Always confident and with a proven championship pedigree to back it up, the Miami Heat continued to stay the course after the Big 3 era by striving to remain competitive and to never tank in the following six years.
There were certainly highs and lows during those seasons, but this not-so-sudden turnaround proved it’s possible for Pat Riley and the front office to construct a deep team without having high lottery picks or superstar power (like the Los Angeles teams or Boston Celtics do). The Heat’s highest-drafted player on their roster is 36-year-old Andre Iguodala at No.