Five Free Agents The Miami Heat Could Be Looking To Target This Offseason

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2. Wilson Chandler, SF, Denver Nuggets

Wilson Chandler, Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets hold a team option for Wilson Chandler worth $7.1 million for the 2015-16 season.

While it’s possible the Nuggets exercise their option on Chandler—he’s third on the team with 13.8 points per game and has started 63 games for the club this season—the team is in rebuilding mode and Chandler is a veteran who would be a better fit for a championship contender.

At just 27 years of age, the small forward is in his prime. He is not only capable of scoring as well as the Heat’s current starting small forward, Luol Deng, but he’s also just as good of a defender.

The Heat don’t have any depth behind Deng at the SF position. Not only that, but Deng has an expiring contract that many teams would covet.

Whether it’s off the bench or in the starting lineup, Chandler would fill Deng’s shoes just fine if the Heat choose to trade the former Chicago Bull.

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D.J. Siddiqi grew up in the heart of South Florida in Broward County. Growing up in South Florida during the late 90's and 2000's, D.J. witnessed the Pat Riley years where the Miami Heat faced off with the New York Knicks all the way to the painful late 2000's seasons where the Heat were a one-man team with Dwyane Wade. D.J. has closely followed the Heat over the past decade-and-a-half, and unfortunately witnessed Game 2 of the 2011 NBA Finals in person when the Dallas Mavericks overcame a 15-point deficit to knock off the Heat. D.J. has writing experience as a columnist with sites such as Bleacher Report and Rant Sports, and he is proud to bring his knowledge of the Heat and the NBA to Heat Nation.