The concept of Heat Culture seems a little too much for some. For others, this way of proceeding allows Miami to remain a competitive franchise despite the departures of some, without going through the tanking box, with sometimes very successful campaigns, like in 2020 and 2023. Pat Riley, l architect of this state of mind, explained to Dwyane Wadein the latter’s podcast, what this famous Heat Culture represented for him.
“The important thing is continuity. There has been a lot written about it and a lot of people who talk about culture in the NBA are referring to the Heat. Some people are probably tired of hearing about it It’s simply a shared vision of what needs to be done to get to where we want to go. The coach creates a philosophy that is there to guide.
We paint a canvas. We insert images of parades to celebrate the title, of confetti, of baseball caps placed on their heads, in the brains of the players on a daily basis. They have to believe in these things and that’s what drives them to do what it takes to get there. This determines their behavior and nourishes their motivation to direct them towards these images on a daily basis. A culture becomes more organic when guys gravitate toward and buy into that message. They talk about it among themselves and assure each other that they are taking responsibility.
When there are two or three bad fruits, guys who don’t believe in it, we try to put their heads back in the right place or we invite them into my office to discuss a departure.”
Without going into so much detail, Max Strus explained something similar to us when we asked him the question at Paris Game 2024 about what Heat Culture represented.
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