"Pat Riley doesn't have any reason in the world to still be working at his age approaching 80. He's not going to wait around for another young team to ferment…I have assumed that the next play is going to be…trying to get (Kevin) Durant again. I've assumed that's the move they're going to try and get in play for because I don't see a better one."
by lopea182
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Kevin Durant will be 3-5 years retired from the NBA and *still* getting Pat Riley’s calls from an ALF
100% right. Riley needs to go
We need a GM who has a vision of the future
Lol KD again. We gonna get a meeting with LaMarcus Aldridge too?
What’s the point of posting this? Le Batard isn’t reporting anything. Not even sure anyone in the Heat org talks to him.
Yeah Pat still working doesn’t make too much sense at this point. This build is done bro let someone else make the future plans
It’s time for the old man to step down and let someone else take over. Maybe Harris or Shapiro or Whitmer. Wait what sub is this again?
If this was true Pat wouldn’t care about the second apron so much.
I’m sorry but Pat is washed. In fact he’s been washed for years now.
Cook
I don’t see the point of this article but…I will agree Pat does need to light up a cigar, retire, and just enjoy the team/perks/benefits.
Am I the only one that wants to develop our young guys for a year or two and build through FA?
Which is exactly why he should step down at this stage, he’s one of, if not the best basketball mind of all time,but his interests aren’t the team’s best interests. Pat wants the fast track to one more championship before his time is up, I don’t think he’s interested in building anything sustainable – thing is, we don’t have the assets to put together a “one championship” team too, so we’re stuck in limbo till he steps down most likely
I would love to see Zo or Spo take that role. It seems natural to put Zo there and have Spo be his VP. Then move one of the assistants up to the big coach chair, probably Chris Quinn.
Not that any of that would work, it just feels like the natural progression. Plus if Quinn is a killer coach we could nickname him Coach Winn.
Agreed because he keeps trying to do this 2 timelines thing and it’s not working. Are we focusing on the present or the future? Gotta choose 1
Nice of him to bring in someone almost his age.
Whale or bust. 60% of the time, it works everytime (not really).
Whale or bust. 60% of the time, it works everytime (not really).
Heat’s mouthpiece
Dan is playing the greatest hits like we’re at a 90s hip hop concert.
Riley has lost his edge. But this is discrimination. Not surprised it comes from LeBatard
i don’t think kd is compatible with the heat
The heat still drafting their ass off…
I don’t think people understand that even if Riley goes the way they think won’t change because they have been making decisions as a collective for years .The way some people talk it’s as if they think pat Riley is incharge of all the decisions when he’s not .Andy elisberg is the one who hands out the contracts and make the trade calls now .
He’s our little Joe Biden 🥰
I think this is nonsense. Just because Riley is old doesn’t mean he is disregarding everything for the benefit of his own timeline. He is not the boss. His boss is not even Mickey Arison. It’s Nick Arison who is in his early 40s. Do you think he’s going to let Riley screw up the long term future of the Heat because an old man don’t care about the future? Besides the point that all evidence shows Riley and the Heat valuing their young pieces and not giving them up for vets.
Will Biden and pat step down the same day? 😂
Rampant speculation. Who can do more pushups right now, Pat Riley or Dan LeBatard?
On the real though Pat isn’t doing hard labor. He talks to agents, executives, coaches, and watches basketball games.
I get annoyed when only Mike seems to want to talk Heat because he’s an irrational and emotional head case. But Dan has spent the last several years largely being terrible on information, the team, and basketball in general.
This is another example of that.
This is the issue with mass information leading people to only make judgment and argue based on short clips and excerpts.
In the podcast, dude literally repeats that he assumes (while loudly emphasizing the word) this might be Riley’s mindset while stating that he has not done any reporting on this but will probably start looking into it.
So yea. Why would anyone say he’s being irrational or talking nonsense? Form a hypothesis then go collect data. That’s pretty standard.