Heatingup.net is a quick-facts basketball player directory for the NBA / WNBA, NBL, NCAA, Euro League, Liga ACB, Novo Basquete, and more.
Our mission is to provide a player profile for every professional basketball player in the world and for users to use us as a source whenever they want quick information related to a player.
Heatingup.net was inspired by wikipedia.com and basketball-reference.com. Wikipedia had lots of information on basketball players, but the data was in long-form sentences and often arduous to sift through. Basketball-reference was a site I used regularly, but it’s for statistical data. Heatingup.net is a qualitative data version of basketball-reference.com, meaning we cover all basketball player data concisely but for all non-statistical data presented in words. We also provide some stats, team legends, player comparisons, contracts, NBA draft data, team timelines, and blogs in separate articles.
About the Founder:
I grew up in Greater Melbourne, Australia. My family has a long history in the most competitive basketball leagues in our state of Victoria. My older brother played basketball every year up until age 18 for the Kilsyth Cobras and St Edmunds Saints basketball clubs. I attended all of those games. I stopped playing for the Kilsyth Cobras and Kilsyth Heat at age 13 because my parents had little desire to repeat the process. But I still played 10+ seasons of Divison 1 basketball between two clubs. I won 2 championships with the Kilsyth Heat and made several final appearances with the Kilsyth Cobras. I also played for school teams and made numerous finals appearances for them. Several players I played with became professional athletes as adults. I played with both NBL and American collegiate players. And I played against numerous professional athletes who sometimes ended up in sports outside of basketball.
I have gathered much of the information on heatingup.net by doing detective work, speaking with friends, family, professional athletes, reading books, and users who email me. Some data also comes from official basketball league sites or hobby sites. Some of the websites I have found were filled with reliable data over the years include nba.com, Jonathan Givony’s draftexpress.com (no longer active), mynbadraft.com, realgm.com, wikipedia.com, nbadraft.net, official college websites, and others. All opinions expressed on heatingup.net are my own. The way I present data is also my own creation. I also add player blurbs and updates on the basketball world as I see it.
A lot of work goes into updating the content on heatingup.net, so that data is as in-depth, accurate, and relevant to today’s visitors as possible. I do have other jobs and sometimes the data updates may be delayed. But I read every email and am always updating content as soon as possible.
I have 14 years of experience working online as a journalist, technical writer, reviewer, and analyst. I have worked full-time online as a writer and editor since 2011. I always covered technology until I founded the basketball site heatingup.net in March 2024. You can read my full history on LinkedIn.
Notice: Using my internet and basketball expertise, I consult numerous sources for information to ensure the data listed is accurate. However, sometimes my findings can go against the consensus and I may choose to go with what I think is the truth rather than the consensus. Insider information is also much appreciated when it is emailed to me.
Some of my favorite basketball players include Tracy McGrady, Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, and Jamal Mashburn. I have created a collection of pictures for Tracy McGrady fans here: T-Mac Attack.
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Years of work has gone into heatingup.net, and I will continue to work on it as long as it gets views.
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– Mathew Diekhake
Founder / Executive of heatingup.net
Email: mdiekhake@gmail.com
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