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Yes, the Miami Heat are still a destination

Inside The Heat·Ethan J. Skolnick·about 1 month ago
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There is no arctic freeze in South Florida. The beaches have not closed. The trendy restaurants have not shut down their sushi bars, nor tabled their Japanese-Cuban-Bahamian-Greek fusion cuisine, nor has E11even started playing show tunes and closing at 11pm. The state taxes have not increased from zero. The primary architects behind the Miami Heat reaching seven NBA Finals, and winning two championships, in two decades, have not scrapped their spreadsheets or relinquished their rings. The people are no less pretty. And the training regimen required to be part of "Heat Culture" has not become more draconion; if anything, it has softened some over time, as Pat Riley ceded his coaching post to Erik Spoelstra in 2008, with Spoelstra retaining many core principles but adapting some to the times. So what is all this silly discourse about stars shunning Miami? What, exactly, is Stephen A. Smith talking, and talking, and talking way too loud about?…

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