NBA: Miami Heat's Pat Riley Fined $25,000 For Lebron James Remarks
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - The National Basketball Association fined Miami Heat President Pat Riley $25,000 on Wednesday for being too clear that he would eagerly welcome a reunion with LeBron James.
The league said Riley violated its anti-tampering rule with his remarks during an interview Friday on Dan Le Batard's radio show.
Riley said he would "leave the key under the doormat" if James called and said he wanted to return to Miami. James led the Heat to two NBA titles and four straight appearances in the finals before returning to Cleveland in 2014.
Riley is the second executive to be fined in three days for tampering. The NBA penalized Philadelphia's Daryl Morey and the team $75,000 apiece on Monday for a tweet about Stephen Curry.
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