MIAMI — The Miami Heat are racing against the clock and preaching the importance of patience.
The NBA's second-oldest team has no time to waste. Whatever potential this core holds, it needs to be realized now.
Both Father Time and finances loom as potential demolition tools, threatening to disband this group by the close of the 2015-16 campaign. Starters Dwyane Wade, Hassan Whiteside and Luol Deng are all entering the final year of their contracts, as are most members of the second team. It's nearly impossible to imagine the Heat having more than one chance to figure this out.
And yet, there's an air of serenity surrounding this team. No one is fretting over a choppy eight-game showing in the preseason that saw Miami's vaunted starting five make just two appearances together. Or that said quintet posted the worst plus-minus ratings on the team.
"We just got to play together more and figure it out together," Wade said recently. "It's just going to take a little time. You can't fast-track it as much as you want to. ... We're behind the 8-ball from a lot of teams."
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