MIAMI – With the Miami Heat looking to live up to its championship aspirations this upcoming season, the work continues with the preseason opener on Saturday in Puerto Rico against the Orlando Magic. While Heat star Tyler Herro has a foot injury and will miss time to start the season, there are others on the team who are also dealing with issues, as head coach Erik Spoelstra speaks about them.

Herro, Terry Rozier , Pelle Larsson, Kasparas Jakucionis, and Davion Mitchell will not travel to Puerto Rico for Saturday's preseason opener as each deals with an injury. As cause for concern could arise within fans, Spoelstra would say after the final practice session of training camp on Friday that he wasn't planning on playing big minutes for players anyway, as it will be a “good opp

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