MIAMI — Of all of Pat Riley’s recent postseason media sessions, Monday’s was arguably as on point as any in years. Riley recognized the need for clear, coherent reasoning regarding where he stands as Heat president and where his team stands after failing to make the playoffs for the first time in seven seasons. For an hour, the typical Riley anecdotes, historical and otherwise, were put aside, ...

MIAMI — From the start of the season, it was as if Nikola Jovic stood as the swing player when it came to the Miami Heat’s ultimate 2025-26 fate. So perhaps it hardly was coincidence that two weeks after coach Erik Spoelstra lamented a season gone sour for the 22-year-old forward, Heat President Pat Riley this week paused his comments about the potential of his team’s youth to also focus on ...

Q: Ira, I’m not sure Pat Riley wasn’t wrong. When you look at the East, the Celtics are going to a Game 7, the Pistons are still figuring it out, and the Knicks and Cavaliers already have had their wobbles. – Lance. A: No, let’s not do that thing where you say it doesn’t matter how you get to the playoffs, as long as you get there. In fact, one of the cringeworthy moments of Pat Riley’s ...

Michael Beasley on being the piece that built Miami’s Big Three.

Pat Riley wants to deliver another championship to Heat fans.

MIAMI — The week started with Pat Riley telling us the lottery is for losers. Which, of course, has been a problem all along in a league that savors a race to the bottom. Turns out, Riley hardly was speaking out of turn, with the NBA a day later releasing word of dramatic lottery changes that are expected to be finalized next month and put into play next year. For the Heat, or at least the ...

Pat Riley learned a lesson from basketball that applies to life in general.