Miami Heat: Early All-Star Weekend returns and more to look forward to

There is a very strong Miami Heat presence in Chicago for All-Star Weekend. They have been and are represented in literally every event on the docket.

The Miami Heat are one of the teams being represented the strongest out in Chicago for All-Star Weekend. This mainly speaks towards the participation in All-Star related or sanctioned competitions and/or events, as a ton of NBA players are just out there to enjoy the parties, festivities, and ambiance of it all.

For starters, the greatest Miami Heat player of all time is of course in attendance. Not only is he NBA royalty, meaning it’s only fair and right to expect him to be at the weekend-long event that celebrates the games best and most talented players, but he is also royalty in the place where the events are taking place. Not that we should have to tell you, but we are talking about Dwyane Wade and his hometown of Chicago.

When you look at one of the very first events on tap, it was the celebrity basketball game, which has come to be a fun yet quirky little watch based on all the social media influencers, pop culture figures, and other recognizable personalities. The Miami Heat even had representation in that game. Former Miami Heat player Quentin Richardson was apart of the event for the winning team, Team Wilbon, being coached by the namesake and ESPN personality Michael Wilbon.

Richardson had his best ever three-point shooting season efficiency-wise with the Miami Heat and by a decent margin, shooting the three-ball at nearly a 40 percent clip on 4.7 attempts per contest that season, his fourth-highest attempts per game across a season throughout his nearly 13 NBA seasons. He showed some of his still remaining deep shooting prowess in Team Wilbon’s win over ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith’s Team Stephen A. in the celebrity game.