There are positions of strength, and then there's the Miami Heat's collection of small forwards.
Hard as it was to imagine the organization parting ways with Mike Miller after his sporadic but invaluable contributions during back-to-back titles, two things made it possible to waive the 33-year-old via amnesty.
First, signing Ray Allen last summer gave Miami a plenty capable shooter off the bench.
While you can never have too many of those shooters, there's only so much room for those of a one-dimensional variety. Without other marketable skills to offer, Miller became expendable, if not prohibitively expensive on account of the $17 million he would have otherwise cost Miami in luxury taxes this season alone.
Second, Miami is all set on the wing.
Even when LeBron James winds up seeing minutes at power forward, head coach Erik Spoelstra has a range of options to deploy in the post-Miller era.
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Calling James a "small forward" seems antiquated after all the minutes he's spent guarding 4s and running the offense li ...
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Spotlighting and Breaking Down Miami Heat’s Small Forward Position
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