MIAMI — This was the easy part, in the same way it was relatively easy for Pat Riley and the Miami Heat to sit tight in 2002, as NBA-ready prospect Caron Butler, projected in the top six, stunningly dropped to their spot at No. 10. This was the easy part, because the only work was the waiting—the "palpitations," as Riley put it—and then, as Duke swingman Justise Winslow kept falling, the singing.
"When [Winslow] got down to 10, Micky [Arison] and Nick [Arison] started singing the Duke fight song, whatever it is, and waving the blue flags," Riley said of the Heat's managing partner and CEO, respectively, the latter a Duke alum.