<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Miami Heat, continuing to search for point guard help, has ''expressed great interest'' in Orlando Magic unrestricted free agent and former Heat backup Keyon Dooling, agent Rob Pelinka said Thursday. Pelinka declined to say if Miami has made an offer but said the sides ``will continue to have a dialogue.'' The Heat hopes to acquire a point guard either through trade or with part of its midlevel exception, which is expected to be in the range of $5.8 million to $6 million. The Heat also has inquired about several other veteran free agent point guards, including Sebastian Telfair, Tyronn Lue and Jannero Pargo. Other veteran free agent point guards available include Carlos Arroyo, Eddie House, Anthony Johnson and Anthony Carter. Dooling, 28, averaged 8.1 points, 1.8 assists, 1.4 rebounds and 18.5 minutes for Orlando last season, and his .468 shooting percentage was higher than his .417 career average. He spent the 2004-05 season with the Heat, providing defense and energy off the bench and averaging 5.2 points and 1.8 assists in 74 games. He signed a three-year, $11 million deal with Orlando in the summer of 2005. A graduate of Fort Lauderdale Dillard High, Dooling has started 36 of 465 career games. At other positions, the Heat has had conversations about former University of Miami small forward James Jones and Memphis power forward/center Kwame Brown. BEASLEY UPDATE Heat rookie forward Michael Beasley returned to practice Thursday after sustaining a bruised chest in practice Wednesday. Beasley was injured 45 minutes into his first official workout with the Heat's summer league team, when he was inadvertently elbowed in the chest during a one-on-one drill. He was taken to see the team physician and was held out of practice sessions Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Beasley was still experiencing some soreness and discomfort Thursday morning but was cleared to take part in noncontact drills during Thursday night's workout. Beasley is expected to be available for the team's summer league opener Monday against the Bulls and No. 1 pick Derrick Rose. SPLIT DECISION The Heat does not only plan to be frugal during free agency. The team also will be flexible, general manager Randy Pfund said. Pfund and team president Pat Riley have not ruled out using the entire midlevel exception on one player but still prefer to split it between two players. The Heat also could use its veteran's exception ($1.9 million) to entice a third player. The team's primary needs, in order, are for a point guard, defensive-minded center and three-point shooter. ''We're active,'' Pfund said. ``There are some names we're talking to who could command a pretty good portion of the midlevel, not all of it. ``Some are eliminating themselves because they want long-term, high-number deals. So you're always trying to put the puzzle together.''</div> Source: Miami Herald He meshed well with DWade a couple of seasons ago. Teams struggled to match their speed in the backcourt and Dooling created a lot of fast break opportunities for Miami by deflecting passes and coming up with steals.
