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Ira Winderman

Ira Winderman: Ex-Heat players still raising temperatures elsewhere

MILWAUKEE _ You would think there would be more, but the NBA's season-opening rosters feature only 11 former Miami Heat players playing elsewhere.

The total does not include those who passed through Heat camp over the years, such as Patrick Beverley, Garrett Temple and Khem Birch, or even through the Heat's transaction wire, such as Maurice Harkless this offseason.

Perhaps it's a testament to the Heat's ability to find keepers. Perhaps it's a reality of castoffs with limited potential.

Several of those in the Heat's past tense will be in playing roles for contenders, with others merely hanging on.

A ranking of former Heat players elsewhere this season:

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