Ethan J. Skolnick, 5 Reasons Sports
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Sasha’s Dad. CEO @5ReasonsSports . Host “best Miami podcast” Five on the Floor and @5ReasonsUTube ... Former columnist/author.
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Joe Mazzulla looks as confused in this press conferences as Mike Budenholzer and Tom Thibodeau did.
Erik Spoelstra is wrecking coaches.
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The Miami Heat essentially got Jimmy Butler and Victor Oladipo for Josh Richardson, Kelly Olynyk, Avery Bradley and some relatively minor pick compensation.
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This was an easier story to explain when Jimmy Butler was playing like the best player in the world.
Now that he’s merely playing like a star, the Miami Heat are making absolutely no sense.
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The final 4 NBA teams in the Bubble in 2020 are all leading their second round series 2-1, primed to be the final 4 teams in 2023.
Maybe the fraudulent NBA season was the one after the bubble season, when those four teams had little rest prior to camp.
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The chair of the Biden task force on Covid-19 is the former surgeon general who advised the NBA prior to its extremely successful Bubble season
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Anthony Davis blamed Andre Iguodala for re-aggravating his injury but had the nerve to do this lol
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Every time Adam Silver — easily the best commissioner in sports — speaks about testing, people on here complain about NBA participants getting tests when others can’t.
It is his job to protect his league, not to protect the country. Vote for someone this time who will do that.
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Dwyane Wade's career averages per 36 minutes:
23.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 17.7 shots
Dwyane Wade's averages this season per 36 minutes:
19.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 17.5 shots
He's gone out right.
Again, that's all that matters.
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That was the most remarkable win in Heat history.
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Takeaway from today: there haven't been many friendships in sports like Wade & LeBron. It's one reason the past 4 years won't be replicated.
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It's over for
@DwyaneWade
.
16 seasons
13 postseasons
3 championships
5 Finals appearances
1 Finals MVP
1 All-Star MVP
13 All-Star selections
1 Olympic gold, 1 bronze
1054 games
23165 points
4932 rebounds
5701 assists
1620 steals
885 blocks
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#OneLastDance
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Watching the game with my daughter tonight and she asked why
@DwyaneWade
isn’t playing anymore?
“Because he’s 38.”
“That’s not that old. I mean, it’s not as old as you.”
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You can argue that
@DwyaneWade
has done as much for one franchise — in terms of making and keeping them relevant — as just about any player in NBA history.
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Coach fails to call a late timeout.
“Fire him!”
Athlete misses a free throw.
“Trade him!”
President withholds info that could have saved thousands of lives due to craven self-interest.
“Trump train! 4 more years!”
Some of you are stupid.
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The change from Adam Gase to Brian Flores is one of the all time upgrades in Miami sports history
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Column: What is the Dwyane Wade legacy? It's what you're feeling now
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Asked
@JimmyButler
why he is smiling every day here...
“I’m allowed to be me.”
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Jimmy Butler: “I want people to hate us. I want people to hate the Miami HEAT.”
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Here’s
@jimmyButler
on
@raf_tyler
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“He’s a player. This city is going to fall in love with him.”
(Butler changed his tune when Herro walked by)
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I’ve been doing this for 28 years and the 2022-23 Miami Heat are the most ridiculous story I’ve covered in that lifetime. They’ve gone from a disinterested, disconnected, disappointing group to the 1995-96 Bulls.
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I’m rewatching the game from last night.
It’s top 3 in Miami Heat history, based on circumstances.
@DwyaneWade
Game 3 Dallas
@KingJames
Game 6 Boston
@JimmyButler
Game 3 Lakers
Zo Game 6 Dallas and a bunch of other Wade and LeBron games just below.
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Jimmy Butler; “I like physicality, I want to run into people and see who falls down first. I want to see who quits first.”
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Can you imagine the pressure on these free throws?
Big performance from Bam Adebayo.
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The best part of that Miami Heat win is it likely pissed Marco Rubio off
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Tonight, this felt like a Miami Heat team that doesn’t want to let this season end
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The Miami Heat are on a 52 win pace though they have played only 14 games with their Big 3. They are 11-4 when Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo are both out. They are playing more undrafted players than any other team.
