With Miami deciding to team Dwyane Wade with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, a lot of Heat players on last year's 47-win team were forced to seek employment elsewhere.
Among the seven players jettisoned out of Miami was six-year fan favorite Dorell Wright, the Heat’s first round draft pick in 2004. Wright made headways early, as he was the first high school player drafted by Pat Riley and the Heat organization.
During his six-year tenure in Miami, Wright teased Heat fans with his athleticism and vast array of abilities. He excelled at rebounding and defending, but flashed a sweet shooting stroke, above average passing, and ballhandling abilities. But his biggest asset was his basketball IQ, as he just knew how to make plays.
Yet one very important factor kept getting in the way of his progress—Wright couldn’t stay healthy long enough to put all his talents together nor enable the Heat organization to fully trust that he would be there when they needed him most.
In the Beginning
Wright played a total of 23 games in his first two seasons, primarily because he wasn’t ready to be a rota ...
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