Editing Miami Heat (section)

====2014–2016: Post-"Big Three" and rebuild====
On July 11, 2014, LeBron James announced on ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''&nbsp;'s website that after opting out of the final year of his contract, he would leave the Heat and return to the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author1=LeBron James|author2=Lee Jenkins|title=LeBron James announces return to Cleveland Cavaliers|url=https://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=July 11, 2014|access-date=May 20, 2015|archive-date=May 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509162332/https://www.si.com/nba/2014/07/11/lebron-james-cleveland-cavaliers|url-status=live}}</ref> Wade and Bosh stayed in Miami. Like the Cavaliers in the 2010 off-season, the Heat focused on how it would maintain itself without LeBron. Wade and Bosh were joined by returning players [[Mario Chalmers]], [[Norris Cole (basketball)|Norris Cole]], [[Udonis Haslem]] and [[Chris Andersen]] along with former rivals [[Luol Deng]] and [[Danny Granger]]. The Heat also drafted [[Shabazz Napier]] and [[James Ennis (basketball)|James Ennis]]. In 2015, they also gained [[Goran Dragić]] and his younger brother [[Zoran Dragić]].

After a season with several injuries, including to Chris Bosh and Josh McRoberts, the Heat finished with a 37–45 record, the NBA's 10th-worst. They failed to make the playoffs after being Eastern Conference champions four straight years. It was the second time in Wade's career they did not qualify for the postseason. The Heat were the first team since the [[2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers season|2004–05 Los Angeles Lakers]] to miss the playoffs after going to the NBA Finals the previous year. Miami had qualified for the playoffs for six consecutive seasons.

At the 2015 [[NBA draft lottery]], the Heat were awarded the 10th pick for the [[2015 NBA draft]], which was used to select [[Duke Blue Devils men's basketball|Duke]] forward [[Justise Winslow]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=BleacherReport|author=Bleacher Report|number=600827735729164289|date=May 20, 2015|title=NBA Draft order for lottery teams after the #NBADraftLottery}}</ref>

During the 2015–16 season, the Heat compiled a 48–34 regular season record; however, their season ended in the [[2016 NBA playoffs|Conference semifinals]] where they lost to the [[Toronto Raptors]]. The 2016 free agency was marked with relationship issues and disagreements between [[Dwyane Wade]] and Heat president [[Pat Riley]], mostly focusing on how much Wade would get paid.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Michael |title=Riley left with another challenge after letting Wade walk |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16996882/why-pat-riley-dwyane-wade-split-miami |work=ESPN.com |access-date=December 8, 2018 |date=July 13, 2016 |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124115/http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16996882/why-pat-riley-dwyane-wade-split-miami |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Tim |title=Pat Riley raves about Dwyane Wade, but avoids all contract talk |url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/09/22/pat-riley-discusses-dwyane-wade-future |website=NBA.com |publisher=The Associated Press |access-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124720/http://www.nba.com/article/2017/09/22/pat-riley-discusses-dwyane-wade-future |url-status=live }}</ref>