Erik Spoelstra is coach of the year.
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Victor Oladipo outplaying James Harden in a playoff series after his career was supposedly over….
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LeBron James game 6 in Boston, 2012:
45/15/5
Jimmy Butler game 6 in Boston, 2022:
47/9/8 and 4 steals
A top 5 playoff performance in Miami Heat history.
Sunday in Miami: Game 7.
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We expect more from people in sports than people in government.
I’ll never get it.
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Wins since making the NBA Bubble final 4
Nuggets 69
Heat 68
Lakers 64
Celtics 59
It’s odd that only one team got characterized as a fluke.
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I was in Dallas for the 2006 Finals and saw what Dwyane Wade did.
I was in Boston in 2012 and saw what LeBron James did.
I’m not sure I’ve seen anything like what Jimmy Butler is doing tonight.
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Mitch McConnell is one of the worst people who has ever lived
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The Miami Heat and LeBron James are each one win away from the other, 6+ years after they parted ways.
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Since the Knicks traded Pat Riley to the Heat...
Playoffs
Heat: 18
Knicks: 10
Finals
Heat: 5
Knicks: 1
Titles
Heat: 3
Knicks: 0
But it’s Fizdale’s fault.
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The Miami Heat are 24-8.
They are 2-1 against the 76ers.
They are 2nd in the East.
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The Miami Heat are now 7-0 in the playoffs and may be changing the course of the NBA by sweeping Giannis out of Milwaukee. They don’t have a single top-9 pick on the roster.
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Jimmy Butler on the responsibility of being a leader...
And on teams following the best player...
“Who says I am the best player on this team?”
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Jimmy Butler may not quite be Paul George. But the Heat gave up one good player, one pick & a contract they didn’t want.
The Clippers gave up 6 picks, some with no protections and 2 good players including a kid with big potential.
Not blaming the Clippers.
But nice job Miami.
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The best way I can put what happened today with Heat:
The Raptors. thought Miami was more desperate than it was. The Heat didn’t blink.
The Heat knew Houston was more desperate than Toronto, and would blink at the end.
Poker played perfectly.
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In Charlottesville, they were “very fine people.”
In Minneapolis, they are “thugs.”
Anyone spot the difference.
MAGA, come get your racist president.
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The Miami Heat are the top seed in the East.
Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Kyle Lowry and Tyler Herro have played 11 games together.
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The Miami Heat and Florida Panthers are each now 1 game from their respective conference finals.
Both can advance Wednesday.
As 8 seeds.
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Feels like Miami sports just ended
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Also want to thank the Heat organization.
When there was a lot of BS out there about me, they only asked how I was doing and welcomed me back.
You try not to root in this business. But some of them, I’ve known 25 years. And what is said about the organization is true.
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The Miami Heat, led by a “bad teammate” star, two mid first round picks, a 34 year old PG and an undrafted shooter are going to the NBA Finals against LeBron James and the LA Lakers.... led by the best coach in the NBA.
Finals start Wednesday.
Coverage:
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Justise Winslow: “This is who I am. I’m not going to have 27/7/7 every night. But my role is to lead this team, and I want to be held accountable to it. I’ve earned it.”
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The Miami Heat, picked by most national media members to finish well behind the 76ers, swept a series today one day after the 76ers got swept out. And with a winnable series against top seeded Milwaukee next, they are officially nationally relevant again.
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The Miami Heat are now 41-21.
That includes 8-2 against the Bulls, Bucks, 76ers and Nets.
They have officially now had only 5 losing seasons in the 27 since Pat Riley arrived.
Coverage:
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The Miami Heat are 10-2 in the last 12 games Jimmy Butler has played.
They’ve won 3 straight Game 1s on the road.
It’s getting silly to keep characterizing them as underdogs.
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... I'm returning to the Miami Herald to cover the Heat & the NBA.
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The Heat have 41 wins.
They will not have a losing season.
Pat Riley left the Knicks in 1995.
The Heat have had 5 losing seasons.
The Knicks have had 17.
