AMNESTY OPTION: While the negotiations for the new collective-bargaining agreement appear to be centered, as expected, around revenue distribution, it is the ancillary elements that could prove as significant to the Heat amid what appears to be a significant impending overhaul. The ultimate get-out-of-jail-free card would, of course, be the amnesty allowance included in the introduction of the previous CBA, the one the Heat utilized to unload the salary-cap burden attached to Mike Miller. A one-time amnesty provision in a new CBA to begin in the 2017 offseason could thereby provide potentially the cleanest break with Chris Bosh, with no resulting salary residue, as opposed to Bosh playing 25 games (regular season and playoffs combined) going forward with another team in any season during the remaining term of his contract that expires in 2018-19. Such an amnesty option, however, appears unlikely with the NBA already having moved forward with the "stretch" provision that already allows a degree of cap relief. If a new CBA agreement is reached quickly, as is now expected, it could leave the Heat with a more definitive blueprint for Bosh going forward, possibly one that has the Heat holding onto Bosh into the offseason.