Riley, Antetokounmpo would be excited to have James in Miami - ESPN

MIAMI — Pat Riley and Giannis Antetokounmpo would love for LeBron James to return to South Beach.

Riley said he has been in touch James' agent, Rich Paul, but that the Heat are like everybody else and waiting to see what the game's biggest free agent decides to do.

«I don't know, I'll be honest with you,» Riley told ESPN about whether a James-Heat reunion will happen. «Obviously, we've had conversations with Rich and they were very good. So if that happens and he wants to come to the '305,' we got a golf course. The weather's nice. Steve Kerr, same thing down here. And there's no state tax. So that's a little better than California.»

Riley's reference to Kerr comes after the Golden State Warriors coach was recorded by a fan who was parked next to Kerr's SUV asking him to go get James. Kerr deadpanned, «Oh, we got him.» The Warriors are one of the teams pursuing James.

Antetokounmpo said he has not spoken to James about what the former Laker will do. James played four seasons in Miami from 2010 to 2014 and won back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013.

«If there was a scenario for that to happen, I'd be very, very excited,» Antetokounmpo told ESPN of possibly joining forces with James. «He's one of the best players to ever play this game, if not the best. [I'd] be able to learn so much from him. Obviously, brings such a championship experience to the team right from day one. I think he's still one of the best players in the [game today], if not top 25 [at 41 years old]. You don't see signs of him slowing down at all. You saw in the playoffs how effective and good he was for the Lakers.

»But I'm just like everybody else — we don't have all the information. All the information is in LeBron James' hand and his family's