Dexter Pittman

Q: Ira, $12 million for Mario Chalmers! Is Pat Riley on drugs? — Hunter. A: I don't think he is, but some of those pictures in his early NBA days make you wonder if he wasn't hanging out with a few who were. Look, you have to consider the market,...

Q: With all this concern at point guard, do you think we will have a Carlos Arroyo comeback to the Heat? — Miguel. A: I have to admit, I found the Heat's treatment of Carlos somewhat confounding over the years. Yes, he does not have the 3-point...

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The question was about whether the Heat accomplished their personnel goals with the regular season mere days away. But the one thing with Pat Riley is it's never about the question, only the answer the Miami Heat president had scripted on the ubiquitous...

After one game — a meaningless preseason game at that — Stan Van Gundy bristled at the question that's not going away. A reporter asked after the Magic's listless loss to the Heat on Sunday if Dwight Howard was disengaged. “So if he...

The glimpses of Dexter Pittman have been fleeting. Odds are, if you didn't spend time in Sioux Falls, S.D., last season, you didn't get much of a feel for how the game of the 2010 Heat second-round pick stacks up on the pro level. And, yes, Pittman...

Q: I'm curious about the market for Mario Chalmers. Will he be offered more from other teams and will the Heat fight to keep him? I would like to see him return only as a backup. He may have played big minutes in the Finals, but in my opinion he's not the...

How highly do the Las Vegas and offshore books think of the Heat? They have them as early-line NBA championship favorites, even though the team still lacks definitive answers at center or point guard. Currently, the only centers under contract to the Heat...

So what's next for the Miami Heat and the NBA? Here's what: Q. Why the wait until Dec. 9 to open training camps and start free agency? A. While the prime financial issues have been resolved in a new collective-bargaining agreement, there are many...

MIAMI (AP) — A year ago when Miami and Indiana faced off in the postseason, there were blood-drawing hits, flagrant fouls, technical fouls, choke signs being directed toward LeBron James and more than a few sharp-tongued comments. Here they...

  The rivalry has simmered for a year.   Now the stakes are even higher.   After defeating the Indiana Pacers in a bitterly contested six-game series in last season's Eastern Conference semifinals, the Miami Heat now will face the Pacers in the...

  After banging with the Chicago Bulls for five games that physically felt like twice as many, the Miami Heat spent Thursday recovering from their second-round bumps and bruises.    But they also appreciate the fight has only begun, that there is a team...