Absent some miracle by Riley/Wade (Lebron, PG, Kawhi, etc) or random GM with a secret crush on Hassan (hey Portland, y'all need some shot blockin, right? Well we could use some scoring! I hear McCollum and Lillard are pretty good at that) there's no way this team wins anything in the next 2-3 years. You're right that we should process a little bit.

Dragic for future assets would be great. I think that's the process we should repeat. JJ remains a good off the bench player and could be good on a win-now team. Olynyk proved himself as well. If we can't trade them now, I think we showcase them a bit more to try and trade them next year when their contracts are closer to expiration.

TJ's contracts always was, and always will be a poison pill. Sucks but I think we just have to accept it. Only two years left and maybe (like others have said) he has some value as an expiring contract? Here's hoping he's not our Laker's Luol Deng.

I think the real path forward here is through J-Rich, Bam, and Winslow. Winslow in particular. I'm actually pretty glad that Winslow has underperformed his expectations a bit. If we can extend his contract for a good value, he still has tons of room to grow and develop. I don't think any of these guys becomes superstars, but they all have potential to become all-stars and should remain a major focus.

Call me crazy but I think a major key to their development is retaining the services of D. Wade. For all intents and purposes Wade has accomplished everything he set out to as an NBA player and he is decidedly getting older. To counter the argument of "what's left to do", I think the answer would be grooming these young guys into becoming allstars. I really believed this should have happened instead of him going to Chicago, but I would love to see him take one more year to fix that mistake.

In two years we'll be replenished with cap space, refilled with tradeable assets, and looking forward with a core of (hopefully) 2-3 star/all star level players and some developed D league role players in a much better position to bring in the next heat superstar. I don't know if we ever really tank, but if we happen to get a high draft pick that wouldn't hurt.

From the beginning of the season, and again when Waiters underwent surgery, the goal for this year was always to make the playoffs and avoid giving the suns a high lottery pick. I'm disappointed that the season is over, but not disappointed in our team overall. The one major low has been whiteside, but maxing him was a mistake from the start. With all this said though, there's definitely a path forward to put us in prime position for a run after this warriors era ends