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Florida Panthers Almost In Conversation With LeBron James, Dwyane Wade And Chris Bosh

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May 28, 2025; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Florida Panthers defenseman Jaycob Megna (6) shakes hand with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly while presenting the Prince of Wales trophy after game five of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images
May 28, 2025; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Florida Panthers defenseman Jaycob Megna (6) shakes hand with NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly while presenting the Prince of Wales trophy after game five of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images | Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

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The Miami Heat dominated the South Florida sports headlines from 2010-14 when LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh joined forces.

They won two NBA titles in four straight trips to the NBA Finals. Eleven years later, another franchise has taken over. The Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Finals for the third consecutive year after eliminating the Carolina Hurricanes Wednesday.

Here's what George Richards of FloridaHockeyNow wrote:

"The Florida Panthers are going to the Stanley Cup Final for a third straight year, a run that has put them in rarified air. Very few professional sports teams can make it to their championship round in consecutive seasons. Wednesday night, the Panthers punched their ticket to the 2025 Stanley Cup Final where they will try and win their second straight championship. It is the best sporting run in South Florida since the Miami Heat went to the NBA Finals four straight years during the Big 3 Era from 2011-14."





The Panthers are also looking to join the Heat and Miami Dolphins as area teams to repeat as champions. Last year they defeated the Edmonton Oilers. The Heat won back-to-back against the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs in 2012 and 2013. The Dolphins were victorious in Super Bowls against the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings in 1972 and 1973.

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Shandel Richardson
SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here