Even before the current work at hand, which is the ongoing work of resetting the team’s roster, Miami Heat president Pat Riley for years has demonstrated the art of setting the offseason agenda.
Part of that effort this time around, in the wake of his team falling one game short of the NBA Finals, was stressing a need to return hungrier.
So no sooner had guard Tyler Herro done what numerous quality sixth men had done before, in exiting the season by stressing a goal to emerge as a starter, then Riley last month calculatedly offered, “If he wants to start, go earn it.”
