Let’s not mince words. The Miami Heat had a devastating summer.
It started with an NBA Finals humiliation at the sure hands of the San Antonio Spurs—the most dominating offensive performance in recorded Finals history, according to ESPN Insider Kevin Pelton (subscription required)—and it somehow got worse from there.
LeBron James left for Cleveland, and with him, he took a credible possibility of the Heat winning a fifth consecutive Eastern Conference crown. On July 11 hope died a quick death.
But the cupboard isn’t bare in Miami—not by a long shot. The Heat were able to retain two-thirds of their vaunted Big Three—in total membership if not in value—and managed to add Shabazz Napier to the mix in the draft, while making canny moves for productive veterans Luol Deng and Josh McRoberts. And they added Danny Granger too—who at one point in the not too distant past actually played basketball pretty well.
So there’s talent in Miami. It's not a championship-caliber skill level—or even, say, 50-win ability—but the Heat have the bodies, and the chops, to play late in ...
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