Last season was the emphatic and overly dramatic end of the Jimmy Butler era in Miami. Without him, the 37-win Heat fought through the play-in only to have Cleveland show Miami just how far away from being a threat in the East they actually are.
The Heat will not tear it down and rebuild, but change is coming, Heat president Pat Riley said in his end-of-season press conference.
“I do think we do have to make changes, Riley said. “There’s no doubt. There has to be some change.”
What changes? That’s not so easy to answer.