The Miami Heat have an interesting offseason ahead of them as they try to keep their core group together while improving enough to improve upon their second round exit in the playoffs. What can we expect from them this summer? Here's all the latest news and rumors surrounding the Heat's plans:
Miami to trade for draft pick?
The Heat are one of just a few teams that don't have a pick in next week's NBA Draft, but that might change, as team president Pat Riley told the Miami Herald.
Though Miami has no draft pick on June 23, the Heat has been attending workouts for draft-eligible players and Pat Riley said his staff “is putting together the books just as though we had a lottery pick. We’ll see whether we jump back in the first and the second if we can. We will be very well educated on the players who may not be [drafted].”
Haslem wants to play three more years
Udonis Haslem might be 36 years old, but retirement seems to be the furthest thing from his mind. Even though he's a free agent, the longtime Heat forward told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that he wants to play three more years.
“I know, for sure, I’ve got two years in me, two solid years for me to contribute,” he said. “Two years ago, I had to come in and play when Hassan, Bird, everybody was out, gave solid minutes, played well. This year it was in the playoffs, Game 6 in Charlotte. You just never know. I can be ready in those type of situations for a couple of years.”
“Honestly, I can play in situation where I can play 10 or 15 to 20 minutes a night, honestly, if I had to. But that’s not the situation I’m in. I keep my notes. I watch these guys around the league. I watch the guys of my age. I watch the David Wests, I watch the Richard Jeffersons, the guys that are my age and the guys that are getting consistent minutes and are in the rotation and I’m very realistic about who I am and what I am at this age.”
Haslem averaged 1.6 points and 2.0 rebounds per game this season.
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