ASK IRA: Is it time for the Heat, Pat Riley to move on to the next big thing?

Q: Can we get out of Groundhog Day? Will this be the offseason when we target functional size? I’m tired of watching all of our undersized guys having to work so hard to overcome every game. That’s why they stay injured.  – Ken.

A: I’m not sure of the correlation to injury, but the lack of size cannot summarily be dismissed. But it has to be the right size that is added. Pat Riley swore by Thomas Bryant in the offseason and we’ve seen how that didn’t work out. And as long as Erik Spoelstra insists on mobile big men...