In the lane

THE OTHER OPTION: In the wake of the draft, Heat president Pat Riley indicated there might have been one that got away, a target that perhaps was even more intriguing to the Heat than No. 10 selection Justise

Winslow. “There also was a big that we really liked, too,” Riley said of landing the Duke forward. “There was a possibility that he could have fell to us. At one time we would have been happy with that situation, also.” That well could have been Kentucky center Willie

Cauley-Stein, who went at No. 6 to the Sacramento Kings, beginning the reshuffle that allowed Winslow to fall to the Heat. Indeed, amid pre-draft concern about a foot injury, Cauley-Stein pointed to a recent workout with the Heat. “Ask the Miami Heat. I was kissing the rim,” he told Louisville’s Courier-Journal. “They don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.”

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: In the late-night hours after the draft, as the focus turned to free agency, there finally was candor when it came to the Heat’s luxury-tax dumps of Mike Miller and Joel Anthony. Yes, the tax has mattered to the Heat and will continue to matter. “There’s been a couple of situations I know that went on with Mike Miller and with Joel Anthony,” Riley said. “But this is also a business, as much as it is about basketball.” There, someone finally said it. Now we can move on

BEHIND THE SCENES: Among those Riley took time to acknowledge as part of the Heat’s draft efforts were former assistant coaches Bob McAdoo and Keith

Askins, who have moved into scouting roles in recent years, as Erik Spoelstra has overhauled his coaching staff. “Just to be able to sit down and talk to them on a regular basis, for the last couple of weeks, I feel very good for all of those guys,” Riley said. “They work very hard.”

THEIR TURN: We are about to embark on another LeBron James free agency. More accurately, the Cleveland Cavaliers are about to embark on one. The (erroneously) minuscule odds of him leaving the Heat last summer are even lower this summer, to the point of non-existent. But he will make the list, and he will hold his team’s feet to the fire. What will make Cleveland such an interesting case study is that free-agent forward Tristan

Thompson is handled by James’ agency (or Rich Paul’s, if you prefer). And that’s with Kevin Love also a free agent. Then there’s the free agency of James Jones, who had his moments in his jump to Cleveland and is a LeBron recruit. And, of course, former Heat point guard Norris

Cole also will be a free agent, and also is represented by Paul. While Cole had been viewed at one point as a Cavalier-in-waiting, his strong season-ending play with the New Orleans Pelicans and the swirl that became

Matthew Dellavedova- mania in Cleveland might change that part of the equation. As for James’ seeming equity state in all things Cavalier, Cleveland general manager

David Griffin said after the draft, “We’ve heard from him every day pretty much. He’s very engaged.”