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South Beach Leftorium: Miami Heat Have All the Southpaws

"I like lefties," the Miami Heat head coach said, "but that's not why we have all of them."

All of them—he could not have put it a better way.

Lefties make up roughly 12 percent of the world's population. A normal 15-man NBA roster, then, should feature just one or two. The 2015-16 campaign actually trends a little below average, as only 39 of the 423 players to log a minute are left-handed (9.2 percent).

But the Heat have been collecting southpaws like coupons for the holiday shopping season.