At this point in the offseason, the Miami Heat find themselves in an interesting game of limbo. Dwyane Wade cannot opt out of his contract until late June and the team cannot technically talk the terms of a new one until the first of July — although conflicting reports about a meeting within a week has been widely reported.

Until then, Heat fans need to come to the realization that they may lose a star for the second year in a row and there is nothing that they can really do about it. So there is no reason to lose their minds over every Instagram picture or Cleveland Cavaliers shirt. Look at it as a great reason to shift their focus to NBA Draft week.

With Miami currently sitting at No. 10, there have been questions about where the organization should go with their selection. By all accounts most draft experts believe that the Heat will go the safe route with freshman small forward Stanley Johnson. There is no doubt that the Arizona standout is being looked at as one of the top low-risk, high-reward prospects set to be available.

Now I would not go as far as Reggie Miller at the NCAA tournament and compare him to LeBron James, but the 6-foot-7, 240-pound player has the size and strength to be considered NBA-ready. It also does not hurt that Johnson’s ability to shoot and guard the two, three and four sets him up to be a pretty decent three-and-d player if he lives up to his potential. And that’s exactly what Pat Riley talked about having at his end of the season presser.

However, the contrarians will point out that his lack of elite athleticism saw him leave a lot of points at the rim and at times his hero ball behavior was detrimental. Still, the 19-year-old has upside that would make it hard for Riley to pass up.

Richard Nurse is a writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @blackirishpr or add him to your network on Google.

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