Welcome to The Heat Beat Podcast, a weekly NBA podcast hosted by Giancarlo Navas and Brian Goins bringing you the latest dose of Miami Heat news, insight, and commentary.

In this edition of The Heat Beat Podcast, we welcomed Israel Gutierrez of ESPN as our special guest to join Giancarlo Navas, Leif, and Brian Goins in discussions that involve:

• Wade's sudden departure, and why Riley and the HEAT organization placed minimal effort to retain him
• Is Miami still a free agent destination without Wade, and how long is their rebuild?
• Will Chris Bosh's status become messier as most presume?
• Gianni and Brian share their stories about their interactions with The LeBatard Show
… and so much more

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Editors: Giancarlo Navas (@GNavas103) and Brian Goins (@byBrianGoins).

Contributors: Leif Sylvander (@Lefty_Leif), Christian Hernandez (@cch1125), The Greater Alf (Heat Twitter President) (@Alf954), Harrison Cytryn (@hlcytryn), Jack Alfonso (@alfonsohoops), James Profetto (@jamesprofetto), Jorge Corrales (@jorgecorrales), Alex Toledo (@tropicalblanket), and Veronika Quispe(@veronika_quispe).

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