MIAMI — The Miami Heat are racing against the clock and preaching the importance of patience.
The NBA's second-oldest team has no time to waste. Whatever potential this core holds, it needs to be realized now.
Both Father Time and finances loom as potential demolition tools, threatening to disband this group by the close of the 2015-16 campaign. Starters Dwyane Wade, Hassan Whiteside and Luol Deng are all entering the final year of their contracts, as are most members of the second team. It's nearly impossible to imagine the Heat having more than one chance to figure this out.