As soon as the Miami Heat picked up their second championship in three years, talks turned right to the team's future, and how they can remain at the top.
Obviously, a lot of the concern is surrounding the 2014 offseason and whether or not LeBron James will hitch his wagon to a new horse, with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade possibly to follow him out the door.
However, there is a little something called "next year" to worry about before that all happens, and there should be concerns about the immediate future before they get into the distant future.
They've got two key players who are over 34, two others who ache every time they roll over in the morning and no more than $3 million to spend on their most sought-after free agent this summer.
It's a process they've gone through before, but never to this extent.
As the Heat stand, they're obviously going to be favorites for the title next season, but the odds that something trips them up along the way increase every year.
First, let's take a look at the positives, which probably outweigh the negative at this point.
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