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Miami Heat Hilariously Given A New Nickname In Video Game Trailer

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Feb 21, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) celebrates after scoring against the Toronto Raptors during the second half at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images
Feb 21, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) celebrates after scoring against the Toronto Raptors during the second half at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images | Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images

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If you're a Miami Heat fan or just a Miami native, you might be the kind of person who can find the humor in things throughout life.

If that's the case, then you're going to appreciate this.

In the latest trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, centered around a satirical version of Florida, (aka Leonida), the Heat are instead named the Vice City Narcos. It's up to interpretation about what they did with the rest of the logo, though.

In the trailer, you can see the Kaseya Center, except it's called the "Sahara Arena", as well as what looks to be Wynwood, the Bayside ferris wheel and other sights along the bay in downtown Miami.

"Everything in excess. We're a long way from the '80s, but Vice City is still the sun and fun capital of America," per Rockstar Games' description of Vice City. "The glamour, hustle and greed of America captured in a single city. Each neighborhood has something to offer, from the pastel art deco hotels and bright white sands of Ocean Beach, to the bustling panaderias of Little Cuba and the bootleg brands of the Tisha-Wocka flea market, out to the VC Port, the cruise ship capital of the world."

The highly-anticipated game is set to release on May 26, 2026.

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Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at toledoalexander22@gmail.com. Twitter: @tropicalblanket

NBA Insider Names Miami Heat Among Giannis Antetokounmpo Desired Landing Spots

Now that the offseason has commenced for both the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks after underwhelming seasons for different reasons, many around the league are wondering what Bucks' megastar Giannis Antetokounmpo is thinking about his team's future.

Appearing on the Zach Lowe Show, The Ringer's Howard Beck named a few potential desired destinations for the two-time MVP.

“Does Giannis ask out? If he does, does he have a list? I poked around a little bit a few days ago & the initial thing I got from one person was just like, some rumblings that it's already just the big cities," Beck said. "It's one of the LA teams or one of the NY teams, or maybe Miami, not big market, but glamor market, a mid-size market."

The Indiana Pacers eliminated the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Antetokounmpo is on the other side of 30 while co-star Damian Lillard is sidelined indefinitely after a torn Achilles in the postseason. The Bucks have limited assets to upgrade the roster and veterans Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis are impending free agents this summer.

Beck and Lowe had been discussing what Antetkounmpo's value could be for another contender like the Houston Rockets, whom they were originally speaking about, and how much teams should be willing to trade for the 2021 Finals MVP and six-time All-NBA First Teamer.

"So some of this is gonna depend on, does Giannis ask out? Because you're not gonna proactively just trade him, probably right," Beck said. "It's the Damian Lillard conundrum, where it's like 'Maybe we should've moved off of him sooner, but you can't trade Damian Lillard unless he asks to be traded. Oh he asked to be traded, so let's move."


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Alex Toledo
ALEX TOLEDO

Alex, who was born in Miami, is also a producer, co-host and reporter for the Five on the Floor podcast. He has covered the Heat and NBA since 2019 as a season credential holder. He studied journalism at Florida International University.