After bringing in LeBron James and Chris Bosh last season, the Miami Heat don't need to make a huge splash in the 2011 free NBA agency market.
That being said, they do have some very defined needs moving into the eventual shorted season now that the lockout is over, and long-time Detroit Piston and current free agent Tayshaun Prince would be the perfect free agent acquisition for their team.
There's no doubting the star-power the Heat possesses, and obviously the "big-three" or "dream team" of James, Bosh and Dwyane Wade has been chronicled to the last detail.
There's also no doubting that their plan came up miserably short as they fell in six games to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals.
While the star power got them most of the way, there was a desperate need for role players to help support the big-three and take them the rest of the way.
In the end, it became too easy for the Mavericks to concentrate on locking down Bosh, James and Wade.
While this isn't the teams only problem, having that "glue-guy" or constant veteran presence was a huge piece of the puzzle that the 2010 Heat was missing.
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Article written by Andrew Kulha
2011 NBA Free Agents: Why Tayshaun Prince Fits Perfectly with Miami Heat
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