The Miami Heat have come to terms with Christian Laettner.  He will join Shaquille O'Neal in the Heat's revamped frontcourt.

"I started looking at the Heat probably last year when I moved down to Florida," he said of relocating to the Jacksonville suburb. "That's where my family stayed last year while I was with the Wizards. I just said to myself I want to play a few more years and I want to be around my family and I want to be on a good team.

"I called my agent and I said, `You've got to get me somewhere in Florida,' and there's only two teams. Right away my agent said Orlando might be tough, and I said, `Let's do the Miami thing.' This was even before Shaq got on the team."