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Multiple members of the Heat give love, respect to Sixers’ PJ Tucker

Multiple members of the Miami Heat give their love and respect to Philadelphia 76ers veteran PJ Tucker.

PHILADELPHIA–The Philadelphia 76ers made the move in the offseason to go out and PJ Tucker in free agency and sign him to a 3-year $33 million deal early in the free agency period. The Sixers wanted to bring in the tough-minded veteran in order to help push them over the top.

Tucker spent the 2021-22 season with the Miami Heat and he had a big year for them. He averaged 7.6 points and 5.5 rebounds along with 2.1 assists while shooting 41.5% from deep and 48.4% from the floor.

In Wednesday’s 101-99 loss to those Heat, Tucker had eight points and he was 2-for-2 on corner triples. His former Heat teammates had a lot to say as they gave love and respect to what Tucker brings to the table.

Dewayne Dedmon childishly threw a massage gun on the court after arguing with Erik Spoelstra

This was presumably Dedmon’s last game with Miami.

This has not been an ideal season for Miami Heat big man Dewayne Dedmon, and it got even worse on Tuesday night.

The NBA veteran, who is averaging a career-low 11.7 minutes per game, was seen arguing with Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on the sideline. Although it was not immediately clear what the heated discussion was about, he was not very effective on the previous defensive possession.

Immediately after the interaction with Spoelstra, the center stormed off and slapped something off the bench that made its way onto the court in the midst of a Miami offensive possession.

Players on both teams were visibly confused by the flying object:

If you missed it the first time, be sure to look on the left side of the screen.

Dedmon, obviously, was given a technical foul for his childish behavior and subsequently ejected from the game. This could have been very costly for the Heat, who were short-handed with available players during the match.

Spoelstra, who was also involved in a skirmish on the bench with Jimmy Butler last season, described what happened as just a “regular Tuesday night” for the Heat. Miami defeated Oklahoma City, 112-111, shooting 40-for-40 on free throws.

This was presumably the last game with the franchise for Dedmon, who also had an unfortunate blunder during a recent loss against the Lakers as well. He will become trade eligible on Jan. 15.

Orlando Robinson, who has played very well lately and made his first career start during the Heat’s victory over the Thunder, is widely expected to take Dedmon’s minutes as Bam Adebayo’s backup.

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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on Joe Mazzulla, Will Hardy’s early coaching success

Spoelstra shared his thoughts on two of the youngest head coaches in the league, Utah Jazz head coach (and former Boston Celtics assistant) Will Hardy and Boston interim head coach Joe Mazzulla.

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is among the longest-tenured coaches in the NBA and has learned much about the profession over the nearly 15 years he has been the Heat’s head honcho on the court.

Speaking with the Celtics Wire ahead of the 2022 NBA Mexico City game, Spoelstra shared his thoughts on two of the youngest head coaches in the league, Utah Jazz head coach (and former Boston Celtics assistant) Will Hardy and Boston interim head coach Joe Mazzulla.

“I think they are tremendous,” related the Miami head coach. “The coaching professionalism is in a great place in terms of innovation, creativity, coaching staffs that are willing to buck the trends and try different things.”

“I think that’s making all of us better,” Spoelstra added. “I’ve known Will for a while, but I really got to know him through USA Basketball. I was so impressed with him, and the way he could command the room. He has great emotional intelligence.

“The same thing with Joe,” he continued. “Joe is young, but he has an older spirit, and the way he views coaching and leadership, all of those things are impressive for somebody at that age.

“I know I certainly wasn’t ready for all of that when I was 33,” Spoelstra concluded. Given that at that age, the Miami coach was still a Heat assistant with nearly a half-decade ahead of him before he’d take of the reins as head coach, that’s high praise indeed.

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Jazz request permission to interview Heat assistant Chris Quinn

Adrian Wojnarowski: The Utah Jazz have requested permission to interview Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn for franchise’s head coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Quinn also talked with Charlotte for that opening. He has spent eight seasons on Erik …

Adrian Wojnarowski: The Utah Jazz have requested permission to interview Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn for franchise’s head coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Quinn also talked with Charlotte for that opening. He has spent eight seasons on Erik Spoelstra’s staff.

Source: Twitter @wojespn

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Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
The Utah Jazz have requested permission to interview Miami Heat assistant Chris Quinn for franchise’s head coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Quinn also talked with Charlotte for that opening. He has spent eight seasons on Erik Spoelstra’s staff. – 12:31 PM

More on this storyline

Adrian Wojnarowski: Two more candidates expected to interview for Utah’s coaching job, sources tell ESPN: Frank Vogel and Jazz assistant Lamar Skeeter. -via Twitter @wojespn / June 8, 2022
Jake Fischer on Quin Snyder: I was told that the first contract overtures, if you will, came sometime before the season started, or in the beginning of the season in the late fall, or late offseason or early fall, late offseason. And then there were multiple other frameworks, structures, whatever you want to call it that were presented to Quinn, and he just repeatedly always declined. -via Spotify / June 8, 2022

As the Miami Heat digest a …

As the Miami Heat digest a “heartbreaking” 100-96 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, Erik Spoelstra and his staff believe that a momentum-changing overturned call in the third quarter will provide a “case study” for the NBA as far as replay reviews go moving forward. The call in question came with 11:04 remaining in the third quarter, when Heat guard Max Strus knocked down a 3-pointer deep in the corner that cut the Celtics’ lead, which had been as many as 17 earlier in the first half, to 56-54.