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The Eastern Conference was supposed to belong to the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers this season, but the 27-12 Miami Heat are just a half game back of the second-seeded Boston Celtics.
To hear team president Pat Riley put it, he just may be lucky enough to land another star alongside Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo.
"I'm an Irish guy," he said, per Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontemps of ESPN.com. "I sling shamrocks around to my friends all the time. It's my favorite emoji.