Ira Winderman: Tank would not have been empty for Heat, as NBA eyes Lottery Lane

MIAMI — The irony is this could’ve been the time, if ever there was a season for the Miami Heat to covertly capitulate. A full-scale tank? No, the Heat would never go there, a flat-out, from-the-start commitment to lottery odds no matter the unseemliness of it all. Remember, this is a team that wouldn’t even do it at 11-30, instead insisting on the good fight back to 30-11 over the second half ...