Will Shaquille O'Neal Or Penny Hardaway Be On the Miami Heat Roster?

One by one, the pieces of the Miami Heat roster are falling into piece.As it turns out, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh are going to have more than a D-League roster around them.

Mike Miller, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, and Udonis Haslem have already signed for less money to join the South Beach Boys.

There are more roster spots to be had, but the salary cap space is dwindling.Lucky for us, the rumors haven’t come close to dying down.

Some players are being talked about, others want us to talk about them, and still others are supposed locks but haven’t signed ink yet. Jamaal Magloire, Joel Anthony, and Carlos Arroyo all want to come back.

We’ll take them out of the conversation. It’s time to break down who is going to be vying for role player minutes in Miami this fall.

Penny Hardaway (100-1)

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Come on, man. Do you remember the 38-year-old Penny Hardaway? He wants you to.

"Mentally I was retired and physically I was retired. I was playing recreational ball," Hardaway said on the “Bottom Line Sports Show” Thursday. "But when the decision happened with Chris Bosh and LeBron, I felt like I could really be good in that system."

I can understand where Michael Jordan was coming from coming out of retirement a couple times, I can understand where Brett Favre is right now," Hardaway said. "When you still have something in the tank it's really hard to let it go." 

He’s played 57 games since 2004. Five years ago, this would have been a solid consideration. Now, it’s a pipe dream for Hardaway.

Allen Iverson (50-1)

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Shaquille O'Neal (40-1)

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Tracy McGrady (35-1)

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Tim Thomas (20-1)

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Theo Ratliff (20-1)

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Earl Boykins (15-1)

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Larry Hughes (12-1)

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Matt Barnes (10-1)

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Juwan Howard (2-1)

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