seasons as Heat coach.
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| Oct 31, 2001
Six months later, the memories still linger from that 67-point, three-game playoff annihilation, the most humiliating week in Heat history.
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| Oct 31, 2001
A.
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| Oct 30, 2001
Israel Gutierrez of the Palm Beach Post reports: While the NBA begins its regular season today, the Miami Heat have one more day to prepare for their opener against Toronto on Wednesday.
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| Oct 30, 2001
From a distance, it looks like paradise.
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| Oct 30, 2001
They have been teammates for 424 days.
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| Oct 30, 2001
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Chris Gatling's second tour with the Heat won't begin until Nov.
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| Oct 30, 2001
Forward Tang Hamilton went from being an undrafted
rookie out of Mississippi State to making the Heat's final roster.
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| Oct 29, 2001
For the Heat front office, the Anthony Mason saga these past few weeks has been a non-issue.
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| Oct 29, 2001
This is the Miami's season preview.
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| Oct 29, 2001
Through nearly one month of practice and seven exhibition games, first-year Heat players LaPhonso Ellis and Kendall Gill admit they don't exactly know their roles with the team.
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| Oct 29, 2001
Pundits' pessimistic predictions and magazines' gloomy forecasts aside, Heat coach Pat Riley never enters a season thinking his team won't be among the elite.
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| Oct 29, 2001
When Sam Mack reflects on the course his life has taken over the past three years, there is one date that sticks in his mind: May 18, 1998.
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| Oct 28, 2001
Chris Gatling's stressful summer vacation is over.
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| Oct 28, 2001
Quite a charming hodgepodge of desperation Pat Riley has thrown into his locker room this season.
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| Oct 28, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: After bolstering the team's power rotation with Chris Gatling, Heat coach Pat Riley said Saturday he would explore trades for a starting-caliber small forward.
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| Oct 28, 2001
Pat Riley says Brian Grant played like an All-Star last season.
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| Oct 28, 2001
The Associated Press is reporting that the Charlotte Hornets have waived forward Chris Porter only one day after acquiring him in a three team trade from the Golden State Warriors.
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| Oct 27, 2001
After a preseason dominated with news of injuries to starters Tyrone Hill and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, the Cavaliers finally have something to smile about.
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| Oct 27, 2001
After acquiring Rod Strickland, Pat Riley said his previous statements about playing a young backcourt were now irrelevant.
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| Oct 27, 2001
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: The Heat's 11th-hour preseason makeover received a familiar face Friday, with Pat Riley, for the third time in his Heat tenure, trading for power forward Chris Gatling.
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| Oct 27, 2001
When the Philadelphia 76ers jumped to a 10-0 start last season, they made it clear in November where they expected to be in June -- at the NBA Finals.
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| Oct 26, 2001
A day after losing Mason, Miami gets Gatling
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| Oct 26, 2001
Rod Strickland becomes the starter.
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| Oct 26, 2001
They share a first name and checkered pasts, but on Thursday, Rod Strickland and Rodney Buford went their separate ways.
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| Oct 26, 2001
While most Heat fans are wondering who will be the starting point guard this season, the two most likely candidates don't seem to be too concerned less than a week from opening night against Toronto.
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| Oct 25, 2001
Pat Riley wanted to set the record straight.
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| Oct 25, 2001
Rod Strickland, the newest Miami Heat point guard, said Wednesday that his long history of arrests and suspensions is in the past.
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| Oct 25, 2001
Rod Strickland arrived for his first Heat news conference Wednesday in a beige suit with his tie squarely knotted.
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| Oct 25, 2001
The newest member of the Heat has a history that includes allegations of fights with teammates, women and police officers.
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| Oct 25, 2001
In March, Rod Strickland had a chance to sign with the Heat, but opted for Portland.
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| Oct 24, 2001
Ken Rodriguez of the San Antonio Express-News writes: The Miami Heat welcomed Rod Strickland to South Beach this week, and it's even money whether Strickland will get more minutes on the court or more time behind bars by Christmas.
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| Oct 24, 2001
Eddie House scored 24 points as the Miami Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs 90-88 on Tuesday night to avoid their worst preseason finish ever.
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| Oct 24, 2001
Defense and timely three-point shooting aren't the only qualities the Miami Heat will miss from Bruce Bowen.
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| Oct 24, 2001
Playing without at least three members of its projected rotation, the Heat closed its preseason schedule Tuesday with its most encouraging performance to date.
