With speculation swirling about what the Miami Heat might do this offseason, team president Pat Riley addressed reporters in a press conference setting on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since last June.
“I really don’t want to talk about all the rumors,” Riley said at the start of his 38-minute season-ending news conference at Kaseya Center. “We had a great season this year.”
The Heat finished just three wins short of an NBA championship following a historic and improbable playoff run this past season as the Eastern Conference’s No. 8 seed. It marked the third time Miami has advanced to the Eastern Conference finals and the second time Miami has made the NBA Finals in the last four seasons, but the Heat is still chasing its first NBA title since 2013.