OBLIGATIONS SET: When the Heat traded for Goran Dragic on Feb. 20, 2015, the first of the two first-round picks due to the Phoenix Suns was left open-ended because of the Heat's outstanding obligation to the Philadelphia 76ers. Originally, the first of the first-rounders sent to the Suns would be paid off in 2017, '18 or 19. But with the Heat's 2016 first-rounder now formally committed to the 76ers (No. 24 overall), and with teams not allowed to trade successive future first-round picks, the initial pick due to the Suns will be conveyed to Phoenix in 2018, protected for the first seven selections (with it otherwise to go unprotected to the Suns in 2019). In addition, the Heat also owe an unprotected 2021 first-round pick to the Suns for Dragic. Because of that, it would be almost unfathomable for the Heat to not receive at least one first-round pick in return should a decision be made to deal Dragic in the offseason for cap space. In addition, the Heat will be unable to trade their 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2022 first-round picks because of the prohibition on trading successive future first-round picks.