A: This is what life is like at the minimum. The Heat's hope clearly is that they maximized their post-LeBron James salary-cap space with Luol Deng, Josh McRoberts, Mario Chalmers and Danny Granger, and their limited exception space with Udonis Haslem and Chris Andersen. The generosity to Chalmers and Haslem left them with no option but to scour the minimum depths, with hopes that Shawne Williams and Reggie Williams might be able to offer something. There also remains the possibility of putting Norris Cole into play in a trade. The reality is the Cavaliers benefited by lottery picks, while the Heat were going out in the two years before LeBron and actually trying to win games, advancing to the playoffs in each of the two pre-LeBron seasons.