It's hard to push back against the idea that the Miami Heat's front office is no longer amongst the elite in the Association. However, the bigger gut punch is when CBS Sports NBA scribe Sam Quinn said the quiet part out loud about the once-proud front office. In his words, "the league is changing, and it's not clear the Heat are changing with it."
But that's not even the worst of it. Quinn added an even more discouraging reality for Heat fans when he wrote, "The days of Pat Riley dropping his rings on the table and landing whoever he wants appear to be over.