Q: Kyrie Irving, the shoot-first point guard, is not someone I would trade Goran Dragic for, at least not on this Heat team. I realize how good he is, believe me, but I don't believe his style fits with Hassan Whiteside and Dion Waiters. -- Gabriel.

A: The problem is getting too caught up with what happened over the second half of last season, as impressive as 30-11 stood. What has defined Erik Spoelstra's ascension up the coaching hierarchy has been his ability to take stock of what he has, then design a system to maximize those pieces, including the changes he made over the course of last season. So whether the Heat make a major move this offseason or not, there will be changes in the Heat approach, because there have been changes to the roster. When you get too caught up in the system, you wind up like the New York Knicks trying to make the triangle work under Phil Jackson no matter the personnel. Yes, Goran Dragic fit wonderfully with the Heat system over the second half of last season. But that doesn't mean that Spoelstra doesn't have another system in him. He is far too young to become set in his ways.

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Q: What are the chances we make a move for Kyrie? We don't have many assets to trade, but can you see Pat Riley trying to find a way to make a move for Kyrie? -- Daniel, Miami.

A: I am sure that the Heat front office has been studying possible permutations for days. The problem is the timing of the trade revelation, after so much work had been completed throughout the league in free agency. To refresh, players signed in the offseason cannot be dealt until Dec. 15, at the earliest. So it's not only the Heat who stand hamstrung by limits to their permutations, but the entire league. That could also benefit the Heat, with other teams also having to come up with creative proposals.

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Q: Obviously after Kyrie's announcement, and with the Miami Heat being mentioned as a preferred destination, how may this affect our team in the upcoming season? We just spent some considerable money in keeping the band together, and now there a chance that we may give up some pieces to acquire Kyrie. -- Nelson, Jacksonville.

A: You can never stop evolving until you are a champion. And even then, you have to continue to reinvent yourself in order to endure (as the Heat did with their acquisitions along the way during the Big Three era). If you believe a player makes your team better, then you study how to add that player without weakening your overall mix, sort of as the Celtics did by adding Gordon Hayward at the cost of Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynyk, Amir Johnson and Jonas Jerebko.

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