35 years later, NBA Finals against Nuggets brings member of inaugural Heat full circle

DENVER – The 2023 NBA Finals, in a unique way, take the Miami Heat full circle. At the team’s South Florida broadcast headquarters, Ron Rothstein, the team’s inaugural coach, is analyzing the team’s playoff run on Bally Sports Sun. And in Denver, Scott Hastings, a member of Rothstein’s first-year Heat team in 1988-89, is doing the same for the Denver Nuggets’ broadcast outlet. What goes around, has come around. “It’s kind of weird,” Hastings said as he prepared for his Nuggets broadcast responsibilities ahead of Thursday’s Game 1 at Ball...