The Miami Heat reportedly have great interest in Jalen Rose to help the perimeter game around Shaquille O'Neal and Dwayne Wade.

Toronto would like to deal Rose, and it's possible the Heat also could be interested in Mourning, who played for Miami and could be paired with longtime rival O'Neal.

The Heat believes it has a two or three-year window to win an NBA title with O'Neal and with the East at its weakest now. The Heat might not take on Mourning's contract, now worth about $17 million, but Mourning could accept a buyout, which he'd been seeking from the Nets, and then join Miami.