Official Site of the Heat · Oct 13, 2020
The End Of the Beginning
The locker room, as much as any room can express the feelings of a group, felt like many things, but it did not feel sad or regretful. It was tired.
Nobody knew what to expect in the coming offseason, but the end of the 2014 NBA Finals felt like the end of something. Changes were inevitable. The way the Spurs so thoroughly shredded Miami’s unique style of defense portended a reinvention, both for the team and the league. Some veterans were headed for retirement. Free agents had decisions to make. The future was in good hands, but the picture in that crystal ball was cloudy.
