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On Saturday, the Miami Heat’s salary-cap predicament going into free agency grew more apparent. Caleb Martin ($7.1 million player option), Kevin Love ($4 million player option), and Thomas Bryant ($2.8 million player option) all chose not to exercise their player options in order to become unrestricted free agents before Saturday’s 5 p.m. deadline to make a decision, league sources reveal. Josh Richardson exercised his $3.1 million player option in his contract to stay with the Heat the day before. VIEW NEXT

It’s expected that Love will re-sign with the Heat in free agency, while Bryant and Martin seem to be headed to other teams. Love’s new contract might be on a minimum agreement, which would be less expensive than the $4 million option he turned down. This would free up more money under the second assistant to aid Miami in re-signing some of its own free agents, such as Haywood Highsmith. Love wants to stay in the Heat and the Heat wants him back, as he has made plain in recent months. NBA free agency begins on Sunday at 6 p.m. Since the NBA Finals concluded on June 18, NBA clubs have been permitted to negotiate with their own upcoming free agents; nevertheless, Sunday is the first day of