There’s no question that going into Thursday night’s NBA Draft the Miami Heat’s focus was to clear up even more cap space for the start of free agency on July 1. It began on Wednesday night when the Heat traded guard Daequan Cook and the 18th pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder for the 32nd pick.

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The New York Knicks could have traded into the first round of the NBA Draft last night, the New York Post reports, but said no in order to save cap space for the push to try and get LeBron James (notes) when the free-agent window gets thrown open on July 1. "Without a doubt, we wanted to preserve the cap," Knicks president Donnie Walsh said. "Other teams were creating more cap.

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In less than 8 hours, the NBA Draft will be complete and several teams will be ready to face the future with an influx of young talent from the draft. Don’t expect the Miami Heat to be one of those teams. In the last 24 hours, the Heat traded out of the first-round, dumped guard Daequan Cook, and saw center Joel Anthony opt-out of his contract.

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By trading out of the first round of today’s 2010 NBA draft, the Miami Heat have once again shown us that they are at the top of the list when it comes to the LeBron James sweepstakes set to commence July 1st.   The specifics of the trade are almost comical yet the results could be a burgeoning dynasty in South Beach.   The Heat sent the No.

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Daequan Cook turned to Twitter for his farewell to the Miami Heat. Less than 24 hours after being traded to Oklahoma City, the shooting guard and former 3-point shootout champion at the NBA’s All-Star weekend posted Thursday that he “had a Great 3yrs in Miami.” Cook also thanked “fans and Heat organization,” and noted that going to Oklahoma City represents a great situation…

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MIAMI, June 23 (UPI) — The Miami Heat cleared salary cap space by Wednesday, trading its 18th overall draft pick and guard Daequan Cook to Oklahoma City. Miami Heat – Oklahoma City – Salary cap – Free agent – United States

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Miami Heat trades Daequan Cook, 18th pick in NBA Draft to Oklahoma City Thunder for 32nd pick

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The Miami Heat have traded shooting guard Daequan Cook and the No.

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It was already an afterthought, but Thursday’s NBA Draft almost completely became a non-factor Wednesday when the Heat carved out even more salary cap space by trading its first-round pick and Daequan Cook, the team confirmed.

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The Miami Heat have traded the 18th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft and guard Daequan Cook to Oklahoma City for the Thunder’s 32nd pick.

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The Miami Heat have traded the 18th pick in Thursday’s NBA draft and guard Daequan Cook to Oklahoma City for the Thunder’s 32nd pick.

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MIAMI, 5/7– The Miami HEAT announced today that HEAT guard Daequan Cook will appear on tonight’s episode of FOX TV’s reality series Kitchen Nightmares .

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