The coming season presents many challenges for the Heat. On top of Wade’s departure, they have lost starting forwards Luol Deng and Joe Johnson to free agency.
As a result of these movements, the Heat will have a vastly different looking team come opening night. And although the team, and individual players, have a point to prove, it would be hard to argue that any player on the team faces a greater challenge than Goran Dragic.
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Since winning the NBA’s Most Improved Player award and being selected All-NBA Third Team in 2013-14, Dragic finds himself finally in a position to show why was awarded an $80 million contract by the Heat.
It should certainly be exciting to see how he holds up his end of the deal.