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A look at the key offseason moves and changes for every team in the league. Next up are the Miami Heat.

OFFSEASON ADDITIONS

Free agents

Hassan Whiteside

Tyler Johnson

Wayne Ellington

Derrick Williams

James Johnson

Udonis Haslem

Dion Waiters

Willie Reed

Beno Udrih

Rodney McGruder

Okaro White

Stefan Jankovic

Trade

Luke Babbitt

A look at the key offseason moves and changes for every team in the league. Next up are the Miami Heat.

THE REWIND

The Hassan Whiteside domino effect

When free agency began, center Hassan Whiteside was the top priority for the Heat.

The intrigue was in how the team would juggle the salary cap to afford Whiteside.

The Heat had Whiteside’s early Bird rights, but Miami needed to carve out a $22 million max salary slot for him and also have enough flexibility to bring back Dwyane Wade.

Once Whiteside committed to Miami, the picture was clear on the cap space available: $19 million.

On the clock with cap space

With Whiteside back, the Heat faced a balancing act and time crunch with their remaining cap space.

While Wade remained a priority for Heat management, Miami faced a dilemma with restricted free agent Tyler Johnson.

Johnson, coming of an injury-plagued season, was presented with a $50 million offer sheet from Brooklyn, forcing the Heat’s hand and risking the remaining cap space to be reduced by $5 million.

The Heat, with 72 hours to make a decision on the Johnson offer sheet, had several options:

1. Use the remaining room on Wade and then match the Nets’ offer sheet.

2. Part with Wade, use the $19 million in cap space and match the offer sheet.

3. Sign Wade to a long-term contract starting at $19 million and not match the offer sheet.

When the dust settled, Wade signed with Chicago and Miami was forced to go with the second option.

Picking up the pieces

Miami took a short-term approach with its remaining cap space.

Before the Johnson offer sheet was matched, Miami signed free agents Wayne Ellington, Derrick Williams, James Johnson and Udonis Haslem to one-year contracts. Ellington’s deal is non-guaranteed in 2017-18.

Though each contract is deemed as a placeholder to retain future flexibility, each player – along with recently signed Dion Waiters – should keep the Heat treading water this season.

For Miami to remain competitive and have any chance at a playoff spot, it needs All-Star Chris Bosh.

But after missing the second half of the season for the second straight year, his status remains unclear.

View photos The Heat matched the Nets’ offer sheet for Tyler Johnson. (Getty) More

CAP BREAKDOWN

Player 2016

1. Chris Bosh $23,741,060

2. Hassan Whiteside $22,116,750

3. Goran Dragic $15,891,725

4. Wayne Ellington $6,000,000

5. Josh McRoberts $5,782,450

6. Tyler Johnson $5,628,000

7. Derrick Williams $4,598,000

8. James Johnson $4,000,000

9. Udonis Haslem $4,000,000

10. Dion Waiters $2,898,000

11. Justise Winslow $2,593,440

12. Willie Reed $1,015,696

13. Luke Babbitt $1,227,286

14. Beno Udrih $980,431

15. Josh Richardson $874,636

Story continues