Heat to again hold training camp, public scrimmage at FAU

The Miami Heat will return to Florida Atlantic University for training camp for the second consecutive year.

After holding media day at AmericanAirlines Arena on Sept. 24, the Heat will move to FAU Arena in Boca Raton for practices Sept. 25 through Sept. 29, with all camp sessions closed to the public.

The Heat will hold their annual preseason public scrimmage on Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. at FAU Arena, with details for that event to be announced later this month. The Heat’s annual preseason scrimmage has raised funds and drawn attention to breast cancer awareness.

The Heat open their preseason Sept. 30 against the San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center.

The Heat moved to FAU last year after holding their 2017 training camp at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas, with teams limited in how often they can hold camp outside of the country.

The Heat also held camp at FAU in 2015, after holding their 2014 camp at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has said he prefers getting away from Miami in order to facilitate bonding.

“It’s an opportunity for us to be around each other for all the in-between times. I like that the most,” he said.

“We’re going to practice. We’re going to do that always. But when you’re away, you’re able to some other things.”

The return to Boca Raton continues a tradition of preseason work for the Heat in Palm Beach County, with previous training camps held at FAU, Palm Beach Atlantic University and what then was known as Palm Beach Community College.

After starting the team’s Big Three era with training camp with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh at the Hurlburt Field Air Force complex in the Florida Panhandle in 2010 and ending it with camp in the Bahamas in 2013, the Heat mostly haven taken preseason retreats away from AmericanAirlines Arena.

The Heat have held training camp at a variety of venues over their first 30 seasons. Their first camp, in 1988, was at the University of Miami.

Heat President Pat Riley for decades has taken his teams on the road for training camp, with his Los Angeles Lakers training in Hawaii and his New York Knicks often holding training camp in Charleston, S.C. The Heat’s ties to Palm Beach County, however, predate Riley’s arrival, when previous management had the team’s camps in Lake Worth.

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The Heat currently have 19 players under contract, with teams allowed to carry a maximum of 20 during the preseason before a mandatory cut to a maximum of 15 by the Oct. 17 regular-season opener against the Orlando Magic.

After playing their first three exhibitions on the road, the Heat will play their final three preseason games at AmericanAirlines Arena, starting with an Oct. 18 game against the Magic.

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