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| January 7 |
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HEAT guard Eddie Jones is named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week
for the week ending Jan. 6. |
| January 10 |
Guard Anthony Carter undergoes successful surgery to repair a sports hernia. |
| January 10 |
Guard Jim Jackson became the 233rd player in NBA history to score
his 10,000th career point when he accomplished the feat with 6:14 remaining in
the first quarter of Miami's game against Portland. |
| January 22 |
Guard Rod Strickland moved into sole possession of seventh place on the NBA's
all-time assists list, surpassing Lenny Wilkens, with his first assist of the night
and 7,212nd of his career with 8:54 remaining in the opening quarter of Miami's
92-79 home victory over Chicago. |
| January 29 |
Center Alonzo Mourning is selected as a reserve for the 2002 Eastern Conference
All-Star team. This marks the seventh time in Mourning's career he has been
named an NBA All-Star and the fifth time as a member of the HEAT. |
| February 1 |
Activated forward/center Sean Marks from the injured list and placed forward
Malik Allen (patella tendinitis, right knee) on the injured list. |
| Febraury 10 |
Center Alonzo Mourning hits six of his seven field goal attempts at the All-Star
Game in Philadelphia and finishes with 13 points, three rebounds, two assists and
two blocks in 16 minutes as the Eastern Conference All-Stars were defeated by
the Western Conference All-Stars, 135-120. |
| Febraury 13 |
Radio announcer José Pañeda broadcasts his 1,000th HEAT game in Spanish as
Miami defeats the Magic, 112-95 at the AmericanAirlines Arena. Pañeda, who has
broadcast every HEAT regular season game beginning with the 1989-90 season, has
broadcast more NBA games in Spanish than any other announcer in league history. |
| Febraury 23 |
The HEAT placed guard Eddie House (right quad contusion) on the injured list
and activated guard Anthony Carter from the injured list. |
| Febraury 28 |
The HEAT placed forward LaPhonso Ellis (adductor strain) on the injured list and
activated forward Malik Allen from the injured list. |
| March 5 |
The HEAT activated guard Eddie House from the injured list and placed guard
Mike James (bilateral patella tendinitis) on the injured list. |
| March 15 |
Television play-by-play announcer Eric Reid, who has been with the HEAT since
its inaugural season, broadcasts his 1,000th HEAT regular season game as the
Nets defeat Miami, 97-78, at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. |
| March 19 |
Activated forward LaPhonso Ellis from the injured list and placed forward Malik
Allen (bilateral patella tendinitis) on the injured list. |
| March 19 |
The Philadelphia 76ers defeat the HEAT, 91-79, before a sellout crowd of 16,500
in the 100th regular season game played at the AmericanAirlines Arena. |
| March 23 |
Guard Rod Strickland moved past Maurice Cheeks into sixth place on the NBA's
all-time assist list in the HEAT's contest at San Antonio with his third assist of the
game and 7,393rd of his career with 2.8 seconds remaining in the second quarter. |
| March 29 |
Activated forward Malik Allen from the injured list and placed guard Jim Jackson (high ankle sprain, right foot) on the injured list. |
| March 31 |
Trainer Ron Culp works the 2,500th game of his career as the Pacers defeat the
HEAT at Conseco Fieldhouse. |
| April 3 |
The HEAT's LaPhonso Ellis is named the winner of the NBA's 2001-02 Atlantic
Division Sportsmanship Award, designed to honor a player who best represents the
ideals of sportsmanship on the court. This marks the second time in his career that
Ellis has been named a divisional award winner and the first time a HEAT player has
received the honor. |
| April 12 |
Placed forward LaPhonso Ellis (right knee inflammation) and forward/center
Chris Gatling (mild concussion) on the injured list and activated center Ernest
Brown and guard Mike James from the injured list. |
| May 2 |
The HEAT's Alonzo Mourning is named the recipient of the NBA's 2001-02 J.
Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award for his outstanding community service. |
| June 7 |
Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development Marc Iavaroni resigns to become
an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns. |
| June 26 |
The HEAT select University of Connecticut forward Caron Butler with the 10th
pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and La Salle University forward Rasual Butler with the
53rd pick of the 2002 NBA Draft. |
| July 3 |
The HEAT sign forward Caron Butler. |
| August 6 |
The HEAT re-signs free agent center Vladimir Stepania. |
| August 14 |
The HEAT signs forward Rasual Butler. |
| August 15 |
The HEAT signs free agent guard Luke Recker. |
| September 5 |
The HEAT signed free agent guard Travis Best. |
| September 12 |
The HEAT announce due to a drop in his body chemistry levels, center Alonzo
Mourning will be out indefinitely. |
| September 25 |
The HEAT re-signed guard Eddie House. |
| September 26 |
The HEAT signed center Ken Johnson and free agent guard Khalid El-Amin. |
| September 30 |
The HEAT signed free agent forward Sean Lampley. |
| October 10 |
The HEAT announced former NBA head coach and current TNT NBA analyst
Mike Fratello joined its television broadcast team to provide analysis for 60 games
during the 2002-03 season. The team also announced Ed Pinckney will serve as the
team's color analyst for the remaining 22 television broadcasts and take a new role
within the organization as Team Mentor. Pinckney will also provide analysis for home
radio broadcasts when he is not working on the television broadcast. |
| October 14 |
Released guard Khalid El-Amin. |
| October 24 |
Released center Ernest Brown. |
| October 28 |
Released guard Luke Recker and placed center Alonzo Mourning (focal
glomerulosclerosis), center Ken Johnson (left knee patella tendonitis) and forward
Sean Lampley (left foot sprain) on the injured list. |
| November 14 |
Center/forward Sean Marks underwent successful surgery at Cedar's Hospital.
Marks had a plantar fascia release of his right foot performed by HEAT physician
Dr. James Losito. |
| November 15 |
Activated center Ken Johnson from the injured list and placed center/forward
Sean Marks (plantar fasciitis, right foot) on the injured list. |
| November 29 |
Activated forward Sean Lampley from the injured list and placed center Ken
Johnson (left knee patella tendonitis) on the injured list. |
| December 2 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler is named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the
Month for the month of November. Butler became the first HEAT rookie to ever
capture NBA Rookie of the Month honors. |
| December 13 |
Activated center Ken Johnson from the injured list and placed guard Eddie House on the injured list with a stress reaction of his right fibula. |
| December 22 |
Activated center/forward Sean Marks from the injured list and placed center
Ken Johnson on the injured list with a lower back strain. |
