“I’ve had conversations with Dion. He was hurt. He was playing hurt for a year and a half for the most part,” Riley said. “I’m glad he had the surgery. I hope the surgery is 100 percent successful. “You got a very talented 26-year-old player that still wants to make his mark and we don’t have to go out and pay somebody $25 million to get him to play. We’ll see what happens.” Riley’s comments were made in response to questioning about the Heat’s lack of salary-cap space this summer, the current inability to sign a free agent beyond the mid-level exception, and the need for a talent upgrade across the roster.
