Miami Heat president Pat Riley sat down with team television host and courtside reporter Jason Jackson on Wednesday and said that his team has every intention to contend for the 2019 NBA playoffs and perhaps sign two max free agents in the summer of 2020.
The 26-33 Heat have gone 2-8 in their last 10 games. They are 1.5 games behind the Charlotte Hornets for the final playoff berth.
Per Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press, Riley said the following regarding the team's playoff push:
"I have never thought of anything else other than we want to be a playoff team.