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| Oct 23, 2001
Pat Riley rejoined the Miami Heat on Monday after tending to family obligations for four days.
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| Oct 23, 2001
As his team continues to evolve, Heat coach Pat Riley offered neither apologies for the addition of Rod Strickland nor any indications that he is finished tweaking his roster.
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| Oct 23, 2001
Israel Gutierrez of the Palm Beach Post reports: Heat coach Pat Riley reiterated Monday that his opening night starter at small forward may surprise people.
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| Oct 22, 2001
Forward LaPhonso Ellis says he is not angry.
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| Oct 22, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: With its starting point guard injured and its young backups not ready for major roles, the Heat on Sunday signed talented but sometimes disruptive point guard Rod Strickland to a one-year contract worth $1 million.
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| Oct 22, 2001
Eddie Jones participated in a full-contact practice Sunday for the first time since he underwent shoulder surgery in May.
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| Oct 21, 2001
Miami, here I come..
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| Oct 21, 2001
Miami or Philadelphia?
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| Oct 21, 2001
Strickland decided that he would head to South Beach to play with center Alonzo Mourning and for coach Pat Riley instead of with a friend in Allen Iverson and for a former coach in Larry Brown.
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| Oct 21, 2001
What we have here is a colossal waste of time.
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| Oct 21, 2001
It was a classic rookie maneuver.
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| Oct 21, 2001
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Desperate times apparently have called for desperate measures:
The agent for Rod Strickland said Saturday his client has agreed to terms with the Heat.
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| Oct 21, 2001
The wounds were still fresh from the humiliating first-round playoff loss against the team that traded him.
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| Oct 20, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: The night started with such promise, with Alonzo Mourning resembling the vintage version and the Heat surging ahead by 12.
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| Oct 20, 2001
New rules.
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| Oct 20, 2001
Before training camp began, it was assumed rookie Ernest Brown would play the role Duane Causwell did last season for the Heat: the 7-footer most capable of filling in at center when necessary.
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| Oct 19, 2001
ESPN's Frank Hughes decries the imbalance the medical exception has the potential of creating.
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| Oct 19, 2001
Memphis, Tenn.
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| Oct 19, 2001
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| Oct 19, 2001
He has been shoved off to the side of the stage, less relevant than he has ever been in his coaching life, and this is an odd, unprecedented place for Pat Riley.
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| Oct 18, 2001
Snow replaced by Strickland?
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| Oct 18, 2001
For anyone who says Pat Riley can't adjust, he will offer some evidence to the contrary this season.
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| Oct 18, 2001
Kendall Gill hasn't crammed like this since his days at the University of Illinois.
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| Oct 18, 2001
The Heat's point-guard situation remained muddled Wednesday as Anthony Carter reaggravated an abdominal injury and missed another practice.
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| Oct 17, 2001
Sam Mack has a reputation as a shooter -- a player who can spot up outside the three-point circle, take the pass from a penetrating point guard and make the open shot with regularity.
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| Oct 17, 2001
Because of his size, versatility and number of address changes, LaPhonso Ellis has had more roles to fill than Denzel Washington.
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| Oct 17, 2001
After two weeks of the preseason, 6-10 post player Sean Marks has emerged as the leading candidate to back up center Alonzo Mourning.
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| Oct 16, 2001
Miami Heat coach Pat Riley said his starting point guard, Anthony Carter, bears no resemblance to his former starting point guard, Tim Hardaway.
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| Oct 16, 2001
Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: While the Bucks continue to drag their heels for the services of Heat free agent forward Anthony Mason, the Sacramento Kings may be in the market for a low-post presence after losing All-Star forward Chris Webber for 4-6 weeks with a sprained left ankle.
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| Oct 16, 2001
It took a while for Alonzo Mourning to notice.
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| Oct 16, 2001
Rodney Buford, caught twice with marijuana during his first tenure with the Heat, says he has learned from his mistakes and is ready for a fresh start in Miami.
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| Oct 16, 2001
Phil Jackson and Pat Riley found something they could agree on Monday, and the subject was Michael Jordan.
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| Oct 15, 2001
Will Webber be replaced in line-up by Mason?
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| Oct 15, 2001
Pat Riley didn't mind that the 16,500 fans at AmericanAirlines Arena on Saturday night were there to see Michael Jordan.
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| Oct 15, 2001
According to Pat Riley law, the defense should never rest on his court.
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| Oct 14, 2001
Bruce Bowen scored 19 points to lead the Spurs past Boston 124-78 in an exhibition game Saturday night in front of 15,987 at the Alamodome.
