When it comes to star appeal, the Miami Heat have featured marquee talent during previous summer leagues, including appearances by Caron Butler, Dwyane Wade, Michael Beasley, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo. But when it comes to depth of talent for a summer roster, few if any of the Heat’s previous July rosters compared to what the Heat featured the past three weeks. “Our front office has done such a great job of putting this team together,” said Heat assistant Dan Bisaccio, who guided the team’s summer roster.
“Not only are they good players on the court, competitive players, but they’re great people, they work together, they work hard. I couldn’t ask anything more.” The results, including a 120-118 overtime championship-game victory Monday night over the Memphis Grizzlies at the Las Vegas NBA Summer League, result in a summer-league report card unlikely many, if any, in recent years.
“The fact that they were so connected and they collaborated together, I think that just made it so much more enjoyable,” Bisaccio said of the summer experience. “The fact that these guys came together as a group like that, they kind of put aside their individual goals for the better of the team. I just think that speaks volumes of who they are and what their character is.
” With an appreciation of the uncertainty that now could follow for some. “A lot of these guys, they’re not signed,” Bisaccio said. “They’re trying to win a contract.
This is a really tough league .