Ira Winderman

ASK IRA: Is it time to simply accept the talent deficit of the current Heat roster?

Heat’s Adebayo calls postgame interaction with referee ‘utterly disrespectful’, NBA disagrees and issues $50,000 fine

ASK IRA: Is Pat Riley willing to acknowledge this roster’s talent deficit?

Could Nikola Jovic soon again fade into the background with the Miami Heat?

It is a season underwater at the All-Star break, with Heat needing to come up for air over these remaining 29 games to create legitimate postseason hopes. And, still, there is an air of hope.

Have the Miami Heat lost their way with Haywood Highsmith?

It’s not the improved shot profile, the 3-point consistency, the finishing at the rim, the ability to command double- and even triple-teams. It’s none of that, Tyler Herro said, when it…

Do the Miami Heat continue to lack a true playmaking point guard?

Sometimes there is no recourse but to climb back in the hot tub time machine and soak it all in. With the Miami Heat and Kevin Durant, it is a time-honored tradition.

Ira Winderman’s perspectives and other items of note from the Miami Heat’s Thursday night game against the Dallas Mavericks.