The Miami Heat are NBA Champions once again and after winning two titles in two seasons, Pat Riley will need to restock and retool once again to get another three-peat after doing it back in the day with the Lakers and some options could be Matt Barnes, Greg Oden, Nate Robinson and Monta Ellis in free agency.
According to Bleacher Report, those are just some of the names the team could go after, as Chauncey Billups, Dejuan Blair, Tony Allen and Antawn Jamison were also mentioned. James is coming off his second straight finals MVP and with Chris Bosh looking like a shell of himself and the 31-year-old Dwyane Wade looking beat up, the Heat will need more firepower heading into next season. Ray Allen might be back and with names like Mike Miller and Norris Cole and Mario Chalmers likely coming back, the team will need even more from the bench.
Udonis Haslem was not a factor in the finals and Rashard Lewis wasn't a factor in the playoffs and now Erik Spoelstra and the front office will have to see what they can afford to bring in with the contracts of the Big 3 on the books. James proved once again why he is the best player in the world and he finished off the Spurs with another fantastic performance after averaging nearly a triple double in the finals series.
James helped spark the Game 6 comeback that saw the Spurs get as close as anyone could without winning and then he took over in Game 7 to win the championship. Game 6 was an amazing contest after Ray Allen tied it at the end and Bosh showed that while he has been bad on offense, he is a star on defense, blocking two huge shots at the end by Tony Parker and Danny Green while also getting the rebound in the fourth that set up the Allen shot.
James was fantastic in that game and on Thursday, as he made a shot with 30 seconds left to put the lead at four and the Spurs had no chance to get back into it after Miami got the ball back. James had a triple double in Game 6 and he added 37 points and 12 rebounds in Game 7, besting the 24 points from Duncan and the 16 rebounds from Kawhi Leonard, who is loking like a superstar in the making.
The Heat now have to decide what to do, and some options like Oden could be very interesting if he can stay healthy. Barnes would give them a prime option on defense and on the wing, while Robinson would be interesting to have alongside those players. The Heat have shown that they are willing to go after veterans that fit and they could trey that again this summer.
