Miami Heat Will Wear Shooting Shirts Honoring Jose Fernandez

The Miami Heat will honor the late Jose Fernandez with special shooting shirts during Tuesday night's preseason home opener.

The former Miami Marlins pitcher died at age 24 in a boating accident on September 25. As a tribute, the Heat will don shirts with his initials and No. 16 during pregame warm-ups. 

According to the Miami Herald's Manny Navarro, the team will also hold a moment of silence before the exhibition contest against the Brooklyn Nets.

The Miami Dolphins held a moment of silence for Fernandez on the day of his passing, and the Miami Hurricanes football players wore a patch on their helmets to commemorate the fallen star. His loss has deeply affected the city as well as the entire sports world.

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