Pat Riley says he wanted to say "something like Dan Gilbert" when LeBron left

[Fani Willis fan]

He copped a nice plea at the end tho

When LeBron James called Pat Riley to inform him he was leaving the Miami Heat to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers, Riley took it personally.

"I was silent," Riley says. "I didn't say anything. My mind began to just go. And it was over. I was very angry when LeBron left. It was personal for me. It just was. I had a very good friend who talked me off the ledge and kept me from going out there and saying something like Dan Gilbert. I'm glad I didn't do it."

When the Heat met with James that offseason, Riley felt it wasn't sincere. Maverick Carter wasn't in attendance and James kept glancing at a World Cup match during the presentation. Riley went so far as to ask them to mute the television.

Riley and Andy Elisburg also brought Miami's two championship trophies that they won with James and an easel to present free agent options. When Riley read the room, he instructed Elisburg to leave the trophies and easel in the hall.

Riley now understands why James had to leave.

"He went home because he had to go home," he says. "It was time. It was really time for him to go home, in his prime. If he's ever gonna do anything in Akron again, this was the time to do it. Otherwise, he'd have had a scarlet letter on his back the rest of his whole life."

 

[Big Boss]

The same way you got em could be the same you lose em

 

[Freddie.Cane]

Shocking

 

[H. Selassie]

Bet he ain't wanna run Bron a fade though

 

[Dame Dash's Motor Oil]

at Heat drafting Shabazz fukking Napier, making Wade take a paycut and doing all that extra shyt only for LeBron to listen to their pitch like

 

[Jplaya2023]

what could he have said though?

Dear False King,

Thank you for the 2012 & 2013 trophies, but fukk you for 2011 fakkit.

Sincerely yours,

Slickback

 

[Bone$]

 

[CHICAGO]

SIMPS DONT REALIZE...

YOU DONT WIFE A bytch WHO CHEATS ON HER HUSBAND WITH YOU
BECAUSE SHES GONNA TURN AROUND
AND CHEAT ON YOU ALSO.





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[Archangel]

At the end of the day, no matter how respected and revered Riley is, we can't forget that he is not like us and you know what I mean by that. Same with coach Pop. I never trust any of them cause as soon as you do, they'll show you their true colors.

I keep it strictly basketball and nothing deeper.

 

[ThugLife]

Never heard of Lebron

 

[Fani Willis fan]

At the end of the day, no matter how respected and revered Riley is, we can't forget that he is not like us and you know what I mean by that. Same with coach Pop. I never trust any of them cause as soon as you do, they'll show you their true colors.

I keep it strictly basketball and nothing deeper.

It would take a lot to get the out of Pop

 

[MJ Truth]

It would take a lot to get the out of Pop

Would it really?

Black people get fooled by this shyt/these people every day.

Black people always surprised by the

They said back in the day Eminem was "one of us" because he could rap and shyt, and people still to this day ignore his

Pop and Steve Kerr can't be because they criticize Donald Trump

How can somebody be when they need Black people to be successful in their careers?

Phil can't possibly be

 

[Fani Willis fan]

Would it really?

Black people get fooled by this shyt/these people every day.

Black people always surprised by the

They said back in the day Eminem was "one of us" because he could rap and shyt, and people still to this day ignore his

Pop and Steve Kerr can't be because they criticize Donald Trump

How can somebody be when they need Black people to be successful in their careers?

Phil can't possibly be

i agree that every cac has it in them inherently.

 

[Wargames]

This the kind of stuff I expect him to say if he was gonna go after CP3 or Melo this offseason

 

[H. Selassie]

Black people get fooled by this shyt/these people every day.

Black people always surprised by the

They said back in the day Eminem was "one of us" because he could rap and shyt, and people still to this day ignore his

Black people are the only race of people who try to adopt people of other ethnicities as "honorary" members. And it's usually when that person appeals to the lowest common denominator of the black experience (Bill Clinton-smoking weed, having a side piece, Eminem- vulgar rap songs), which itself is a HUGE problem to begin with.

Then get all in their feelings when they find out these people are and was just pandering to them for selfish gain.