179: Heat Season Preview MegaPod w/ Will Manso (Fox Sports Sun // WPLG Local 10), Rohan Nadkarni (Sports Illustrated), Jorge Sedano (ESPN), & Ethan Skolnick (5 Reasons Sports)

The Miami Heat regular season returns this week, which means the Miami Heat Beat crew dropped a MEGAPOD to get our Heat fan listeners ready!!! Special guests from all over the NBA sports landscape join us to break down starting lineup rotations, Justise Winslow’s extension, the latest on the Jimmy Butler trade pursuit, and denials from Pat Riley, featuring, Will Manso (Fox Sports Sun // WPLG Local 10), Rohan Nadkarni (Sports Illustrated’s The Crossover), Jorge Sedano (ESPN), and Ethan Skolnick (5 Reasons Sports).

178: Jimmy Butler Standoff

In this preseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Brian Goins, Leif, and Jack Alfonso go in-depth on the latest update of the Jimmy Butler trade saga.

177: Jimmy Butler Trade Saga w/ Ethan Skolnick (5 Reasons Sports)

In this preseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Brian Goins, Jack Alfonso, and Nekias Duncan are joined by our network overlord, Ethan Skolnick (5 Reasons Sports), to go in-depth on the latest of the Jimmy Butler trade saga

176: Media Day Megapod w/ Tyler Johnson, Josh Richardson, Rodney McGruder, Tom Haberstroh and Kelly Olynyk

Miami Heat Beat’s first Heat Media Day!!! It was a day to remember with one of our biggest guest lists ever for the occasion. The MHB crew talked with Josh Richardson, Kelly Olynyk, Rodney McGruder, Tyler Johnson, and snuck in some Jimmy Butler talk with Tom Haberstroh (Bleacher Report/Count The Dings Network).

175: Dwyane Wade Hope Trafficking

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Dwyane Wade is byke (again)!!! Giancarlo Navas, Brian Goins, Brass Jazz, and Leif join the show.

174: Ayo Ethan, Thank You

In just her second Miami Heat Beat appearance, the listeners demanded we let our newest MHB member host. We welcome, welcome, welcome back Cait Anderson to the show alongside Alex Toledo, Brian Goins, and Nekias Duncan

173: Shut up, I’m Talking to Cait w/ Cait Anderson

Welcome, welcome, welcome to our newest sponsor BetDSI! With football season kicking off, BetDSI is offering our listeners double your money on your… Keep Reading

172: Credentials SZN

We return from our one-week break with media credentials!
• Giancarlo Navas talks about his interview with Pat Riley, and how he felt his attitude towards Dwyane Wade was like a fleeting dream. 
• Brian Goins reads cringeworthy tweets from Gianni’s Twitter feed. 
• Alex Toledo shares his experiences about interviewing Udonis Haslem and Bam Adebayo
• Alf learns what the hell Fortnite is.

171: J-Rich Hates Pub Subs w/ Rohan Nadkarni (Sports Illustrated)

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Leif, Alex Toledo, Brass Jazz, and Brian Goins welcome our special guest Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated’s The Crossover to discuss:
• Stories from Rohan’s one-on-one interview with Justise Winslow
• Rohan reveals Josh Richardson’s horrible take on Pub Subs.
• The crew debates what the Miami Heat’s optimal closing lineup would be?
• Impact of the Heat signing Briante Weber to a partially-guaranteed, training camp invite
…this and so much more!!!

170: “Vegas Tried The Sh** Outta’ Who?”

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Christian Hernandez, Alex Toledo, and Brian Goins discuss:
• Stories from Miami Heat Beat and 5 Reasons Sports’ takeover of Dan LeBatard’s MAS Miami Vol. II event over the weekend.
• Gianni delights in newest trade rumors that send Tyler Johnson to Houston.
• Miami signed another new player!!! Former #1 overall HS point guard in 2015, Malik Newman.
• The guys peek the Vegas over/under for wins of all the NBA teams.

169: Can’t Spell Yante Maten Without Manatee

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Christian Hernandez, Jack Alfonso, Harrison “Hot Take Harry” Cytryn, and Brian Goins discuss:
• Winslow likely to sign extension in late-August/early-September
• The unlikelihood of Wade leaving for China
• Miami signed a new player!!! Former SEC Player of the Year, Yante Maten, agrees to a two-way contract
• Gianni debates why high school sports are creepy.
• Yup, yup, yup, yup…

168: Kawhi or Not Kawhi?

