John Reid of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that Heat coach Pat Riley wishes he could have a "do-over". He regrets the two-year-old trade that brought Eddie Jones to Miami and he wishes he still had Jamal Mashburn and P.J. Brown on his team.

"I wish I could have kept that team together, and probably for all intents and purposes I should have," Riley said. "It's not a coincidence that when Brown and Mashburn went to Charlotte, that they became good, too."

Mashburn is the Hornet?s featured scorer while Brown helps to anchor the interior defense.

"That trade really solidified our ballclub," Hornets coach Paul Silas said. "I got myself a go-to guy, Mashburn, which I really didn't have before. I got a guy who can consistently give me 20 points a night and seven rebounds.

"With P.J., I've got a guy who can be the glue of your ballclub. He rebounds and he does all the dirty work, but he's going to come up with something to help you win every night. So you make decisions, and he (Riley) made a decision to move those guys, and I'm happy he did."

Since the move, the Heat has struggled to make a successful playoff run. In 2001, the Hornets, led by Mashburn and Brown, swept the Heat in four games in the first round. Last season, the Heat didn't make the playoffs.