MIAMI — The plan by Pat Riley had been not to have plans, to have his roster in place for next season and then take flight Saturday for Europe.

The trip is still planned, but the Heat president acknowledged that work also still remains to be done on a roster already dramatically transformed by the acquisition of Giannis Antetokounmpo.

“I might be doing it from Europe, but anyhow, it doesn’t make any difference,” Riley said.

Been there, seen that, done that, as Heat owner Micky Arison can attest.

“You know,” Riley continued, “I made trades from Europe with Micky on a yacht somewhere in Croatia one time to get Lamar Odom.”

And has been doing so ever since that July 2003 move.

Now, as he and the rest of the NBA await word from LeBron James about his free agency, Riley acknowledged that more is needed even after the acquisitions of Antetokounmpo, Bobby Portis and Tim Hardaway Jr., especially for a team that this offseason has lost Tyler Herro, Norman Powell, Kel’el Ware, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Kasparas Jakucionis from last season’s roster.

“In today’s contemporary game, based on how the game used to be played from the inside out, this is a running game,” Riley said. “Players are running hard to spots. There’s coast-to-coast drive-and-kicks. And you’ve got to have players who can make open shots.

“When you get open shots, you got to be able to make them. It doesn’t mean that you’re going to make all these contested shots and stuff like that.”

So, yes, shooting as the primary personnel target, with the Heat likely to add only two more players to standard contracts this offseason due to their position against the hard cap created by the Antetokounmpo trade.

In that regard, the best of the free-agent pool might be Bradley Beal, with Klay Thompson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope possible buyout options.

But Riley also warned not to sleep on the shooting already in place, citing acquisitions such as Portis and Hardaway, as well as returning players such as Andrew Wiggins, Davion Mitchell and Pelle Larsson.

“So we feel like we have enough shooting, OK?” Riley said, before somewhat contradicting himself. “We will continue to try to find players who are absolutely marksmen. And there still are some out there.

“I think getting Tim Hardaway Jr., people forget Bobby Porter shot 45% from three last year. Mitch has become a better 3-point shooter, as has Pelle. Don’t underestimate what we have. But, yeah, you want to have a real sniper out there, too, that always is guarded by somebody.”

Wiggins shot .414 on 3-pointers last season, Mitchell .395, but Larsson just .323.

Then there is a power rotation that seemingly still needs to be built out. The infrastructure is there with Bam Adebayo, Antetokounmpo and Portis. But then it gets a bit shaky, considering Nikola Jovic is coming off an awful season and has expressed a desire not to be cast in a power role, and considering Vlad Goldin has largely been middling during summer league, having re-upped on another two-way contract.

When it comes to what is left for the power rotation on the free-agent market, there isn’t much beyond Chicago Bulls  center Nick Richards, otherwise reduced to the likes of Kevin Love, Drew Eubanks, Kelly Olynyk, Dwight Powell, Tony Bradley, and  Christian Koloko.

“I think we need a big, a certain type of big, a different kind of big that’s more of a contemporary big — very athletic and a rim protector,” Riley said.

“So getting a rim protector And there’s other bigs out there, if you want to go a little smaller, that can stretch the floor.”

For now, it appears that Goldin, the former FAU Final Four center, will remain in the mix, if only out of necessity.

“I was impressed with what Vlad did in the summer league,” Riley said  “He played hard and he was making incredibly physical moves and things of that nature, blocking shots and all that stuff.

“And so now he’s just got to get the other part of his game together.”

Top remaining free agents

(Not including restricted free agents)

Point guard: Russell Westbrook, Gabe Vincent, Brandon Williams, Aaron Holiday.

Shooting guard: DeMar DeRozan, Bradley Beal, Bruce Brown, Garry Payton II, Jordan Clarkson, Seth Curry.

Small forward: Matisse Thybulle, Jae’Sean Tate, Nicolas Batum, Jeremy Sochan, Doug McDermott.

Power forward: LeBron James. Jonathan Kuminga, Maxi Kleber, Dwight Powell.

Center: Nick Richards, Drew Eubanks. Tony Bradley, Kevin Love, Kelly Olynyk.

Buyout possibilities

Players who could potentially hit the NBA buyout market either through being bought out, waived or waived-and-stretched (with current teams and 2026-27 salaries listed):

Klay Thompson (Dallas Mavericks, $17.5 million ), Zach LaVine (Sacramento Kings, $49 million), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (Memphis Grizzlies, $21.6 million), D’Angelo Russell (Grizzlies, $6 million).