Pat Riley's spidey senses started tingling the second Paul George was shipped out of Oklahoma City.
While that deal rocked the basketball world at large, it reverberated with the Miami Heat president for a different reason: His latest star pursuit was underway.
Russell Westbrook, an eight-time All-Star owed a metric ton of money over the next four seasons, was suddenly out of place in the only NBA home he'd ever known. Before the next step for the Brodie and the Thunder was certain, the Heat had already surfaced as a potential landing spot, per The Athletic's Sam Amick and Brett Dawson.