NBA Free Agency Just Hours Away And All Eyes Are On Durant
Free agency has returned to the NBA, and this July 1 is unlike any other.
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Free agency has returned to the NBA, and this July 1 is unlike any other.
With the NBA draft over, the summer of Durant has officially begun.
With free agency set to start next week, six of the NBA's most elite teams are rumored to be in the running for the season's most-coveted player, Kevin Durant.
The Top 5 Sports Callers of the week is a weekly installment from CBS Local Sports that will bring you the wildest callers from across the nation.
Yahoo's The Vertical's Michael Lee joined Orlando Alzugaray on The Big O Show on Miami Sports Radio 560 WQAM Tuesday to discuss the Miami Heat's offseason. Lee questioned the legitimacy of Miami being a realistic destination for upcoming free agent Kevin Durant.
CBS Sports NBA Writer Zach Harper joined Orlando Alzugaray on the Big O Show Wednesday on 560 WQAM to discuss the Dwyane Wade, the Miami Heat, Kevin Durant's pending free agency and the NBA playoffs.
Alex Kennedy from Basketball Insiders.com joined the Big O Show on 560 WQAM.
Sports teams in South Florida haven't been particularly kind to their fans in recent years.
It's one of the most time honored traditions in the National Basketball Association.
Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, including two free throws with 1.5 seconds left that put Miami ahead to stay and the Heat topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-95 on Thursday night in a wild back-and-forth game that featured 38 lead changes and 11 ties.
The Miami Heat are looking to bounce back from a home loss to the Boston Celtics earlier this week.
LeBron James can't seem to avoid finishing second.
It didn't take long for one of the newest NBA coaching vacancies to be filled.
Russell Westbrook recorded his 10th triple-double of the season, torching the Heat for 12 points, 10 rebounds and 17 assists in a 93-75 Oklahoma City Thunder victory over the Miami Heat on Sunday.
The Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder are two teams that seem to be trending in different directions lately.
The collective reaction from the NBA to Derrick Rose's latest injury news was simple: "Not again."
In the past three weeks we've seen Steph Curry go for 51, Kevin Durant have his 43rd career 40 point game and Klay Thompson pour in 37 in one quarter. These kinds of performances are what we like to call "Stop and Watch games." As in stop what you're doing right now and get to a television immediately.
The Miami Heat are returning home after a lengthy road trip having won three of their past four games.
The offensive concept of pace-and-space was nearly an unbeatable combination for the Miami Heat, the plan of surrounding LeBron James with multiple shooters good enough to net two straight NBA titles.
