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Ira Winderman

Ira Winderman: Time to take stock amid Heat's bubble wrap

They exited the regular season where they re-entered, slotted into the No. 4-No. 5 first-round playoff series in the Eastern Conference.

But that doesn't mean the eight seeding games at the NBA's Disney World quarantine setting did not have worth for the Miami Heat.

Because, even from afar, it gave the team's front office a valuable assessment tool for what could be a quick-turnaround offseason. After the league's four-month shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic, judgments again could be made.

So as the Heat take a brief exhale in advance of their postseason series against the Indiana Pacers, a look at the team's stock report after being wrapped in a bubble for over a month.

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