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Wednesday's Heat News: Is Waiters or Wade the better fit with Dragic?

So who’s the better Heat fit with Dragic? Wade or Waiters: If Dwyane Wade should, for whatever reason, opt out of a Bulls contract that would pay him $23.8 million next season (and Wade has been publicly non-committal about the issue), then the best unrestricted free agent shooting guards this summer likely would be Wade, Dion Waiters and J.J. Redick. Redick is expected to stay with the Clippers, according to multiple reports. So would the Heat be better off with Wade or Waiters? It’s a fascinating question that doesn’t need to be answered until May or June, if at all. -- The Miami Herald

Margin for error gone for Miami Heat: At their darkest hour, as the record careened to 11-30, there at least was half of the season to build back toward something more palatable. Now, 60 games in, the marathon has turned into a sprint, and even with victories in 16 of their last 19 games, the Miami Heat recognize that any sustained slippage could doom this resurrection. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Chris Bosh again on the clock in Heat bid for salary-cap relief: There have been several moments of truth for the Miami Heat over the past month when it comes to a resolution of the medical status of sidelined power forward Chris Bosh. Wednesday is another. Beginning on Feb. 9, the one-year anniversary of Bosh's last game appearance before being sidelined by a second bout with blood clots, the Heat became eligible to apply for salary-cap relief for the final two-plus seasons on Bosh's contract. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Pregame pick-up basketball games helping Miami Heat reserves bond, improve their games: Tip-off is still 80 minutes away at AmericanAirlines Arena, but head upstairs and you’ll find another basketball game on the Heat’s practice court. This game gets physical and it gets competitive. And it’s between Heat players. -- The Palm Beach Post