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Ira Winderman: Rats off a ship? Nah, but Heat seemingly have to cast some salary ballast overboard.

Ira Winderman: Rats off a ship? Nah, but Heat seemingly have to cast some salary ballast overboard.

Then Rozier hurt his neck the final week of the regular season, missed the postseason, and the Heat went bust in the first round of the playoffs against the Boston Celtics. Now, with Rozier on the team's books for $24.9 million for next season, major decisions lie ahead for Riley and his front office, with the calculator of general manager Andy Elisburg assuredly to be ever present.