With the disappointment still lingering from Miami's loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, Miami Heat president Pat Riley took his first public steps Tuesday toward regrouping for another title run next season. "I can say this," Riley said in his postseason meeting with the media, "we will be a multiple championship-contending team. This was a great year. It was a disappointing ending." In a 40-minute Q&A session, Riley's message was about maintaining continuity around LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh moving forward. He also challenged each of the team's top three players to come back next season with improvements after the Heat fell two victories short of meeting their championship expectations with a 4-2 series loss to the Mavericks in the Finals. Riley quickly ended any speculation that he would entertain a return to the bench to coach the Heat in the future. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/news/story?id=6686770
He's really old, I get it. Let Erik coach if he wants but he needs to listen to his assistant coaches more. No more Mike Bibby, Z, Juwan Howard, old worthless vets. Time to get players that can contribute, and let our superstars play less in the regular season. Don't understand the obsession with seeding.
