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Miami Heat: 3 big questions heading into 2018-19 NBA season

By Simon Smith

MIAMI, FL - FEBRUARY 9: Josh Richardson #0, Hassan Whiteside #21, and Justice Winslow #20 of the Miami Heat during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 9, 2018 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - FEBRUARY 9: Josh Richardson #0, Hassan Whiteside #21, and Justice Winslow #20 of the Miami Heat during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 9, 2018 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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 With training camp approaching ever so quickly, here are three big questions pertaining to the Miami Heat for the 2018-19 NBA season.

The Miami Heat enter the 2018-19 NBA season with an unfamiliar outlook.

Since Pat Riley‘s arrival in South Beach, the Heat have been perennially looking to match up with the best in the league. From the Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway teams of the late 1990s, to Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O’Neal teaming up for their first title, and of course the Big Three era, Riley and the Heat have always aimed big.

However, this season has a distinctly different feel. After posting a 44-38 record and getting bounced in the first round of the postseason, the Heat are returning with a virtually identical roster. Thus, the combination of having no big-name stars, a number role players earning huge salaries, and a seemingly mishmash of a roster featuring an abundance of shooting guards does not inspire a great deal of hope to the average Heat fan.

Furthermore, when the re-signing of backup shooting guard Wayne Ellington is the most newsworthy moment of the summer, you should certainly be alarmed that big things aren’t on the horizon.

So with the same cast returning to a team already bursting at the seams as it relates to salary cap space, the Heat coaching staff and front office have a number of key decisions to make in the coming months. They need to determine the best mode of attack moving forward in a suddenly weakened Eastern Conference following the departure of LeBron James out West.

With this in mind, here are three big questions facing the Heat in the upcoming 2018-19 season.

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