After the Miami Heat were left standing at the alter when it came to the Russell Westbrook sweepstakes, Miami Heat rumors seemed to all point in the direction of Chris Paul. This was the case because Chris Paul was the major piece that the Houston Rockets sent back as a part of that deal to secure the services of Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder.
While it seems from afar that the Miami Heat at least entertained the notion of possibly acquiring Chris Paul, when details started to emerge of what the Thunder wanted back, were willing to give up, or wouldn’t budge on, those talks all but dissipated for the most part.