After the departure of LeBron James and a season ending injury for Chris Bosh, the Heat will miss the playoffs completely ending their four year reign of the Eastern conference. It’s a well known fact that the Heat drafted UCONN’s Shabazz Napier per the request of their superstar LeBron James who ended up bolting to the Cleveland Cavs last summer. Pat Riley threw a subtle jab at King James when asked about this year’s NBA draft inferring there might still be some bad blood between the two parties.
Pat Riley on the draft: "No more smiling faces with hidden agendas, so we'll be going in clean."
— Joseph Goodman (@JoeGoodmanJr) April 20, 2015
Do you think Riley fired shots at LeBron?
It’s no shock that after leaving Cleveland for Miami in 2010, James carried them to four finals appearances in a row while the Cavs missed four straight postseasons. Fast forward to 2015, LeBron is back with Cleveland who is the number 2 seed in the East while the Heat is out. Maybe he is the most valuable player in the NBA.