The Miami Heat will be selecting with the No. 14 pick in the NBA Draft. While it is at the very end of the lottery, they are fortunate that this is a deep class.

As the Miami Heat prepare for June 22’s NBA Draft, they have to try to anticipate what the 13 teams ahead of them will do with their respective picks. Depending on what happens in front of them will determine their choices once they are on the clock with the 14th pick, and they need to be ready to make the best selection of the options they have.

No matter what, Miami cannot trade the pick before they choose, as their pick for 2018 is already involved in a trade with the Phoenix Suns. (Due to the Stepien rule, teams cannot trade first-round picks in consecutive drafts.)

They can, however, trade the player after they have made the pick. But the Heat have a need for more young talent, and trading the selection would only occur if they were to get a player who could make an immediate difference. Chances are the Heat keep the pick, but who they pick is another question entirely.

Miami will approach the draft not knowing how free agency will shake out–including what happens with potential big-name targets such as Gordon Hayward, Blake Griffin and Paul Millsap, as well as their own free agents in Dion Waiters and James Johnson.

Therefore, the Heat could go in a variety of directions with the pick. They could draft the best player available, or seek insurance in case one of their priorities doesn’t sign.

The best option may be putting a premium on versatility, and drafting a player who could fill a variety of needs. That way, no matter what happens in free agency, the Heat can be (somewhat) prepared.

No. 14 is the only pick the Heat currently own. However, the team can buy a pick with the $3.1 million in cash that NBA teams are allowed to use in trades each season. It’s a somewhat common occurrence in the second round of the draft, and could be a way for Miami to get into the second round should the right prospect compel them.