The 2007–08

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season was their 20th season in the

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. To commemorate the anniversary, the Heat jerseys bear a XX on the rightmost part. However, the season turned out to be disastrous. The Heat never recovered from winning only eight games in the first two months of the season and finished 15–67, the worst record in the league. Coincidentally, this was the same record the team posted in their inaugural season. This was

Pat Riley Patrick James Riley (born March 20, 1945) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach, and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, and he also s ...

's final season as head coach of the Heat and his twenty–six year NBA coaching career was ended before officially resigned for a second time following the season. He did, however, remain as team president and replaced by Riley's assistant coach

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. It was also

Alonzo Mourning Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr. (born February 8, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player who has served as vice president of player programs and development for the Miami Heat since June 2009. Mourning played most of his 15-yea ...

's final season in the NBA as he suffered a season-ending and a possibly career-ending knee injury in a December game in Atlanta. After sitting out half of next season, Mourning retired in January. After his retirement, Mourning stayed with the Heat as an executive. At mid-season in February,

Shaquille O'Neal Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal ( ; born March 6, 1972), known commonly as "Shaq" ( ), is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program '' Inside the NBA''. O'Neal is regarded as one of the great ...

was traded to the

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for

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and

Marcus Banks Arthur Lemarcus "Marcus" Banks III (born November 19, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. Banks is tall and . He played college basketball at the UNLV with the Runnin' Rebels, where he was Co-Defensive Player of the Year ...

. Before the trade, the Heat acquired

Penny Hardaway Anfernee Deon "Penny" Hardaway (born July 18, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach of the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team in the American Athletic Conference (AAC). Hardaway pla ...

, who was O'Neal's teammate with the

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from 1993 until 1996. This move reunited the duo. However, Hardaway was waived after a few games with the team and he would never play in the NBA again and officially announced his retirement from basketball after 16 seasons.

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, after recovering from off-season shoulder and knee surgeries, battled knee injuries and missed the final 21 games of the season after undergoing OssaTron treatment on his left knee. Wade recovered in time to play in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Key dates

Key dates prior to the start of the season: * The 2007 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28. * The

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period began in July.

Offseason

Draft picks

Miami's selections from the 2007 NBA draft in New York City.

Roster

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

November

Record: 4–11 ; Home: 2–6 ; Road: 2–5

December

Record: 4–12 ; Home: 2–4 ; Road: 2–8

January

Record: 1–13 ; Home: 1–7 ; Road: 0–6

February

Record: 2–10 ; Home: 1–5 ; Road: 1–5

March

Record: 2–15 ; Home: 1–7 ; Road: 1–8

April

Record: 2–6 ; Home: 2–3 ; Road: 0–3 * Green background indicates win. * Red background indicates loss.

Player stats

Regular season

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Transactions

The Heat have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

Subtractions

Marcus Slaughter Marcus Anthony Slaughter (born March 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He completed ...

-Power Forward/Center, signed a two-year contract with Miami in June 2007, but was released October 29, 2007.

Free agents

References

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