For proof that the Miami Heat are a team whose future is in complicated flux, look no further than their Tuesday press conference, where LeBron James and Chris Bosh took turns playing evasive action with regards to the Big Three’s big decisions this summer.
For Pat Riley, the team’s president of basketball operations, bringing Dwyane Wade, James and Bosh back to South Beach will likely entail two things: convincing them all to take significant pay cuts and assuring them that the Heat will do everything in their power to maintain the team’s status as a bona fide contender.
One option, as ESPN’s Brian Windhorst outlined in an interview with Hannah Storm, may be to sign Toronto Raptors point guard—and free-agent-to-be—Kyle Lowry.
And while Windhorst acknowledged that the pairing was a “long shot,” such a signing would be possible if Miami’s troika were willing to sign reduced extensions.
Lowry would most certainly be an upgrade over Mario Chalmers, whose struggles in the NBA Finals cast into high relief the Heat’s need for a reinjection of ta ...
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