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• Of Heat’s injured, only Shane Battier has a shot for Sunday

  Mike Miller (hernia) is shooting on the court, and moving well, but he’s at least a week away. Eddy Curry (hip) still hasn’t been cleared, and said it could be “a couple of weeks.” Eddie House (knee) won’t be available until late in January, at the earliest. But it does [...]
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• Dwyane Wade, father, takes “Nightline” into his home

  Dwyane Wade, who won a custody battle for his two sons last season, was featured in a Nightline segment this week. Here’s the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ttF29PAV-s [...]
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• Micky Arison reveals surprise: he voted against CBA

  Early in his casual media session with a small group of reporters, Micky Arison expressed excitement for the season to start on Christmas, against Mark Cuban’s Mavericks. So it was a bit of a surprise when, a few minutes later, he revealed that he — like Cuban — voted against [...]
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• Shot fired from New York: Amare Stoudemire says he’s hunting Heat

  There was some question whether players — after an offseason of supposed solidarity — would turn back to trash talk once they were in competition with each other again. Wednesday night, Amare Stoudemire offered an answer. According to the New York Post, Knicks rookies Josh Harrellson asked the Knicks All-Star [...]
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• Even while sidelined, Eddy Curry appears safe

  Eddy Curry didn’t play in the scrimmage, didn’t play in Sunday’s preseason opener and won’t play tonight. It’s not sounding, however, like his roster spot is in jeopardy. The Heat simply needs size that much. And every time that Erik Spoelstra speaks about Curry, he emphasizes the team’s understanding that [...]
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• Let’s play two (or four): Players OK with shortened preseason

  NBA players are accustomed to eight preseason games. This year, teams play just two apiece, with the Heat’s second and final tonight in Orlando. “A couple more would be ideal,” LeBron James said. “Eight can be extreme at times, but more than two for sure.” NFL players have stated their [...]
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• Expect more cheers than boos for Dwight Howard tonight

  Tonight may be the last time that Orlando fans have a chance to convince Dwight Howard to stay. So the likelihood, even after his “disengaged” — my word, not Stan Van Gundy’s — performance in the exhibition in Miami, is that Howard will receive a warm reception when taking the [...]
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• Pat Riley continues commitment to troops

  Pat Riley didn’t serve in the Armed Forces as a young man, but he has tried to use his celebrity to serve their cause. The Heat has honored soldiers before every game, as part of the Home Strong program. It has held charity events to raise money. And Tuesday at [...]
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• Players like Spoelstra’s looser reins on offense

  It was one of the disconnects of last season. Fans thought that Erik Spoelstra wasn’t creating enough structure on offense. Players thought that, at times, there was too much. It appears that Spoelstra has heard his players. “We’re just going to get out there and flow into it,” Chris Bosh [...]
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• Does the Heat have room for a hopeful like Byars or Harris?

  Dwyane Wade said he didn’t want to be Erik Spoelstra. And not just because, even after the extension, Spoelstra earns quite a bit less. “These are the best young guys we have had since I’ve been here, collectively as a group,” Wade said. Heat fans got to see that Sunday. [...]
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