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Ira Winderman

Ira Winderman: Pat Riley's Heat vision proving (almost) crystal clear

Miami Heat president Pat Riley during a news conference at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami on September 27, 2019. (Carline Jean/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

So here we are, having come full circle through the calendar within the confines of a single season, Pat Riley addressing the media on the eve of training camp on Sept. 27, 2019 about what might follow, with the Miami Heat still with unfinished business a year later.

Looking back, Riley, as is typical, largely (but not completely) proved prescient about these intervening 12 months that have delivered the Heat to this stage.

So what did Riley say then? And how does it reflect now?

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