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• Miami Heat season prediction: 62-20

  It’s that time, to predict a team’s record, with no way to know all the adversity that’s to come over the next six months. So here’s my blind stab: 62-20, first in the East. And here’s why it could be low, or high. Low: Washington, Charlotte, Orlando. Those are three [...]
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• Down to 16: Heat cuts Varnado and Carney

  As expected, the chase for roster spots is down to three, for two. Josh Harrellson still likely has the inside track for one of them, leaving Terrel Harris and Garrett Temple with one more night (tonight vs. New Orleans) to make an impression before final cuts. As for Jarvis Varnado [...]
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• Where the Heat stands entering the preseason finale

  At this point, there’s not all that much on the agenda prior to the opening of the regular season. In fact, nothing that will take precedence to these two activities: First, cross the fingers. Second, knock the hardwood. Simply, the preseason has gone about as well as anyone in the [...]
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• Does All-Star change improve Bosh’s chances to start?

  After finally embracing his switch to center for the Heat, Chris Bosh acknowledged that it would “be kind of cool” to start at that position for the Eastern Conference in the All-Star game. Bosh has made the team seven times, but only once as a starter. Now the league has [...]
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• What are real worries after the Knicks’ rout of Heat?

  The Heat looked sluggish from the start. Since I didn’t make the trip — flight trouble — I didn’t see the team up close in the locker room. But, from what I saw on television, it was clear early that the players’ energy was off. Let’s not make too much [...]
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• The Wade-Rondo chippiness continues (VIDEO)

  Dwyane Wade called it a “punk play,” and said he had to hold himself back. Then, according to ESPNBoston.com, Rajon Rondo responded with this: “I mean, I don’t think it was a hard foul,” said Rondo. “[Wade] sold it a little bit, and that’s basketball. They were up, he drove [...]
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• League should postpone Friday’s game vs. Knicks

  The NBA has postponed Thursday’s game between the Knicks and Nets, which was supposed to be the first regular season contest at the new Barclays Center. It ought to do the same to Friday’s game between the Knicks and Heat at Madison Square Garden. The idea of sending another team [...]
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• LeBron James still not a Gatorade guy

  LeBron James wanted to make something clear after Tuesday’s win, one which he enabled with his play in the first three-plus quarters, and one which was jeopardized by his absence due to cramps in the final nine minutes. Told he should have sipped some Gatorade, James reminded a reporter that [...]
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• Barkley wonders whether LeBron will wear down

  LeBron James left the first game of the season, as he left a game in the Finals, with leg cramps. This time, both legs cramped, and he ultimately couldn’t return. James and Erik Spoelstra both noted that the arena was warm, which has given James some problems before. Still, Charles [...]
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• The Heat’s 2011-12 championship ring

  This won’t go over well in Cleveland: [...]
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