Live updates: What Heat’s Riley is saying at new conference
Miami Herald • • sports
Key Points:
- Heat president Pat Riley held a 1 hour 6 minute season-ending news conference, addressing team performance, injuries, and future plans.
- Riley emphasized the importance of injury history in personnel decisions, praising Bam Adebayo's durability and declaring him untouchable in trade talks.
- The Heat plan to pursue an elite scorer with overall length and improved shooting and ball-handling, while avoiding rash moves that could hamper future flexibility.
- Riley confirmed he does not have final say on personnel decisions, which rests with CEO Nick Arison, but he remains deeply involved in planning and strategy.
- Despite recent struggles, Riley expressed commitment to the team, rejecting tanking and signaling aggressive offseason efforts to improve the roster and return to championship contention.
