Ten things you might sit back and wonder as you look back at the NBA pre-draft camp, look ahead to the June 26 draft and look forward to the start of Celtics-Lakers Finals that kick off Thursday.
1. You wonder what Heat president Pat Riley is thinking as he watches James Posey deliver daggers and defensive gems for the Celtics while earning relative peanuts this season. Meanwhile, after the Heat allowed Posey to walk after a drawn-out process in free agency last summer, it shuffled through the likes of Jeremy Richardson, Dorell Wright, Penny Hardaway, Luke Jackson, Bobby Jones, Shawn Marion, Ricky Davis and (taking a fresh breath) ultimately Kasib Powell at small forward.
2. You have to wonder how so-called professional reporters and journalists can show up for work with a straight face the next day after throwing out crazy, manufactured trade rumors this time of year. Probably because it comes with the demands of some jobs in this field.
3. And while we're on the subject, you have to wonder why Riley chose to quickly put out a rumor 
fire last summer, when he released a statement denying that Shaquille O'Neal was on the trading block (at the time), but chose to publicly remain quiet this week when another dose of rumors out of Chicago this time targeted Dwyane Wade's future.
4. And since we're still on the subject, you wonder why Wade finds himself caught up in so many rumors. We hear he's still a basketball player, but we can' be sure. Did you
hear the one about him supposedly teaming up with his Chi-town homey to form one of the most lethal 1-2 tandems in the game? No, not Wade-Rose. I'm talking Obama-Wade, Demo ticket.
5. You wonder if Kobe can win a title without Shaq the way Shaq did without Kobe in 2006 with the Heat
6. And now that you think about it, you wonder how many titles the two of them would have now if they both could have managed to fit their egos in the same building.
7. You wonder just why the NBA insists on measuring prospects without shoes. NFL placekickers might work barefoot occasionally, but certainly not NBA power forwards.
8. Having said that, you wonder how much Michael Beasley's disappointing 6-7 measurement (w/0 shoes, 6-8 1/4 with them) is a potential turnoff to Chicago and Miami. Is 6-7 or 6-8 more important than 26.2 and 12.4? Shouldn't be.
9. Staying on Beasley for a moment, you wonder why Beasley just didn't borrow the 
same kicks that increased Kevin Love's height by nearly two inches when he was measured. I thought the platforms went out with Huggy Bear 30 years ago. Who knew Hugs came back with a signature hoops shoe?
10. And you wonder just how many more second-tier prospects the Heat will roll into town before deciding it will trade the pick or render it useless like it's done in recent years. The Heat on Tuesday worked out NBDL player Mike Taylor, Davidson's Jason Richards, Houston's Dion Dowell and Nevada's Marcelus Kemp. Richards ranked among the nation's leaders in assists as the Davidson PG who kept setting up Stephen Curry for all of those open looks. And Kemp, a 6-5 SG, ranked among the nation's top scorers.
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