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DHJ Quick Take: Cooper Flagg Projected as Lock for 2028 Olympic Team NBC Sports' Kurt Helin projects Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg as a lock to make the 2028 U.S. Olympic men's basketball roster, pairing the reigning Rookie of the Year with five other established stars in his early roster forecast....

Miami Heat big man Bam Adebayo punched Milwaukee Bucks guard Tyler Herro at Las Vegas Summer League on Friday, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Adebayo and Herro were teammates on the Heat for seven years before Miami traded Herro to Milwaukee for Giannis Antetokounmpo this offseason. According to Charania,...

DHJ Quick Take: Khris Middleton Linked to Heat, but Not an Early Free Agency Target Khris Middleton, who finished last season with the Mavericks, has drawn free agency interest from the Heat because of his ties to Giannis Antetokounmpo, though Miami did not target him early in the process. Why...

DHJ Quick Take: Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce Question Giannis Antetokounmpo–Bam Adebayo Fit in Miami Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce said the Heat should only move Bam Adebayo for a Giannis Antetokounmpo–level player, while doubting that an Antetokounmpo-to-Miami pairing actually creates a contender. Both pointed to a more established team, with...

DHJ Quick Take: Three Teams That Should Consider a Bam Adebayo Trade With the Miami Heat stuck in the play-in tier and Bam Adebayo coming off a historic 83-point night, a rebuild built around trading him is starting to make sense. Here are three teams that should take a look....

The Miami Heat have no interest in trading Bam Adebayo, according to NBA insider Zach Lowe. Teams have attempted to trade for Adebayo, with the Heat rejecting those calls. https://twitter.com/HeatCulture13/status/2007086241355874778 The Heat are interested in trading for Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. The goal is to pair Antetokounmpo with Adebayo....

The Dallas Mavericks enter Monday’s matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans at 11–18, still working to stabilize a season shaped by early disruption and shifting availability. While the record reflects the uneven start, Dallas remains a team the rest of the NBA is watching ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline....

Cooper Flagg entered the NBA with a résumé built almost entirely on winning. His transition to the Dallas Mavericks has brought a different challenge — learning how to grow as a young player on a team navigating injuries, close losses, and an inconsistent lineup. Dallas sits at 5–14 after Monday’s...

The Dallas Mavericks opened the season with the fewest road games in the NBA, but a home-heavy schedule hasn’t produced the stability they hoped. After Monday’s 106–102 loss to the Miami Heat at Kaseya Center, the Mavericks fell to 5–14 and a staggering 4–11 in clutch games, continuing a pattern...

The Miami Heat could regain an All-Star scorer on Monday night, but they’ll be missing the player who has carried their offense through the season’s first month. Tyler Herro is listed as questionable to make his season debut when the Heat open a four-game homestand against the Dallas Mavericks, signaling...