The Latest Breaking News from Pat Riley

The exercise ahead of the NBA trading deadline, which this season comes at 3 p.m. Thursday, typically is to get a read on what a team is looking to add.

Records are made to be broken, the saying goes. But how did the kid from Akron chase down what seemed like an unbeatable number?

The Boston Celtics injury report early Tuesday afternoon sure made it sound unfortunate, as if random and rotten luck with injuries kept three starters and five players out of their game against the Miami Heat.

The Heat president said his choice is based on the ‘longevity’ of their careers.

In the Miami Heat’s 35 seasons, it can be argued that no player did passive-aggressive as well as LeBron James.

MIAMI — International star, at age 35, coming off a championship and linked to an overseas move to a lesser league offering lesser competition.

MIAMI — The formality came Wednesday: Dwyane Wade was named a candidate for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The coronation for the iconic former Miami Heat guard will come Aug. 12 at the Springfield, Mass., shrine.

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.