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Dwyane Wade: Heat not good enough to contend for title next year

Published Mar. 16, 2015 1:28 p.m. ET

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If everything goes right in Miami this offseason, the Heat will have a pretty nice starting five next season. Goran Dragic, Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng, Chris Bosh and an improving and maturing Hassan Whiteside is nothing to sneeze at. The question, though, is whether it'd be enough for the Heat to contend with LeBron James in Cleveland and the ridiculous depth and teamwork of the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference, not to mention the powerhouses in the West.

If you ask Wade, the answer to that question is a resounding "no."

“That five is pretty good, if everyone’s healthy, but you need a little bit more than that,” he said. “I feel that it gives us a better opportunity than we had coming into this season, then you continue to add certain pieces if you can. If we come back next season healthy and everybody’s going, we still need to add a few pieces. We could be pretty good.”

Wade did not specify what improvements the Heat need to make to their bench. Doing so would be throwing current teammates under the bus, which is not a prudent move.

(Read more at PalmBeachPost.com)