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we discuss:
• Our breakdown of Kawhi Leonard to Toronto. Smart move by Masai Ujiri?
• Miami’s unlikely free agency splash in 2019. Is 2020 the Heat’s prime target?
• We play “Kawhi or Not Kawhi?”, a game where we try to match the voice of the Raptors forward among a lineup of five NBA players. It’s not as easy as you’d think!
• Could Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem really leave for China?

167: Not All Duncan Robinsons Look The Same

In this Summer League edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Nekias Duncan, Christian Hernandez, Alex Toledo, and Brian Goins discuss:
• Summer League Correspondent Recap with Nekias and Alex
• Small Sample Size Theater on Duncan Robinson’s prolific shooting
• Wayne Ellington is BYKE!!!
• We share sound from our mothership (@5ReasonsSports) on a text from a source to Ethan Skolnick indicating more moves for Miami are to be made…plus Spurs-Heat ongoing conversations for a trade?

166: Melo to Miami?

In this Summer League edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Leif, Alex Toledo, and Brian Goins discuss:
• Carmelo Anthony to Miami rumors. Would Melo buy in to Heat Culture?
• Miami’s newest whale: Duncan Robinson
• Bam Adebayo’s Summer League, featuring a live report from Alex at Vegas Summer League
• What are Dwyane Wade and Wayne Ellington waiting for?
• Gianni shares the most frightening car accident story ever.

165: A Tyler Johnson Away

In this NBA Free Agency edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Alf, Leif, Harrison Cytryn, and Brian Goins discuss:
• Miami’s newest whale Derrick Jones, Jr.
• LeBron’s move to L.A.
• Leif speculates how Miami can capitalize on the chaos
• Alf has some choice words for Kyle Kuzma

164: Chesty Heat Fans w/ Candace Buckner (Post Sports)

In this off-season edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Alf, Brian Goins, and Alex Toledo welcome Candace Buckner, Washington Wizards beat reporter at Post Sports.

163: Show Sheet is Dead w/ Seerat Sohi (SB Nation)

In this off-season edition of The Heat Beat Podcast,  Giancarlo Navas is back from his two week suspension for a horrid… Keep Reading

162: Ether Clevenick Pod w/ Ethan Skolnick (5 Reasons Sports)

In this post-NBA Finals edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Brass Jazz fills in for Giancarlo Navas as host after his six-to-eight week suspension was enacted last week due to bad tweeting. Alf, Leif, Harrison “Hot Take Harry” Cytryn, and Brian Goins invite Ethan Skolnick, co-founder of the Five Reasons Sports Podcast Network, to discuss:
• Haha! Eat it, LeBron!
• Miami Heat front-office speculation
• Kawhi Leonard likes Chipotle?
• The return of #MHBMailbag!

161: What’s Dan Smoking? w/ Ryan Cortes (ESPN’s High Noon)

In this NBA Finals edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Harrison “Hot Take Harry” Cytryn fills in for Giancarlo Navas as host after his six-to-eight week suspension was enacted due to bad tweeting. Alf, Leif, Brian Goins, and Nekias Duncan invite Ryan Cortes, producer of ESPN’s newest television show ‘High Noon,’ to derail the show.

160.5: #BurnerGate (BONUS POD)

In this BONUS PODCAST edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Alf, Alex Toledo, Harrison “Hot Take Harry” Cytryn, and Brian Goins react to the #BurnerGate scandal of Bryan Colangelo, via The Ringer.

160: Kind of An NBA Finals Preview w/ Kevin Wang (Bench Buckets)

In this NBA Finals Preview edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we invite Kevin Wang of Bench Buckets to discuss:
• Game 7s galore/Cavs-Warriors IV (NBA Finals Preview…sort of)
• NBA players who can’t shoot have some damn nerve to wear a shooting sleeve (i.e. Andre Roberson)
• Have we ever used analytics to help us play pickup basketball?
• Why has everyone forgotten about Miami LeBron except for Celtics fans?
…this and so much more!!!

159: Black Sunday w/ Michael Wallace (Grind City Media)

In this Heat stories edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we invite Michael Wallace of Grind City Media to share:
• Tales of Gary Payton losing his personal therapeutic chair due to the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
• The mystery of Rafer Alston’s disapperance in 2010 uncovered for the first time ever.
• Best Udonis Haslem stories, including the walkout song at his wedding.
• Miami Heat “All-Dark Alley” Team
• Backstory behind LeBron James-Erik Spoelstra “BumpGate”

158: Kawhi Sweepstakes w/ Rohan Nadkarni (Sports Illustrated’s The Crossover)

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we invite Rohan Nadkarni of Sports Illustrated’s The Crossover as our special guest to discuss:
• The San Antonio Spurs “hope to meet with Kawhi Leonard and his representatives soon” and plan to offer a “five-year, $219 million supermax contract in a bid to mend fences” with the disgruntled superstar.
• The implications of the super max league-wide and how it impacts the Miami Heat’s pursuit of a transformational player.
• What does Pat Riley regret most from the 2017 offseason?
• We stroll down the 2008-2010 prime Dwyane Wade memory lane, revisiting the MV3 years.
…this and so much more!!!

