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Miami Heat franchise owner Micky Arison has been fined $500,000 by league commissioner David Stern for since-deleted tweets critical of some owners’ NBA lockout positions posted Friday, reports Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Arison, considered by most a dove in the lockout talks, and someone eager to get back in session, responded to and retweeted a few fans who were critical of the league’s hard line in labor negotiations. In response to one tweet that chided owners for being greedy, Arison responded that the fan was “barking at the wrong owner.”

The revealing tweets were a change of pace, considering that Arison, who also runs Carnival Cruise Lines, usually just using his Twitter feed to chat about Guy Fieri and cheeseburgers.

Arison is at least the fourth team owner fined for lockout comments this summer. The Wolves and Blazers were reportedly fined for comments made by team executives. Bobcats owner Michael Jordan was fined earlier this offseason after he spoke with an Australian newspaper about the need for a hard cap.

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Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem continues to work himself back into playing shape after missing most of last season because of ligament damage in his left foot. He returned for the playoffs, but battled conditioning issues. The lockout is giving him opportunity to “get himself in shape” after undergoing offseason ankle surgery.

“That’s what I was lacking, conditioning,” said Haslem, speaking Tuesday at a charity event at Miami Northwestern High School. “I can pedal a bike all day, but it’s nothing like being out there on the floor and getting up and down and actually shooting and jumping.”

Haslem has yet to play competitively since the Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks on June 12 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

“Just trying to condition myself,” Haslem said. “The last step will be competitive playing on the court. I just want to make sure I’m ready before I take that next step.”

Former Heat guard Keyon Dooling also participated in the event, which provided food and household and school supplies to the community. Dooling, who played with the Milwaukee Bucks last season, is likely the odd man out with them signing Beno Udrih and Shaun Livingston in the offseason.

Dooling said he can still contribute on a good team, possibly the Heat if the opportunity is presented.

“I could see that,” Dooling said. “But who wouldn’t jump at that opportunity?”

MIAMI (AP) — Miami Heat stars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are planning to host about 20 NBA players for a charity game on Oct. 8.

Details are still being finalized and an official announcement is expected Wednesday. The game is being planned for Florida International, where Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is a coach.

The game would be the latest in a series of exhibitions NBA players are participating in this offseason during the league’s lockout. James has appeared in several of those contests, including one on Sunday in Philadelphia.

It will be the first time James, Wade and Bosh take the court together since last season’s NBA finals.

According to ESPN, who first reported news of the game, the NBA players set to compete in the charity events are the Heat’s star trio, New Orleans’ Chris Paul, New York’s Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, Atlanta free-agent Jamal Crawford, Memphis’ Rudy Gay, Miami free-agent Mario Chalmers, and former Heat players Dorell Wright and Caron Butler.

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