The Latest Breaking News from Pat Riley

MIAMI — Sheri Sam, an All-Star with Miami in 2002, works as the scouting manager for the Portland Trail Blazers. Guard Sandy Brondello played five years in the WNBA (two with the Sol) before she became head coach of the Phoenix Mercury and now the New York Liberty. Debbie Black…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google the terms “Miami Heat” and “tank” and you are as likely to get results about Hassan Whiteside’s fish tank with the spinning Heat logo as the Pat Riley-led franchise trying to play the lottery game.

During the 2020 NBA Finals, LeBron James and Lakers owner Jeanie Buss had to overcome facing off against a team led by Pat Riley.

The Heat made a sizable longterm investment in one of its key young players on Sunday, giving guard Tyler Herro a four-year extension that could be worth as much as $130 million.

MIAMI — No, Kyle Lowry did not open his media-day interview with a declaration that he is not fat.

The Lakers could reportedly have a new and unexpected option as far as a potential Russell Westbrook trade.

As he had emphasized ahead of Saturday night’s induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Tim Hardaway pointed to his second career chapter as a takeoff point to his path to the Springfield, Mass., shrine.

Finally, after years of uncertainty, Tim Hardaway is getting the exclamation mark on his career that he so rightly deserves.

Tim Hardaway appreciates greatness, which is why next weekend will stand as one of the most profound moments of his 56 years, when he will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

This is what the Miami Heat attempted to pre-empt in July, when the franchise that rarely, even surreptitiously, alludes to personnel deliberations did just that.

The veteran of the Miami Heat is all in for one last season.