Just before the 2017-18 season, I asked if the Miami Heat locked up their money in the wrong players. Two seasons and a grand total of one playoff win later, we have our answer: yes.
Pat Riley admitted that, “this has not come together the way I thought it would” in his end-of-season press conference. James Johnson has played two uneven seasons since signing a four-year contract in July 2017. Dion Waiters was injured for an entire calendar year and didn’t get in the right conditioning after coming back.