It never fails.
Every year since LeBron James left South Beach, the Miami Heat have gone from been linked to late season cuts, to connected to every big named free agent or trade option that seemed available.
Such precedence is the type that team president Pat Riley has set by introducing the world to his theory of NBA whale shopping. Hence why it was obvious what would happen once the Charlotte Hornets put Kemba Walker’s name on the market. The Sun Sentinel’s Ira Winderman took the time to attack the question of what if:
“But putting the cap aside, if the Hornets were to deal with the Heat, I would think the preference would be Bam Adebayo over [Hassan] Whiteside, due to simple economics.