What if the Heat were the big losers of the offseason? Miami lost two important players with Gabe Vincent and Max Strus, and only Josh Richardson (Spurs) and Thomas Bryant (Nuggets) arrived to strengthen the squad.
If Pat Riley hasn’t moved much, it’s because he hoped for a long time to recover Damian Lillard, and ultimately he failed! Assures him that he was not in the same perspective as his competitors…
“When you build a team around one or two players, or even three players, and you don’t win the title, you have to start saying to yourself: ‘OK, this isn’t going to work. It will not happen’. Maybe that’s what happened in Milwaukee or Boston. They reached this point and took action” explains Pat Riley about the trades made by the Celtics and Bucks.
Tyler Herro never offered in a trade?
The president of the Heat therefore seems very satisfied with his group, and his core of stars, and he promises that he did not try to transfer Tyler Herro: “We never offered it in exchange and had no interest in doing so. But when we talk about acquiring one of the five best players in the league, there is no one on the team who is not mentioned.”
As he begins his 29th season in Miami, Pat Riley reminds us that you should never bury your team, and his Heat is capable of reaching a third NBA final in five years. And this time, win it!
“To win, our team and our three best players – especially Jimmy, Bam and Tyler – will have to share the same mentality,” asks Pat Riley. “These are the guys we rely on the most. They will be paid for and they must have, by far, the best years of their career to have an impact on winning. It doesn’t matter how it is, whether it’s scoring, getting rebounds, making assists, not losing balls, defending… It doesn’t matter what it is… That’s what we’ll have to do! “.