157: LeBron or #HeGone? w/ Justin Rowan (The Chase Down)

In this NBA Playoffs edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we invite Justin Rowan of The Chase Down Podcast as our special guest to discuss:
• Do the Cavaliers miss Dwyane Wade right about now?
• Miami eying point guard Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors as a possible mid-level exception (MLE) recipient.
• Justin accuses the entire 2009 Orlando Magic team of cheating (just Google search “Hedo Turkoglu 2009” and “Hedo Turkoglu Raptors”).
• What do you hear?! “LeBron” or “#HeGone?”

156: Six-to-Eight Weeks w/ Manny Navarro (The Miami Herald)

In this offseason edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we invite Manny Navarro of The Miami Herald as our special guest, who makes his maiden voyage on the show to discuss:
• Is Josh Richardson more valuable as a player or as an asset?
• Can we find it in us to root for the Boston Celtics over LeBron?
• Exclusive nuggets on where Miami had Donovan Mitchell ranked had he fallen to No. 14, and if the Heat would’ve selected him.
• The behind the curtain answer to the 6-8 weeks report Miami Heat Beat had right all along on Dion Waiters’ ankle injury from last season.

155: Embiid is Greg Oden with Wi-Fi w/ Israel Gutierrez (ESPN), Tim Bontemps (Washington Post), & Kevin Wang (Bench Buckets)

In this edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we enlist Israel Gutierrez (ESPN), Tim Bontemps (Washington Post), and Kevin Wang (Bench Buckets) to help us preview the Eastern/Western Conference Finals between Celtics-Cavs and Rockets-Warriors.

• What is Pat Riley’s Plan A this offseason and is it mostly filled of “What Ifs” at this point?
• Are the Celtics young stars and defensive acumen enough to overpower LeBron?
• How are we still underrating the Warriors’ excellence? Is James Harden going to crumble under pressure yet again?
• We rank the most annoying Sixers players and fattest NBA players of all-time.
…and so much more!!!

154: #TradeSZN w/ Evan Cohen (Sirius XM & ESPN West Palm Beach)

In this trade-filled episode of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Alex Toledo, and Brian Goins introduce Evan Cohen of Sirius XM & ESPN West Palm Beach to breakdown trades:
• Per The Miami Herald, Hassan Whiteside for Boogie Cousins might be a creative trade scenario the Heat could find themselves in if they take the risk of Demarcus’ achilles injury and new contract. Kawhi Leonard a possibility?
• Evan Cohen shares his 2018 offseason deals that he thinks are more likely for Miami
• How valuable is Justise Winslow to the Heat? Which young Heat player would we most want to keep (Bam, J-Rich, and Winslow)?
• NBA offseason landscape: Raptors are frauds, teams scared to give super max contracts…this and so much more!!!

153: Don’t Open Your Mouth About Miami, Ilyasova

Giancarlo Navas, Alf, Leif, Harrison “Hot Take Harry” Cytryn, and Brian Goins discuss:
• Pat Riley’s annual season-ending press conference, breaking down his stances on draft picks, transformative players, and where the Miami Heat goes from here.
• The gang begins its discourse on offseason moves, speculating trades for players like Otto Porter and Carmelo Anthony. And is Mario Hezonja the player Riley alluded to as the target Miami is eying on July 1st?
• Alf rants on Ersan Ilyasova by calling him a bunch of movie creature villain names
• We decide to use our connect at XMiami.co to convince Kawhi Leonard to come to Miami…I mean…Have you seen this place??? Mention “5Reasons” for an exclusive discount at move-in.

152: Pour One Out For Mount Vernon

In this edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, Giancarlo Navas, Nekias Duncan, and, Alex Toledo, join to discuss: • The… Keep Reading

151: Sixers Are Goofballs with Douchy Haircuts

Miami Heat fans are in low spirits after losing Game 3 & Game 4 at home against the Sixers to fall 1-3 in the series. Giancarlo Navas, Alf, Leif, Nekias Duncan, and Brian Goins try to pull you out of the doldrums by making you laugh and smile. Click to find out how to enter our Hassan Whiteside autographed jersey giveaway.