During Pat Riley’s 27 seasons with the Miami Heat, the franchise has won three NBA championships. The Heat has also made nine appearances in the Eastern Conference finals and six appearances in the NBA Finals during that time.
So, Riley and the Heat have been faced with the decision they’ll have to make this offseason many times before: Is the best option to bring back last season’s core that finished just one win from advancing to the NBA Finals or are big changes needed to reinvigorate the team?
“If we ran it back, we would have a very good team,” Riley said Monday afternoon during his 45-minute news conference to wrap up the season just about a week after the Heat’s playoff run came to an abrupt end in Game 7 of the East finals. “But you have be, I think, very proactive in looking at how you’re going to improve.
