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Pat Riley explains why Heat is ‘right at the launching pad right now’

From left to right, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra talks with Heat president Pat Riley during a training camp practice in Boca Raton. Miami has missed the playoffs two of the past three years. David Santiago dsantiago@miamiherald.com

Heat president Pat Riley addressed the state of the franchise in his season-ending press conference Saturday afternoon.

Here’s some of what he had to say ...

u25aa Riley looked back at why this current Heat roster was put together: “It was time to move on from being or searching for room. … To move into a two or three-year window with the young players that we drafted and others that we thought were on-the-brink-to-make-it veterans.