MIAMI – Forced into a trade in February, Miami Heat President Pat Riley spoke Friday at Kaseya Center of a more orderly approach to a potential next reset for his team.
But to address the future, Riley acknowledged he had to address the past.
So that’s where his 45-minute state-of-the-team session began, basically at the same place that became the focus a year ago at his annual media gathering.
Last May, in the wake of the Heat being bounced out of the first round of the playoffs, Riley shot down the notion of an immediate extension for Jimmy Butler, in light of the time the former All-Star forward routinely had missed.