The Miami Heat can point to a heritage of treating its people right. The organization preaches family as part of its franchise culture and can deal a strong hand of examples.
Erik Spoelstra worked all the way up from video coordinator in the mid '90s to head coach. Alonzo Mourning is a team vice president. Juwan Howard is an assistant coach and Keith Askins is scouting director. The club found a job for Tim Hardaway. Shane Battier – whose Take Charge Foundation just awarded college scholarships to 21 Miami Central High students – now runs the team's analytics department.