The Miami Heat hold the 14th and final lottery pick of the 2017 NBA draft. The significance of that depends on one's perspective.
Optimists see the selection as an extra boost to a team that paced the Eastern Conference in wins (30) and net efficiency rating (plus-6.4) over the 2016-17 season's second half. Pessimists paint it as not valuable enough, given the tremendous lottery odds the Heat held with an abysmal 11-30 record at the midway point.
What can't be disputed, though, is the rarity of this selection.
It's only the franchise's third lottery selection since snagging Dwyane Wade fifth overall in 2003 (Michael Beasley second in 2008, Justise Winslow 10th in 2015).