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Miami Heat team president Pat Riley addressed the state of the organization on Monday following a loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.
Among other things, like the shape of the current roster, the 77-year-old Riley was asked about whether he had any retirement plans.
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Miami Heat president Pat Riley gestures as he speaks during his postseason news conference, Monday, June 6, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
"I haven’t given that any thought at all. Until somebody brings it to me, other than the media… I’m 77 years old and right now I can do more push-ups than you can do right now. You wanna go to the mat, let’s go," Riley said with a chuckle.
Riley said he still wants to finish out what he built in the post-LeBron James and Dwyane Wade era of the organization with Jimmy Butler as the centerpiece and top talent like Bam Adebayo, Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro and Duncan Robinson around him. The emergence of players like Max Strus and Gabe Vincent also helped propel the team forward.
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Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler leaves the court after the team's win over the Boston Celtics during the Eastern Conference finals, May 27, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
"I definitely feel an obligation to finish this build. And so if we're three years into this build – then I don't want to do another three years of just building this team. I think we're in that window of internal improvement. We got a great, great, great player in Jimmy Butler, we know that," Riley said, via ESPN.
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