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3 unusual facts about Miami Heat


Mel Alas

He also attended coach Eric Spoelstra's (NBA - Miami Heat's head coach) basketball clinics back in 2009 and 2011.

Miami Heat

They were also the only team in the NBA to have the NBA logo on the right shoulder instead of the left, until the introduction of the Adidas Revolution 30 uniforms in 2010 which regulated all teams to have the NBA logo on the left shoulder.

Norris Cole latched a hand on David West's groin area as he tried to slip through West.


Arvid Kramer

The Dallas Mavericks wanted to make sure that their players Uwe Blab, Steve Alford or Bill Wennington, who were left unprotected, would not be selected, so they offered the Miami Heat the rights to Arvid Kramer and their first choice (No. 20) in the college draft (which later would turn out to become Kevin Edwards).

Avery Bradley

This injury, which led to season-ending surgery, was a significant setback to the Celtics, who lost in seven games to the Miami Heat in the Conference Finals.

Green sport event

The American Airlines Center home of the Miami Heat (NBA) has been awarded LEED Certification for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), being one of two the first two to receive this award.

Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation

Famous Alumni include former Arkansas Governor and Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam, actors James Van Der Beek, Raviv Ullman and Shannon Elizabeth, Miami Heat basketball player Shane Battier, Doug Wilson, host and designer of TLC's Trading Spaces show, Apprentice star and entrepreneur Toral Mehta and founder Hugh O'Brian.

Javin Hunter

Hunter attended high school at Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills, Michigan, where he was a 3-time All-State and USA Today Honorable Mention All-American basketball player while teaming with current Miami Heat player Shane Battier for 3 straight state basketball championships.

Jeff Ayres

Pendergraph was ejected from Game 7 of the 2013 Eastern Conference Finals by referee Ken Mauer after a shoving match with Miami Heat guard Norris Cole, who was also ejected in the fourth quarter.

No homo

In 2013, Roy Hibbert of the Indiana Pacers stirred up controversy after he used the term in a postgame interview following a playoff game against the Miami Heat.


see also

Jermaine Beal

After going undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft, Beal joined the Miami Heat for the 2010 NBA Summer League.

Scott Braun

Other play-by-play experience included announcing for the Miami Heat and University of Miami football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball broadcasts for ACC Select Internet TV and WVUM-FM.