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Friday's Heat Links: Reaction to the 2016 NBA draft

Heat wind up as draft spectators, exiting without selection: The Miami Heat went into Thursday night's NBA draft without a selection in either round and exited that way. Instead, the focus now turns to undrafted players as the Heat fill out rosters for the Orlando and Las Vegas summer leagues. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

A year later, Winslow still calls NBA draft experience 'surreal': Justise Winslow didn't need to be told Thursday how much of a difference a year can make. "It's kind of surreal to think that it was exactly a year to the day," Winslow said Thursday as he addressed the Heat's youth basketball camp at South Broward High School. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Mavericks setting up as leading competition vs. Heat for Whiteside: If it wasn't made clear when Mark Cuban recently followed Hassan Whiteside on Twitter, it is now courtesy of ESPN: The Dallas Mavericks will be coming hard after Whiteside at the July 1 start of NBA free agency. -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The promise of Justise Winslow gives Heat hope for the future: Justise Winslow isn’t a kid anymore, certainly not compared to the baby-faced participants at South Broward High. And as they sheepishly approached him, one by one, with whatever the NBA team they were impersonating at Heat Basketball Camp, he tried to make them feel as comfortable as he so often appears now. -- The Miami Herald

Heat’s Whiteside a priority for Mavericks in free agency, reports say: The Dallas Mavericks have emerged as a serious suitor for Heat center Hassan Whiteside, who becomes a free agent on July 1. ESPN Dallas reported on Thursday that Dallas expects to be granted a meeting with Whiteside in the opening hours of free agency. -- The Miami Herald

Three guys who could’ve helped Miami Heat at No. 24: There is no valid criticism of a deal that brings in LeBron James, so the Heat can live with losing their first-round pick in tonight’s draft. Miami sent that selection and another first-rounder to Cleveland on a sign-and-trade for James in 2010. -- The Palm Beach Post

Pat Riley calls Udonis Haslem “forever guy” for Heat: Udonis Haslem packed his luggage in the visiting locker room after the Heat season ended with a Game 7 demolition in Toronto and wondered if it was his final appearance with the franchise. Even after 13 years and millions of dollars forsaken for the good of the team, he knows there aren’t any guarantees in pro sports and loyalty is often contingent upon production. -- The Palm Beach Post

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