Miami Heat team president Pat Riley was in Los Angeles Wednesday checking out some NBA draft prospects.
Illinois guard Will Riley was among those in attendance. Riley only played one season in college. He still has time to withdraw from the draft. The knock against him is physicality but the Heat could use a young scorer and playmaker of Riley's talents.
They have the No. 20 pick in the draft.
"I feel like what I need to work on is probably my physicality and getting a little bit more weight," Riley said. "Which 'm capable of doing because of, obviously, I did it when I was at Illinois. I came in at 170 and I left at 190. That's probably the main thing I've got to do to translate to the NBA."
The 6-foot-8 Riley was the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year last season. He averaged 12.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists. He entered college as a potential one-and-done player after being rated among the nation's top 20 prospects.
"It feel like it helped me a lot, just seeing the guys how physical they were and how much stronger they were than me," Riley said. "It definitely helped me on the defensive end and on the offensive end."