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| January 3 |
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Activated guard Eddie House from the injured list and placed guard Travis Best on
the injured list due to a sprained right ankle. |
| January 16 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler is selected to play in the got milk? NBA Rookie
Challenge during NBA All-Star Weekend in Atlanta. |
| January 18 |
Activated guard Travis Best from the injured list and placed forward Sean Lampley (lower lumbar strain) on the injured list. |
| January 22 |
The HEAT defeat Phoenix, 92-85, at the AmericanAirlines Arena to earn Pat Riley his
1,100th career victory. |
| January 31 |
HEAT guard Eddie Jones scored his 10,000th career point on a three-point field goal
with 11:39 remaining in the fourth quarter at Philadelphia. |
| February 2 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler is named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the
Month for the month of January, marking the second time this season he captured
Rookie of the Month honors. |
| Febraury 8 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler started for the first-year players in the got milk? Rookie
Challenge at All-Star Weekend at the Philips Arena in Atlanta and scored a team-high
23 points on 10-18 shooting while adding seven assists, four rebounds and a teamhigh
four steals in a game-high 32 minutes. |
| Febraury 22 |
Activated forward Sean Lampley from the injured list and placed guard
Anthony Carter (left knee patella tendonitis) on the injured list. |
| March 3 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler is named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for the third time. |
| March 4 |
Activated guard Anthony Carter from the injured list and placed guard Eddie Jones on the injured list due to a sprained right ankle. |
| March 7 |
The HEAT eclipse the 9,000,000 mark in all-time home attendance as a sellout crowd
of 16,500 attends Miami's game against the Dallas Mavericks at the AmericanAirlines
Arena. |
| March 10 |
Activated center Ken Johnson from the injured list and placed center/forward
Sean Marks on the injured list with a sprained left elbow. |
| March 11 |
Miami defeats the Cavaliers, 77-75, at Gund Arena in Cleveland to earn Pat Riley his
350th victory as coach of the HEAT. With the victory, Riley became the only coach in
NBA history to register at least 350 coaching victories with two different franchises.
Previously he had recorded 533 victories while guiding the Lakers from 1981-90. |
| April 1 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler was named the NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the
Month for the fourth time this season and third consecutive month. Butler joined
Tim Duncan (1997-98); Shaquille O'Neal (1992-93); David Robinson (1989-90);
Ralph Sampson (1983-84) and Terry Cummings (1982-83) as the only players in
NBA history to capture four-or-more Rookie of the Month honors since the league
began the award in the 1981-82 season. |
| April 11 |
A record crowd of 20,152 attended the HEAT's home game against the Washington
Wizards in the AmericanAirlines Arena. The 20,152 in attendance are the most ever
at a HEAT home game and set a record for a professional basketball game in the
state of Florida. The game marked Michael Jordan's final game in Miami. Prior to
the game during a tribute to Jordan, HEAT President and Head Coach Pat Riley announced the HEAT was retiring number 23 in honor of Jordan. The number 23 is
the first and only number to be retired in franchise history. With his 17th point of the
evening, a jumper with 6:59 left in the second quarter, Jordan assured himself of
finishing his NBA career with the highest single-game scoring average in league
history. With his first point in the game, a jumper with 1:29 left in the first quarter,
Caron Butler broke the HEAT rookie single-season scoring record (1,155) which had
been held by Sherman Douglas. |
| April 24 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler finished third in the Rookie of the Year balloting,
becoming the first HEAT rookie to ever receive a Rookie of the Year vote. Butler
finished with 13 first-place votes, nine second-place votes and 87 third-place votes
for a total of 179 points in the voting of 117 media members. The 13 first-place
votes were the most by a third-place finisher since Shareef Abdur-Rahim garnered
25 in the 1996-97 Rookie of the Year voting. |
| May 7 |
HEAT forward Caron Butler was selected as a member of the 2002-03 NBA All-
Rookie Team. Butler became only the third HEAT player to earn First Team All-Rookie
honors and his 55 points and 27 first team votes are the most by a player in HEAT
franchise history. Butler, who was named on all 28 ballots submitted by the NBA
head coaches, was one point shy of being a unanimous First Team selection. |
| June 9 |
HEAT team physician Dr. Harlen Selesnick is elected the 2002-03 NBA Physician of
the Year by the National Basketball Trainers Association at the Chicago Pre-Draft Camp. |
| June 26 |
The HEAT select guard Dwyane Wade from Marquette University with the fifth pick
of the 2003 NBA Draft and select forward Jerome Beasley from the University of
North Dakota in the second round with the 33rd pick. |
| June 30 |
The HEAT requested waivers on forward LaPhonso Ellis. |
| June 30 |
The HEAT picked up the contract options on forwards Rasual Butler and Sean
Lampley. The club also made a qualifying offer to forward Malik Allen making him
a restricted free agent. The HEAT did not extend qualifying offers to guards
Eddie House and Mike James, making them unrestricted free agents. |
| July 16 |
The HEAT sign restricted free agent forward Elton Brand to an offer sheet.
Unrestricted free agent center Alonzo Mourning signs with the New Jersey Nets,
leaving Miami after eight seasons as the team's all-time leader in field goal
percentage, blocked shots and free throws made. |
| July 22 |
The Clippers matched Miami's offer sheet to restricted free agent forward
Elton Brand and retained his rights. |
| August 1 |
The HEAT sign free agent forward Samaki Walker. |
| August 6 |
The HEAT sign free agent forward Udonis Haslem. |
| August 8 |
The HEAT sign free agent forward John Wallace and free agent center Loren Woods. |
| August 11 |
The HEAT sign restricted free agent forward Lamar Odom to an offer sheet. |
| August 19 |
The HEAT sign guard Dwyane Wade. |
| August 27 |
The HEAT sign free agent forward Lamar Odom. |
| September 4 |
The HEAT sign free agent guard Rafer Alston and forward Jerome Beasley. |
| September 10 |
The HEAT re-signs forward Malik Allen. |
| September 23 |
The HEAT signs free agent guard Bimbo Coles. |
| September 29 |
The HEAT signs free agent center Isaac Austin and free agent guard Joe Crispin. |
| September 30 |
The HEAT signs free agent forward/center Cherokee Parks. |
| October 1 |
The HEAT and Clear Channel Communications agree to a new five-year radio rights
deal with NewsRadio 610-WIOD remaining the flagship station for HEAT broadcasts. |
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