The Miami Heat wrapped up its meeting with Kevin Durant Sunday in the Hamptons in roughly two hours according to a source. Now, the waiting game begins.
Durant, a four-time scoring champion and former league MVP, was set to meet for a second time with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday before taking some time to make a final decision on his future in the next 24 hours. The Celtics, Clippers, Spurs, Warriors, Heat and Thunder are the six teams Durant has met with.
The Heat sent in team president Pat Riley, owner Micky Arison, coach Erik Spoelstra and the rest of its main front office personnel (Andy Elisburg, Nick Arison and Alonzo Mourning) to meet with Durant. A source confirmed no players for the Heat were present during the meeting with Durant.
Miami has roughly $20 million left in cap space and still has yet to re-sign Dwyane Wade for next season. The Heat's roster has just seven players in the plans for next season: Chris Bosh, Hassan Whiteside, Justise Winslow, Josh Richardson, Goran Dragic, Briante Weber, and Josh McRoberts.
If Durant chooses the Heat, Miami would likely have to trade McRoberts and Dragic to create the cap space to offer Wade a contract in the range of $14-$16 million.
If Durant decides to head elsewhere, the Heat is expected to give most of its remaining cap space to Wade and use it's $2.9 room exception as well as league minimum contract offers to fill out the rest of its roster.
No signings will be made official until Thursday when the league's moratorium comes to an end.
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