Exploring possible alternatives to Ricky Davis, the Heat spoke with agents not only about James Jones, but  Kirk Snyder, Roger Mason Jr., Devean George and restricted free agent Ryan Gomes, among others…
  
 
 
Good for recently-traded Griz guard Mike Miller and his chance to play
the rest of his career for the Timberwolves near his home in South
Dakota. Miller will be missed in the Griz organization in many ways,
especially his professionalism. He never demanded a trade, he never
whined about the losing, he never pointed a finger. The guy, no matter
how much he was banged and bruised, prepared himself mentally and
physically to play every night. He never dogged it, never took a short
cut. He realized he was making a staggering amount of money for playing
a game, and never lost sight of that fact. He also understood that
community service comes from the heart and isn’t just having your agent
buy a block of tickets to give to the underprivileged.
 
 
 
Ahearn got a taste of the NBA last season, playing 12 games in the season’s final month for the injury-riddled Miami Heat.
But the Heat opted not to re-sign Ahearn following the NBA draft, making him an unrestricted free agent.
No problem. Ahearn has his sights on winning a job with the Minnesota
Timberwolves, whose summer league team he will play for starting July
14 in Las Vegas.