Draft Rating:

C

Draft Pick Efficiency Rating: 51.38

Draft Total Value Rating: 75.0

Pat Riley ranks in the 68th percentile for drafting among executives in our database. Riley's draft picks average out to be worth the equivalent of 4 spots higher than they were picked due to his good drafting.

Some of their biggest wins:

• Drafted Bam Adebayo with 14th pick but was worth 3th pick.
• Drafted Josh Richardson with 40th pick but was worth 14th pick.
• Drafted Tyler Herro with 13th pick but was worth 4th pick.

Some of their biggest busts:

• Drafted Justise Winslow with 10th pick but was worth 34th pick.
• Drafted Precious Achiuwa with 20th pick but was worth 43th pick.
• Drafted Jaime Jaquez Jr. with 18th pick but was worth 11th pick.

Trade Rating:

B-

Pat Riley ranks in the 66th percentile for trading among executives in our database.

Their biggest win:

• Added LeBron James to MIA.
• Lost Milan Mačvan, Jae Crowder, Nemanja Nedović, Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot to CLE.

Their biggest L:

• Added Norris Cole to MIA.
• Lost Bojan Bogdanović to MIN.

Signing Rating:

A-

Pat Riley ranks in the 81th percentile for free agency signings among executives in our database.

Their best signings:

• Signed Dwyane Wade in 2010.
• Signed Hassan Whiteside in 2014.
• Signed Hassan Whiteside in 2016.

Their worst signings:

• Signed Duncan Robinson in 2021.
• Signed Gabe Vincent in 2021.
• Signed Rodney McGruder in 2016.