Pat Riley, Heat scouts turn their attention to international scene for draft

There is still a non-zero chance that the Miami Heat will not have a first-round pick in the 2015 NBA draft. They won't know for sure until the lottery in a couple of weeks, when the 9 percent probability that Miami might have to send its pick to the Philadelphia 76ers will finally be put to rest.

But the much more likely scenario has the Heat making the tenth overall selection this year. And while there are numerous prospects in the college ranks who would make sense for Miami at that point, the Sun-Sentinel reports that Pat Riley and his staff have embarked on a little Euro-trip to see what Spain has to offer the Heat:

"Two Spanish League prospects who recently applied for early entry for the draft stand as potential Top 10 selections: 6-foot-8 Croatian shooting guard Mario Hezonja and 7-1 outside-shooting Latvian power forward Kristaps Porzingis," Ira Winderman writes.

"The Heat generally have shied from international prospects during the draft, with most of the team's international selections dealt on draft night. The only time the Heat made a significant investment in a European prospect in the draft during Riley's stewardship was the acquisition of Estonian forward Martin Muursepp during the first round of the 1996 draft."

(h/t Sun-Sentinel)

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