# Temporada 1988-89 de los Miami Heat

La temporada 1988-89 fue la primera de los Miami Heat en la NBA, tras la ampliación de la liga de 23 a 25 equipos, entrando a formar parte de la misma junto a los Charlotte Hornets. La temporada regular acabó con 15 victorias y 67 derrotas, ocupando el decimotercer y último puesto de la conferencia Oeste, no logrando clasificarse para los playoffs.

## Draft de expansión

| Pick | Jugador | Posición | Antiguo equipo |
| 1 | Arvid Kramer | Ala-Pívot | Dallas Mavericks |
| 3 | Billy Thompson | Alero | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 5 | Fred Roberts | Ala-Pívot | Boston Celtics |
| 7 | Scott Hastings | Ala-Pívot | Atlanta Hawks |
| 9 | Jon Sundvold | Escolta | San Antonio Spurs |
| 11 | Kevin Williams | Base | Seattle SuperSonics |
| 13 | Hansi Gnad | Pívot | Philadelphia 76ers |
| 15 | Darnell Valentine | Base | Los Angeles Clippers |
| 17 | Dwayne Washington | Base | New Jersey Nets |
| 19 | Andre Turner | Base | Houston Rockets |
| 21 | Conner Henry | Escolta | Sacramento Kings |
| 23 | John Stroeder | Ala-Pívot | Milwaukee Bucks |

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| 1 | 9 | Rony Seikaly | Pívot | Líbano Líbano | Syracuse |
| 1 | 20 | Kevin Edwards | Escolta | Estados Unidos | DePaul |
| 2 | 33 | Grant Long | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | Eastern Michigan |
| 2 | 35 | Sylvester Gray | Alero | Estados Unidos | Memphis |
| 2 | 40 | Orlando Graham | Alero | Estados Unidos | Auburn-Montgomery* |
| 3 | 59 | Nate Johnston | Alero | Estados Unidos | Tampa |

## Temporada regular

División Medio Oeste :
| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Div |
| y-Utah Jazz | 51 | 31 | .622 | – | 34–7 | 17–24 | 19–11 |
| x-Houston Rockets | 45 | 37 | .549 | 6 | 31–10 | 14–27 | 19–11 |
| x-Denver Nuggets | 44 | 38 | .537 | 7 | 35–6 | 9–32 | 18–12 |
| Dallas Mavericks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 13 | 24–17 | 14–27 | 19–11 |
| San Antonio Spurs | 21 | 61 | .256 | 30 | 18–23 | 3–38 | 9–21 |
| Miami Heat | 15 | 67 | .183 | 36 | 12–29 | 3–38 | 6–24 |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | PT | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | T3 | T3I | %T3 | TL | TLI | %TL | RO | RD | RT | AS | RB | TAP | BP | FP | PTS |
| 1 | Rory Sparrow | 30 | 80 | 79 | 32.7 | 5.6 | 12.3 | .452 | 0.2 | 0.9 | .243 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .879 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 12.5 |
| 2 | Kevin Edwards | 23 | 79 | 62 | 29.7 | 5.9 | 14.0 | .425 | 0.1 | 0.5 | .270 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .746 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 13.8 |
| 3 | Grant Long | 22 | 82 | 73 | 29.7 | 4.1 | 8.4 | .486 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 3.7 | 5.0 | .749 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 11.9 |
| 4 | Billy Thompson | 25 | 79 | 58 | 28.8 | 4.4 | 9.1 | .487 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.8 | .696 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 10.8 |
| 5 | Rony Seikaly | 23 | 78 | 62 | 25.2 | 4.3 | 9.5 | .448 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 2.3 | 4.5 | .511 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 10.9 |
| 6 | Sylvester Gray | 21 | 55 | 15 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 7.2 | .420 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .250 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .673 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 8.0 |
| 7 | Pat Cummings | 32 | 53 | 28 | 20.7 | 3.7 | 7.4 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.4 | 1.8 | .742 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 8.8 |
| 8 | Jon Sundvold | 27 | 68 | 8 | 19.7 | 4.5 | 9.9 | .455 | 0.7 | 1.4 | .522 | 0.7 | 0.8 | .825 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 10.4 |
| 9 | Pearl Washington | 25 | 54 | 8 | 19.7 | 3.0 | 7.2 | .424 | 0.0 | 0.3 | .071 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .788 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 7.6 |
| 10 | Clinton Wheeler | 29 | 8 | 0 | 17.9 | 3.0 | 5.3 | .571 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.0 | 1.3 | .800 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Anthony Taylor | 23 | 21 | 7 | 17.5 | 2.9 | 7.2 | .397 | 0.0 | 0.1 | .000 | 1.1 | 1.5 | .750 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 6.9 |
| 12 | Scott Hastings | 28 | 75 | 6 | 16.1 | 1.9 | 4.4 | .436 | 0.1 | 0.4 | .321 | 1.2 | 1.4 | .850 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
| 13 | Kelvin Upshaw | 26 | 9 | 0 | 16.0 | 2.9 | 7.0 | .413 | 0.1 | 0.6 | .200 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .667 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 14 | Todd Mitchell | 22 | 22 | 0 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 4.0 | .466 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 1.6 | 2.7 | .600 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 15 | John Shasky | 24 | 65 | 4 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 3.8 | .488 | 0.0 | 0.0 | .000 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .689 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 5.5 |
| 16 | Craig Neal | 24 | 32 | 0 | 10.7 | 1.1 | 2.8 | .386 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .320 | 0.4 | 0.7 | .619 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| 17 | Dave Popson | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 2.1 | .333 | 0.0 | 0.0 | | 0.1 | 0.3 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 |

## Galardones y récords

| Jugador | Galardón |
| Kevin Edwards | 2.º Mejor quinteto de rookies de la NBA |