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The only city he played where LeBron James was universally supported was Miami
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New info on Whiteside deal: it's not necessarily a 4 for $98M max. He agreed to some wiggle room if Durant wants to come.
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Outside the visiting locker room in New Orleans.
“Write this down”
“OK.”
“It’s from Pat.”
“OK.”
(Pulls out handwritten note)
“Danny Ainge needs to shut the fuck up and manage his own team.”
“You want us to... write & tweet that?”
“Go.”
The high point of my career.
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While you're watching Kelly Ripa, one more nugget: Pat Riley never called Dwyane Wade during the entire process.
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This is the best Miami Heat team since 2012-13, by win percentage and in reality.
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Sometimes I don’t think we realize what we’ve watched.
Dwyane couldn’t play back to backs regularly 6 years ago.
Now we don’t talk about his health. He just plays.
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If a sports executive or coach held a press conference like that, everyone would be screaming for a resignation that day. It would be on a loop on all of ESPN’s shows. Coaches are held to higher standards than the president.
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Not one person who thinks Joe Biden is a socialist has any idea what socialism is
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The hiring of this coach is the best thing the Dolphins have done in 20 years
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The Miami Heat are 3 wins from the NBA Finals
Dragic 29
Herro 12/11/9
Crowder 22
Bam 18/6/9 and 2 blocks
Butler 20/5/5 and 2 steals
Coverage at
@5ReasonsSports
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The Florida Panthers, who didn’t clinch a spot til the second to last game of the regular season, are going to their 1st Stanley Cup finals since 1996, in the most ridiculous but appropriate way.
Matthew Tkachuk scoring his 3rd game-winner of series with 4.3 seconds left.
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I’ll be covering Game 4 in Boston, in a series that — according to the national media — the Celtics are leading 10 quarters to 2.
Follow
@5ReasonsSports
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Led tonight by a 20 year old rookie and 34 year old PG, with late FTs by Jimmy Butler, the 5th seeded Miami Heat advance to their first Eastern Conference final since LeBron James, Dwyane Wade & Chris Bosh were in their lineup.
Boston or Toronto next.
Coverage
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Since 2006…
Miami Heat: 6 Finals appearances
New York Knicks: 4 playoff appearances
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This is the saddest statistic I’ve ever seen.
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The Lakers and Knicks were on national television more than all other NBA teams combined this week.
They lost every game.
In the playoffs, the league will wonder why ratings are down…. while the teams they hyped at the expense of real teams are long done.
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The Miami Dolphins got 2 of the 4 best players to change teams this NFL offseason.
This is not the norm.
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The Miami Heat are 1 win from their 6th NBA Finals in 14 years.
Herro 37/6/3
Bam 20/12/4
Dragic 22/5/3
Butler 24/9/3
Coverage at
@5ReasonsSports
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If BLM did this, there would be a very different reaction
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Turns out the Dolphins didn’t need to tamper.
They got their coach and quarterback.
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For a couple of first round picks, the Heat will get at least 6 seasons of Goran Dragic, who will likely go down as a top 10 player in the franchise’s history.
Seems like the trade worked out.
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Miami Heat rookie scoring
@nunnbetter_
17.8
@DwyaneWade
16.2
@realtuffjuice
15.4
Michael Beasley 13.9
Kevin Edwards 13.8
@glenrice41
13.6
@raf_tyler
13.3
@steve21smith
12.0
Willie Burton 12.0
@RonySeikaly
10.9
@mchalmers15
10.0
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Pat Riley on
@JimmyButler
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“I have never witnessed a player that good, who can do so many things, be that unselfish.”
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One year ago...
Still my favorite clip from this Heat season.
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Miami Heat records through 22...
Big 3
14-8
16-6
16-6
16-6
Butler/Bam/Goran/Herro/etc
16-6
@DwyaneWade
@chrisbosh
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Daily question:
Why is Dwyane Wade retiring?
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For the trumpists who keep coming at me with personal stuff they know nothing about... I took responsibility even for what was not true, asked no favors and built myself back up, in PUBLIC. While you slander me behind flag and dog avatars.
So fuck off.
Good night.
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The Panthers and Heat have made it unnecessary to ever watch another regular season game
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