The Heat are starting to round out their roster of death. Marc Spears of Yahoo! reports Miami is close to signing veteran big man Juwan Howard to a $1.4 million deal. The contract is the veteran minimum. Howard, 37, most recently played with the Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 6.0 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game in 73 games. http://nba-facts-and-rumors.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/23122302?tag=headlines;nba