In the lane

KELLY A HERO: The colors and the number were familiar, Kelly Olynyk in a red-and-white No. 9 jersey. Only this time it was in the colors of Canada instead of the Heat, as he helped his country to an 85-77 victory over Brazil at the start of the latest window of qualifying for next summer’s World Cup in China. If there was any question about Olynyk losing an edge by not being with teammates at AmericanAirlines Arena in preparation for the Sept. 25 start of training camp, it was answered with a stat line of 20 points, 19 rebounds, four steals and three blocked shots, shooting 3 of 8 on 3-pointers. “There’s just lot of pride and lots of passion when you put on a Canadian jersey,” said Olynyk, who started alongside fellow Canadian NBA players Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph. “There’s something about coming home and being able to wear the red and white and Canada across your chest that kind of inspires you. It’s hard to explain, it brings something else out of you.”

NEW LOOK: Having won a championship with the Heat as a teammate in 2013, Ray Allen, in the wake of his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, said on the Dan Patrick Show that he expects LeBron James to morph into a different role with the offseason shift from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Los Angeles Lakers. “When I played with him, he had a lot around him that could do different things, so he didn’t always have to carry the weight,” Allen said. “Cleveland, it was a little different. He needed more shooters around him. [With the Lakers] he doesn’t have that many shooters around him, so how are they going to fit in? [Lance] Stephenson and [Rajon] Rondo both need the ball in their hands. So is he going to give up more of that responsibility and is he going to become somewhat of a spot-up shooter at the same time?”

AGE GAME: Born June 9, 1980, Udonis Haslem, at 37, stood as the seventh oldest player in the NBA last season. With the retirement of Manu Ginobili, Haslem, who formally re-upped with the Heat this past week, is poised to move up to at least seventh on the list this coming season, possibly even higher, depending on whether Jason Terry, Damien Wilkins and Jamal Crawford find work amid free agency. Older than

Haslem heading into the season are Vince Carter, born Jan. 26, 1977, and Dirk Nowitzki, born June 19, 1978. Haslem is on the list just ahead of Pau Gasol, who was born July 6, 1990. Every other player in the league last season was born in 1981 or later.

NEXT MOVE: After a falling out and loss of his job as Los Angeles Clippers’ television analyst following a strong take on potential Clippers free-agency target Kawhi Leonard, former Heat forward Bruce Bowen has landed back in the business as an ESPN analyst, according to a report in the New York Post. Bowen’s dismissal by the Clippers came after the Heat replaced television analyst Tony Fiorentino with Heat radio analyst John Crotty.

STILL SEEKING: In addition to the Dwyane Wade wait, several other Heat alums who were in the league last season remain without work on the eve of training camps, including Mario Chalmers, Joe Johnson, Okaro White, DeAndre Liggins, Marcus Georges-Hunt and the lone remaining unsigned free agent, beyond Wade, from last season’s Heat roster, Luke Babbitt.