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| Oct 14, 2001
Towards the bottom of the article, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Heat owner Micky Arison said he supported Riley's decision to replace older players such as Tim Hardaway.
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| Oct 14, 2001
The doubts about Michael Jordan's ability to play in the NBA at age 38 may be disappearing after his very Jordanesque performance in a 99-79 preseason victory tonight against the Miami Heat at American Airlines Arena.
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| Oct 14, 2001
Israel Gutierrez of the Palm Beach Post reports: Pat Riley briefly flashed back to Michael Jordan's original comeback Saturday.
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| Oct 13, 2001
Several security measures have been put into place for events at AmericanAirlines Arena, including tonight's 7:30 home exhibition opener against Michael Jordan and the Washington Wizards:
Spectators should arrive early and anticipate longer waits, with all entrants to be swept with a detection wand.
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| Oct 13, 2001
Why be excited about a team that made more news for its off-season subtractions than its additions?
A roster overhaul may not be the worst thing to happen to a Pat Riley-coached team.
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| Oct 13, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Two nights after playing in his first NBA game in three years, Michael Jordan continues his celebrated comeback tonight when his Washington Wizards play the Heat in an exhibition at AmericanAirlines Arena.
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| Oct 12, 2001
Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: The Bucks may have earned a significant victory before their exhibition game against the Heat even began Thursday night at Teco Arena.
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| Oct 12, 2001
Estero · Mike James may have finally earned the right to be called by his illustrious initials, and Sam Mack shot his way into the congested small forward logjam.
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| Oct 12, 2001
The man who last coached Anthony Mason said he would have no problem recommending the free-agent forward to the Milwaukee Bucks.
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| Oct 11, 2001
Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Agent Don Cronson said Wednesday the Bucks still appear the most likely landing spot for his client.
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| Oct 11, 2001
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| Oct 11, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: Michael Jordan disappointed fans Wednesday afternoon, then delighted them a few hours later when he announced he would play in the Washington Wizards' first two preseason games -- tonight at Detroit, and Saturday at Miami.
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| Oct 10, 2001
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| Oct 10, 2001
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| Oct 9, 2001
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| Oct 8, 2001
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| Oct 8, 2001
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| Oct 7, 2001
Of all the things that the Heat's versatile guard/forward Kendall Gill brings in his first season at Miami, the biggest asset might be his even-keel personality.
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| Oct 7, 2001
Damn the CBA, says Mason's Agent
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| Oct 6, 2001
Ira Windeman of the Sun-Sentinel reports that Pat Riley insists the issue is not personal.
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| Oct 6, 2001
Heat point guard Anthony Carter suffered a lower-abdominal strain during Friday morning's workout at AmericanAirlines Arena.
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| Oct 5, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: For now, the Heat will not sign a veteran point guard.
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| Oct 5, 2001
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| Oct 5, 2001
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| Oct 5, 2001
Although Anthony Mason played in the NBA All-Star Game last season, he's looking for a job as teams wary of his off-court troubles take a pass.
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| Oct 4, 2001
While the looming luxury tax appears to be an insurmountable object in their pursuit of free-agent forward Anthony Mason, the Milwaukee Bucks say they have ruled nothing out.
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| Oct 4, 2001
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| Oct 3, 2001
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| Oct 3, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports: As Heat training camp opened Tuesday, small forward remained a puzzle, with serviceable veterans competing but no clear-cut, long-term solution.
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| Oct 3, 2001
How will Alonzo's kidney hold up with an 82 game season on the horizon?
I'm through with it," says Allen Iverson on the topic of his rap CD, which he has decided not to release.
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| Oct 2, 2001
Greg Cote of the Miami Herald writes that Alonzo Mourning's 2001-02 season rests delicately on his recovery from kidney disease -- and his expectation he can be himself again.
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| Oct 2, 2001
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| Oct 2, 2001
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| Oct 1, 2001
The Bulls today traded the rights to second round draft pick Sean Lampley, selected 45th overall, to the Miami Heat, the Chicago Tribune is reporting.
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| Oct 1, 2001
The Orlando Magic have signed free agent center Todd Fuller, General Manager John Gabriel announced today.
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| Oct 1, 2001
Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes about the new rules and what the supports and opponents have to say about them.
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| Oct 1, 2001
In his weekly review of the NBA, the Boston Globe's Peter May suggests the Heat could miss the playoffs.
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