A: And to me, that raises the next question: What is the ultimate goal? If it is to contend, then, yes, this Heat team, with one additional quality piece could get you in the middle of the playoff pack. But among the reasons the players you mentioned struggled in their situations was the lack of a second elite-level player. And that's the thing: When you are poised to make a championship-level push, you need more than one elite-level player, as the Cavaliers and Warriors have shown. And even the Rockets, with James Harden, needed to add Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson to make their next step. But without going back to the Billups-Hamilton-Prince-Wallace-Wallace Pistons, this league has shown that multiple elite-level talents are what it is all about, something that Harden, himself, may soon realize. So yes, the Heat can take the next step or two building off this base. But the ultimate step will take more, unless someone already in place makes a major step forward (Hassan Whiteside? James Johnson?).