The Brooklyn Nets (14-32) had something to look forward to as a franchise and fanbase with the retirement of Vince Carter's jersey into the Barclays Center rafters at halftime of Saturday's game against the Miami Heat (22-22).

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The Miami Heat are still "patiently waiting for the best possible offer" for disgruntled star Jimmy Butler, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami

Tyler Herro scored 25 points as the Miami Heat pulled away in the third quarter and withstood the Brooklyn Nets' late comeback to win 106-97 on Saturday night in New York.

On Saturday evening, the Brooklyn Nets will host the Miami Heat at Barclays Center in New York. For the game, the Nets could remain without one of their best p

Following his healthiest start to a season in years, Ben Simmons has recently struggled to stay on the floor. After missing the Brooklyn Nets' previous three games due to an illness, the team announced he was available for Saturday's Miami Heat matchup.

The Miami Heat are spending $8,878,264 per win while the Brooklyn Nets are spending $12,325,454 per win The Astros don't have a ton of room for Alex Bregman if he re-signs with the team. The QB, projected as a top-two pick ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft, will not participate in practice or the game, but will meet with teams at the event.

With or without Butler in the lineup, the turmoil has clearly impacted the Heat, though it’s even worse when he’s not on the floor. In his last three appearances, Miami is averaging 116 ppg on offense; in the last five games when Butler has been out, it has scored just 103.6 ppg.

Part of the reason that Brooklyn found it tough to hang in there is due to their defense struggling to contain Tyler Herro, who piled up 25 points and eight assists in the contest. With that being said, here are the Nets player grades following Saturday's loss to the Heat:

The Heat, missing Jimmy Butler for the second game of his two-game suspension, committed 22 turnovers (leading to 29 Nets points) but mustered enough offense and defensive stops to dispatch a faceless Nets team that played without injured leading scorer Cam Johnson.