MIAMI _ For 28 teams it is on to the next thing, as the Toronto Raptors at Golden State Warriors handle the mundane task of deciding an NBA champion.
Because once you're eliminated from the playoffs, you're back in the personnel game, able to execute trades, provided the players involved are not impending free agents.
For some late to the market, such as the Houston Rockets, it means getting word out that anyone and everyone might be available. For those reconfiguring, such as the New Orleans Pelicans, it means a very public re-courtship of Anthony Davis, if only to clarify that the price remains high.
As for the Miami Heat, amid crisscrossing the country while attending pre-draft workouts there remains the reality that this is a franchise largely built on trades and free agency.
So even with Pat Riley left with nominal assets, it doesn't mean any doors are closed when it comes to reshuffling, especially with so many names of notes seemingly in play.
