BOSTON — The NBA trade deadline proved to be a story about nothing, absolutely nothing for the Miami Heat.

No harpooning of a whale with Giannis Antetokounmpo, who remains with the Milwaukee Bucks. No high-stakes risk-reward gambit for Ja Morant, who still is with the Memphis Grizzlies.

Instead, with ample contracts to put in play and the seeming need for a shakeup amid a recent 7-9 run that has Erik Spoelstra’s team trending toward a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round — silence.

The only team in the Eastern Conference without a move at the deadline.

One of only three teams in the league without a deadline move, with the highly competitive and contending San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets being the others.

Instead, Terry Rozier’s contract to simply expire without the guard stepping foot again on the court this season in the wake of his October arrest in the FBI’s gambling probe, even when the Heat could have waived him last month, saved $1.7 million against the salary cap, and added a replacement player at that time, or utilized his salary in a move Thursday.

So, instead, the contracts of guard Norman Powell and forward Andrew Wiggins to potentially expire at season’s end, with the two positioned to walk in free agency. Powell remains extension-eligible, while Wiggins has a player option for next season.

While the Heat could revisit the possibility of a move for Antetokounmpo in the offseason, when they will become armed with additional draft-pick capital, they also could have far less to put into play when it comes to matching salaries, with Simone Fontecchio also coming off the books as a free agent.

While the Heat did not make a move by Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline, they also did not diminish their remaining stockpile of draft picks in smaller moves. Conversely, they also did not add draft capital when numerous teams moved in that direction amid flailing seasons of their own.

The party line for the Heat, who declined comment after the deadline, was the team had handled ample transactions over the past year, from the blockbuster trade that sent Jimmy Butler out last February, to the cap-clearing trade of Duncan Robinson to the Detroit Pistons for Fontecchio, to the trade with the Los Angeles Clippers for Powell, who on Sunday was named an All-Star for the first time in his career. The Heat also over the past year dealt away forward Haywood Highsmith to the Brooklyn Nets, in a cap-clearing move, with Highsmith waived Thursday by the Nets.

While the Heat remained stagnant, several teams in the East made notable gains at the deadline, from teams at the top, such as the Boston Celtics (Nikola Vucevic), New York Knicks (Jose Alvarado) and Cleveland Cavaliers (James Harden). to teams that in recent years have been in chase mode of the Heat, such as the Charlotte Hornets (Coby White), Washington Wizards (Anthony Davis) and Atlanta Hawks (Jonathan Kuminga).

For the Heat, the priority seemingly had been an all-in run at Antetokounmpo, with an apparent willingness to move any and every asset beyond center Bam Adebayo.

But in the hours before Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline, it had become apparent that other potential suitors recognized the Bucks would not budge, with the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves moving on to Plan B packages with other teams.

The next domino likely to fall for the Heat could be the release of Rozier, which could create two open roster spots to fill ahead of the March 1 NBA buyout deadline.

The Heat will  have the wherewithal to add two players at the NBA veteran minimum and still remain below the punitive NBA luxury tax, from what should be a robust market of available players, with several involved in deadline deals already in the process of being waived.

Another option for the Heat could be converting the contracts of their two-way players to standard deals, with Myron Gardner, Jahmir Young and Vlad Goldin currently holding the team’s allotment of three two-way deals. The Heat then would be allowed to sign replacement two-way players through March 4.