Assuming he seriously entertains leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant will have plenty of suitors on the free agent market this summer. Rumors have attached plenty of teams to Durant in recent months, and the Miami Heat may seriously enter the mix if ESPN’s Dan Le Batard is to be believed.

Here’s what Le Batard had to say about Miami’s possible pursuit of Durant.

The plan is and always has been: Go after Durant and free everything up – so much so that you insulted your superstar this offseason by telling Dwyane Wade no on multiple years, even though that’s what he wanted. Dwyane, who deserves more of your allegiances as business and a company and management than Chris Bosh does. Because the whole thing is get in a room with Durant after this season.

What I’m telling you, no matter how much you laugh at it, is that the Heat is getting in the room with Durant. Now, what happens from there, who knows? But you can sit here and laugh at it all you want, but the plan, the construct is – the priority, the No. 1 thing this offseason – is get in the room with Durant.

You do what you want with the information. All I’m telling you is priority No. 1 is not get Dwyane locked up, Whiteside locked up. No. 1 on the list is can you get the superstar that is the big get in free agency while also taking care of your people around that?

The Heat have plenty of questions heading into this offseason. Chris Bosh‘s long-term health is in doubt after a second straight season shortened by blood clots, and he may be forced to retire. The looming free agencies of center Hassan Whiteside and franchise icon Dwyane Wade are also out there, as Le Batard alluded to, with team president Pat Riley suggesting that signing Whiteside is “our No. 1 priority, period” a few days ago. Publicly saying a pursuit of Durant is being planned could be considered tampering, so Riley can’t really acknowledge it and Le Batard’s comments can’t be wholly dismissed.

If Bosh can’t get medical clearance and is forced to retire prior to the start of free agency, Miami would get significantly more salary cap space. It would still come down to Durant or Whiteside in terms of a max contract though, and the choice there would obviously be Durant. But, as with any other team that will be ready with an offer for Durant this offseason, his interest in Miami will be the ultimate determining factor for the Heat.