It’s hard to believe, but Mario Chalmers is playing in his eighth season with the Miami Heat.
It has been over seven years since the Heat acquired the point guard through trade during the 2008 NBA Draft. Despite up-and-down play for most of his career in Miami, Chalmers has been a key role player and a starter on four teams that went to the NBA Finals, two of which were fortunate enough to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy at the end of the season.
While Chalmers has never been considered an indispensable player, the 2015-16 season probably represents the most likely year in which ‘Rio could realistically be traded from the Heat.