MIAMI—Of all the words that nine members—for now—of the Miami Heat used Tuesday while addressing reporters, one sentence seemed most out of place, at least in the context of the conversation about their offseason intentions.
This one: "We're patient people," Chris Bosh said.
Well, that differentiates them from just about everyone else.But, when it comes to the plans of the Big Three, everyone else will need to be. if anything newsworthy came out of this afternoon gab session—other than Dwyane Wade oddly, uncharacteristically skipping it—it was that we're not likely to get anything newsworthy for several days as it pertains to where the Heat's premier players will play next season. They're on their clock, not yours or mine, and they don't really care if anyone gets ticked off waiting for it to tick down. Nor should they. They've earned this opportunity to carefully consider their options, decide what matters most and decide how much they're willing to sacrifice—personally, professionally, financially—to achieve it. After taking a bit less cash to collaborate initially, and delivering two championship in four seasons, they owe the Heat organization nothing but the fairest hearing. That is more than they owe the general public. That is less than they owe their families and each other. "We'll do whatever is necessary," Erik Spoelstra said. "We feel we have a lot to offer as a first-class organization that's proven itself."
They do, and they have. But now they need to offer a vision and a path toward the future. That was the point of Bosh, Wade and LeBron James choosing this course in 2010, one that would grant them the leverage and flexibility they hold now, leverage and flexibility that James touted Tuesday as something "we all would like, and that's for any sport. And be able to control your future or your present."
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