If calling yourself an NBA Cup champion wasn’t enough to motivate Miami Heat players, how does half a million dollars sound? Although the NBA Cup (formerly the In-Season Tournament) has its detractors,

The possibility of a Miami Heat trade has become a subject of growing speculation following a disappointing 4-6 start to the season. Their most recent result was 123-121 loss against the Detroit Pistons, which was mostly their own doing after leading by two points with a second left on the clock.

The Miami Heat may need to shake up parts of their roster to compete for an NBA championship, but it appears the front office is not acting hastily. The Heat ha

Malik Beasley made a tiebreaking free throw with 1.1 seconds left in overtime after Miami was given a technical foul for calling a timeout when it had none left, and the Detroit Pistons edged the Heat 123-121 in an NBA Cup game on Tuesday night.

The problem is the Heat lack the type of assets that could convince Milwaukee to deal the Greek Freak.The article suggested a combination of Duncan Robinson, Terry Rozier, and Tyler Herro “would likely be” the first names included in any trade because of their salaries.

The Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons are in the Eastern Conference’s Group B for the NBA Cup. The Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Toronto Raptors join the group. The Heat defeated the Pistons 106-98 in Detroit in their first meeting of the season and have won nine of their past 10 meetings.