Several members of the Heat disputed comments attributed to Mavericks forward Shawn Marion that the team purposely tanked during the 2007-08 season to improve their lottery chances.

Miami finished second in the lottery and drafted Michael Beasley.

``When I first got there, they were basically tanking the season,'' Marion said in an SI.com article last month of his two-season stint in Miami. ``I hadn't been used to being on a team that just went out to lose like that.''

``Man, wasn't anybody trying to lose like that,'' Udonis Haslem said, dismissing the issue. ``Everybody's entitled to their opinion, and that's only his. That's all I have to say about that.''