In signing Shane Battier, which the Heat finalized over the weekend, the Heat have become a team loaded with wing players.

Coach Erik Spoelstra said that he envisions playing LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Battier and Mike Miller together at times. That’s a rare style seen more in college than the NBA. And a type that Pat Riley often used to perfection when racking up titles with the Lakers.

“It reminded me a little bit of what I had for nine years in Los Angeles,” Riley said.

“I had Magic (Johnson) and (Michael) Cooper and (Byron) Scott and (James Worthy). Basically perimeters that played all different positions. I see Shane and Mike Miller and I see Dwyane and LeBron in almost the same kind of thing. (Spoelstra) has the same opportunity.”