The Miami Heat have gained a reputation for being a gritty, yeoman’s work sort of organization. With an ultra-competitive guy like Pat Riley at the helm of their operations and having to find overlooked, misused talent after missing out on big name acquisitions, the Heat have cultivated in environment in which their players, however talented, will be the hardest working, best conditioned collection of players in the NBA. This has become the aura around the Heat, and its thanks to stories like the following.
James Johnson has been banished from the Heat’s training camp for reporting out of shape according to Heat standards.