If Miami Heat owner Micky Arison was trying to send a message about which direction the franchise will be going when the free agent period officially begins in July – consider it strongly delivered.
Roughly 50 minutes prior to midnight Saturday, Arison posted a photo on his Instagram account of himself standing alongside Dion Waiters, James Johnson and a bunny rabbit and a caption which read: “The @miamiheat future looks very bright.”
The @miamiheat future looks very bright
A post shared by Micky Arison (@mickyarison) on Apr 14, 2017 at 8:11pm PDT
After the Heat was eliminated from playoff contention on the final day of the regular season Wednesday despite a 30-11 finish over the second half, Arison called the team “one of my favorites.