Analysis: Heat appear set at 14 of 15 roster spots

Why change a good thing? Why indeed. “There’s going to be some stability there,” James Jones said Friday morning shortly after he agreed to return as a free agent, following a similar decision by Heat free-agent point guard Mario Chalmers. Take Jamaal Magloire, Erick Dampier and Zydrunas Ilgauskas out of the picture (they hardly were in the picture at the end of last season) and remove Mike Bibby, as well (after he removed himself with his playoff play), and the Heat largely resemble the group that came up two victories shy of a 2011 championship. The new pieces? Free-agent bargain Shane Battier, free-agent longshot hope Eddy Curry, and first-round pick Norris Cole. It could be argued that 14 of the Heat’s 15 2011-12 roster spots already are accounted for before the first ball hits the training-camp court. No, this is not football, so there are no camp depth charts. But this is how we see it: Centers (3): Joel Anthony, Eddy Curry, Dexter Pittman. Power forwar...