Samuel Dalembert will be a free agent this offseason and the Kings are hoping to re-sign the center.

Dalembert is also expected to receive interest from the Knicks, Heat, Raptors and Rockets.

Dalembert was acquired during the 2010 offseason from the 76ers.

Eddie House has exercised his option clause with the Miami Heat for the 11-12 season.

House is now under contract for $1.4 million.

After the Dallas Mavericks finished off the Heat in six games to win the NBA championship on June 12, it was widely reported that Erick Dampier was out partying with the Mavs. Not so, Dampier said.

“That’s a damn joke,’’ Dampier said Wednesday. “Why would I want to party with the Dallas Mavericks when they just beat us?’’

Dampier said an ESPN reporter tweeted that he was partying with the Mavs.

James Jones has decided to opt out of is contract with the Miami Heat for the 11-12 season.

"I just decided to become a free agent," he said. "My goal is still to find the best situation for me, and that possibly could be Miami."

Jones was benched for the final nine games of the playoffs.

"If anything," Jones said, "making it to the Finals is an enticement to stay."

Jones still is due $1.7 million for next season and $1.8 million from the Heat in 2012-13 from the buyout of his previous deal. Any new Heat salary would be paid over and beyond that salary.

Heat President Riley said moving toward a speed game is a philosophical decision left for organizational meetings with coach Erik Spoelstra.

"Erik and I have yet to really sit down and talk about the season and how everything went and where we can get better as a team," Riley said of reviewing the team's direction with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. "I think the one thing that he and I have always had great rapport about is speed, quickness, athleticism, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

"And so, as we continue to move in that vein with LeBron and with Dwyane and with Chris, Mario (Chalmers), Joel Anthony and also Norris, there's a possibility that there'll be some thought about a change."

A source familiar with the situation confirmed Sunday to the Sun Sentinel that veteran center Eddy Curry has been working with the Miami Heat in recent days, as the Heat look at free-agent options.

By league rules, teams cannot currently work out free agents who finished the season on an NBA roster.

Workouts of those types of free agents cannot begin until July 1, when a lockout is expected to be imposed, shutting down all league activity.

After an impressive pre-draft workout, the Miami Heat moved Norris Cole, their rookie point guard out of Cleveland State, up their draft board.

“There wasn’t anybody we’ve had in a number of years who took it more seriously,” Riley said. "His speed, acceleration and ability to be a game-changer and pace-changer."

LeBron James found an unlikely defender last week in Doc Rivers, the head coach of the Boston Celtics, long James' biggest rival.

When asked about the level of criticism LeBron received, Rivers was surprisingly sympathetic: "Some of it was self-inflicted, some of it inflicted by everyone else. After Game 3, someone asked LeBron, 'When are you going to step up'?. The problem is that he answered, when he should have said 'Go screw yourself'."

Miami Heat forward Mike Miller is recovering from surgery for a ruptured tendon in his left thumb.

Miller was injured during the latter stages of the regular season, finishing the postseason in protective bracing on his non-shooting hand.

Miller sustained a similar injury to his right thumb during the preseason, with the ensuing surgery sidelining him for two months and limiting his effectiveness for the balance of the season.

Coach Mike D'Antoni raved about Iman Shumpert's shutdown skills, going so far as to say the New York Knicks' first-round pick could stay in front of three of the best players in the world.

"He has the athletic ability to guard a Derrick Rose or a Dwyane Wade or a LeBron James," D'Antoni said Friday.

"He had one of the best workouts that I've seen in a lot of years. He's a little bit of everything. He can play point, he can play the 2, he can guard some 3s. He's an exciting young man. His personality and his ability to work hard are big factors, and we're excited about having him."