"Everybody under the sun knows the Miami Heat are in the market to acquire another superstar. Whether they actually get one remains to be seen. ESPN's three-year power rankings suggest that they will. A panel of The Worldwide Leader's NBA insiders recently ranked teams relative to their three-year outlook. They took into account five factors: the quality of players, cap flexibility, draft-pick equity, market appeal, and front office capability."
"The Heat's roster-building resources do a bulk of the heavy lifting in these rankings. They finish inside the top 10 of cap flexibility (10), market appeal (fifth), and front-office capability (third). Neither their players (18th) nor draft-pick stash (19th) sniffs the top 15. This is grounds to bury Miami within the three-year hierarchy. It failed to acquire a name bigger than Norman Powell this past offseason, and is seemingly waiting around for Giannis Antetokounmpo to reach the chopping block,"
ESPN placed the Miami Heat 14th in its three-year power rankings, between the Boston Celtics (No. 13) and Indiana Pacers (No. 15). The rankings weighed player quality, cap flexibility, draft-pick equity, market appeal, and front-office capability. Miami ranks inside the top 10 for cap flexibility (10), market appeal (5), and front-office capability (3), while ranking 18th in player quality and 19th in draft-pick assets. The team projects to have spending power in the 2026 and 2027 offseasons. Only Bam Adebayo and Dru Smith hold guaranteed contracts beyond 2026–27. The roster lacks a burgeoning superstar and failed to land a bigger name than Norman Powell.
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