They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
[5] Its current staff consists of Pat Riley as team president and Erik Spoelstra as head coach.
[10] Tim Hardaway and Shaquille O'Neal are the only other Heat players who have been selected to both the All-Star Game and the All-NBA Team.
[11][12] Anthony Mason, Chris Bosh, Goran Dragić, Jimmy Butler, and Bam Adebayo are the only other Heat players who have been selected to the All-Star Game.
[19] Udonis Haslem, who has played for the Heat since he entered the league in 2003, is the franchise's longest-serving player.
Wade has played more games, more minutes, scored more points, recorded more assists and more steals than any other Heat players.
[23] The Heat are the only NBA team other than the Chicago Bulls to have retired the number 23 jersey in honor of Jordan.
However, he grew up in Greece and played college basketball in the United States for Syracuse University.