Miami Heat face key questions ahead of training camp

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Last updated Sep 27, 2026

Miami Heat face key questions ahead of training camp
Summary

As the Miami Heat prepare for training camp starting Tuesday at Florida Atlantic University, the team is undergoing significant changes. Following their first playoff absence in seven seasons, six players have left the roster. New additions include Giannis Antetokounmpo, Klay Thompson, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Bobby Portis, contributing to a win-now mentality. Coach Erik Spoelstra enters his 19th season with the Heat, tasked with establishing expectations and addressing positional battles among new and returning players. Camp competition is anticipated, especially for backup roles.

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  • •Heat training camp begins Tuesday at Florida Atlantic University.
  • •Six players left the roster after last season's playoff absence.
  • •New key signings include Antetokounmpo and Thompson.
  • •Erik Spoelstra enters his 19th season as head coach.
  • •Positional battles expected, especially in backup roles.
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MIAMI — With Monday’s Miami Heat media day at Kaseya Center arrives a sense of renewal, revival, reset. After four seasons of play-in and then, this past spring, the franchise’s first playoff absence in seven seasons, the sense was something had to change. Gone are six players from the roster the Heat took into their April 14 play-in loss to the Charlotte Hornets — the last time the Heat took ...

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