LAKE BUENA VISTA (AP) — Kelly Olynyk might play no minutes for the Miami Heat on Tuesday, a scenario that popped up twice in the last three games of the Eastern Conference finals. Or he might play meaningless minutes, like what he got in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Or he might play big minutes, as was the case in Games 2 and 3 of the title series.
He’s used to the uncertainty.
This is Olynyk’s mandate as a Heat player: Be ready, sometimes for nothing, sometimes for everything.
He’s been a starter at times, a key reserve for the bulk of his three-year tenure in Miami but, on occasion, falls out of the rotation entirely.