At the opening of the Miami Heat Sports Medicine Center in Coral Gables, Pat Riley discussed the team’s decision to dismiss James Johnson from the team’s training camp.
Riley called it “something that had to be done” and that Johnson is “already almost there.”
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Johnson missed all of the Heat’s training camp last week, as well as their scrimmage at AmericanAirlines Arena Sunday afternoon.