Ever since the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/miami-heat">Miami Heat</a> lost in the 2023 <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/nba">NBA</a> Finals, the team has continuously been involved in trade rumors. Jimmy Butler and company seemed to lack another star to win the championship, which is why <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/damian-lillard">Damian Lillard</a> emerged as a potential target.







Dame has proven to be one of the best shooters in the league all these years, but the Portland Trail Blazers have failed to build a successful team around him. Therefore, many believe this could be a match made in heaven.


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Lillard’s future looks uncertain, which only fueled speculation about a hypothetical move to South Florida. Heat legend Tim Hardaway Sr., however, doesn’t see Pat Riley going all in for Lillard.



<h2>Tim Hardaway Sr. claims Heat won’t land Damian Lillard</h2>



“He’s not giving up his core,” Hardaway said of Pat Riley on The Carton Show, via Heat Nation. “He’s not going to do that, Pat Riley. So, Miami is not going to get him because if they want these two players, and you don’t want to give ’em up, that’s too much.”



Hardaway knows a thing or two about Riley, so his comments could be true. Besides, what he says makes sense because Miami may not be willing to meet the Blazers’ demands, which will probably be huge.


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But the Heat know a player of Lillard’s caliber could be the missing piece to their success, so we’ll have to wait and see what Riley comes up with. At the end of the day, there’s a reason they call him The Godfather.

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Having joined the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/udonis-haslem-and-the-nba-players-who-have-playedat-least-20-seasons-with-only-one-franchise-20220821-0017.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA</a> in 1988, the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/dwayne-wades-shocking-revelation-on-chasing-nba-rings-with-lebron-james-in-miami-heat-20211125-0029.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miami Heat</a> had to wait only four years to make their first ever playoffs appearance. From then on, they got used to making the postseason before eventually winning their first championship.
In 2006, the Heat secured their first ever NBA title. It wouldn’t take long for them to add two more banners to their rafters, winning the 2012 and 2013 titles. However, Miami cemented a bigger legacy than its trophies: the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/miami-heat-udonis-haslem-opens-up-on-his-role-in-heatles-era-with-lebron-wade-bosh-20211027-0032.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heat Culture</a>.
Based on hard-work, discipline and teamwork, that iconic basketball philosophy has been attributed to the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/lebron-james-former-teammate-who-he-won-a-title-with-is-asking-for-a-chance-to-return-to-the-nba-20220903-0038.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">championship-winning</a> teams, like the 2006 teams or the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/dwyane-wade-uncovers-why-miami-big-3-with-lebron-james-and-chris-bosh-got-so-much-hate-20220812-0042.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heatles side</a> that featured LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. But Heat legend Tim Hardaway claims the Heat Culture started way before.
<h2>Tim Hardaway claims Heat Culture started in late 90s</h2>
“I think the Heat culture started in ‘96-97,” Hardaway told Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel. “It didn’t happen when Pat Riley arrived [in 1995-96], because he hadn’t put his team together. Once the team in ‘96-97 got complete and we went out there and practiced, got out and worked, went out there and played, we just wanted to win. We had fun playing with each other and together and we could always count on each other to get in that foxhole and know that everybody had each others’ back. And that’s where it started.
“Heat culture started with Pat Riley coming to the Miami Heat, with Keith Askins, Alonzo Mourning, and then when he made that trade. I really think Heat culture started in ‘96-97, with Keith, Alonzo Mourning, myself, Voshon Lenard, Dan Majerle, Ike Austin and P.J. Brown, of course.
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“All this social media, they forget about what really, really happened in ‘96-97, ‘98, ‘99. They forget about what really happened. They just look at now, with the Big Three and those guys. I laugh, I just let it go. But it started in ‘96-97 and a lot of people forget about that.”
Most people probably remember the Heatles era more than any other team in franchise history, but they cannot overlook what happened before. At the end of the day, there’s a reason why the Heat <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-heats-decision-on-lebron-james-jersey-as-nba-retires-bill-russells-6-20220812-0031.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retired</a> Alonzo Mourning and Hardaway’s numbers.
 
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