Miami Heat

systems. One major issue facing urban and suburban areas is the Urban Heat Island Syndrome. An urban heat island is the effect of built environment and human activity on ambient air temperature. Basically, concrete and asphalt structures with human activity can absorb high levels of heat from the sun. According to the EPA, buildings and pavements can heat up to 90oF hotter than the air; then in the evening, the surfaces radiate that heat back into the air heating it as much as 22oF. These…

“With the 5th pick in the 2003 NBA draft, the Miami Heat select Dwyane Wade from Marquette University.” 2003 was a clean start for the Miami Heat after selecting Dwyane Wade. When you hear the name Dwyane Wade, the first place you will always think of is Miami without a doubt. The legacy, and joy Wade has left in this city will be eternally remembered. The exhausting, yet happy morning after having your basketball team win a championship is the feeling Dwyane Wade made sure each and every one…

were ready to offer him more than the Heat can put on the table. For the Miami Heat, the problem was cap space as the team lacks the money that Wade was looking for. On Wednesday, Wade has issued a statement to the Associated Press after announcing his shocking decision to leave…

The place I would most likely say reminds me most of Miami is the beach. The beach is an all encompassing picture of everything I’ve known growing up in Homestead, a suburb of Miami. It takes me back to the days on my grandma’s ocean front apartment and the days spent running along the beach with my brother Jason. The ocean, the people, and the atmosphere of the beach screams Miami to me. Miami has always been a melting pot of cultures and languages and traditions, and nowhere is this more…

predominant influence of one group over another. LeBron James is the dominant leader over other NBA basketball when it comes to his success and accomplishments in his career starting when he was in high school, with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, and his very successful LeBron James Family…

organizational characteristics. Diversity on a team can be a benefit once a team learns how to create a context that supports diversity. If people have identical knowledge, skills, or perspectives, then there are little reasons to organize them into teams. Miami Heat 2013-2014 team have psychological diversity but they lack diversity in demographics. In regards to psychological diversity the team has different skills sets that meet the needs of the team which is to win. In fact…

its exquisite restaurants to food truck weddings, from brilliant pastel Art Deco buildings to powerful red, blue or black grafitti walls, Miami transforms everything and everybody in matter of seconds. There is a piece of the city for everyone: the sports lover has Miami Heat and Miami Dolphins, the book lover has the Annual Food and Wine Festival or the Miami Spice Festival, the business person has the financial Brickell district, the traveler - the beaches, the water and the National Parks,…

Richards High School in Oak Lawn, where his older stepbrother Demetrius had already made a name for himself as the star of the basketball team.” (“Dwyane Wade: Biography, NBA Champion, Miami Heat Shooting Guard”). He attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his first year, he had to sit out due to his low GPA. Although, he had a low GPA, he was still allowed to attend school and practice with the team. His sophomore…

several teams. Still, it's really hard to imagine seeing Heat, Rockets, Knicks, Lakers, or Rockets legitimately competing for a single player, in the name of Kevin Durant. The Wizards recently picked former Thunder coach Scott Brooks for Durant-related reasons, other teams like the Celtics have formidable assets to theoretically trade for another NBA big name, but would an NBA superstar like Durant really opt for Boston Celtics? For Heat, it’s a little bit different is that for as long as Pat…

realize how much of a change they can make in this world with their actions they do on or off of the court/field by making a “conscious political stand for justice,” (Zirin, 2017, p. 424). He proves his point by providing examples about the 2009 Miami Heat NBA team making a political stand for justice for a young African American teen named Travyon Martin who was shot and killed by a self appointed neighborhood watch leader because he had his hood on which “some pundits in their infinite wisdom…