COULD BE WORSE: As uneven as the Heat's offseason has been with the free-agency losses of Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng and Joe Johnson, there at least was the ability to get Hassan Whiteside back under contract. Then there are the Brooklyn Nets, who, within hours last Sunday, saw their offered sheets matched for Tyler Johnson (Heat) and Allen Crabbe (Trail Blazers). "It's definitely disappointing not to have those two guys," Nets General Manager Sean Marks, the former Heat center, told the New York Post, "but, at the same time, we're excited that those guys chose the Nets to sign offer sheets with." Marks said he felt chasing restricted free agents was worth the risk. "There's no secret we were going after two top-tier guys, guys we valued, that are 24 years old, that can be part of a program, a building program from the foundation all the way up," he said. By rule, neither Johnson nor Crabbe can be dealt for a calendar year without their permission, with neither eligible to be dealt to Brooklyn for a calendar year.