Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat stretches prior to the game against the Chicago Bulls ( (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
It’s a short list of Miami Heat players who’ve been awarded the honor of being the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. While LeBron James (2012 and 2013) was the lone star to achieve the regular season award, we shouldn’t neglect others in Heat-history who came close.
In 1999, Alonzo Mourning finished as the MVP runner-up to Karl Malone and ten years later, Dwyane Wade was placed third in voting behind James and Kobe Bryant.