Time to fax that resignation in again :white camby:
Pat Riley's statement on Lebron
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Awww what's wrong, you having a bad day?
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2 people in sports you don't turn your back on Pat Riley and Marvin....
Problem is its incredibly hypocritical. This is Rileys 3rd stop and he ran from coaching until Shaq and D Wade were in tow then ran again. Not to mention many accused Bron of running down there.
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At the end of the day Riley knows if they beat the spurs Lebron probably woulda stayed. Another player bounces from a team courtesy of the gawd Timmy
The look on Duncan's face, I have a new-found respect for Duncan.
Not really? I'm indifferent. I'm a football fan. Noles and Tampa Bay. Both won titles before your teams.
You're having a bad life? lol
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Not entirely. Mickey have him what meddling James Dolan refused to, and he has been in Miami since 1995. He hasn't always been the coach, but he's always been president. Not a totally accurate comparison.
Heat don't beg 
Love me or leave me alone. You think bowing down to dude would make him stay? THAT would have been the big L
Love me or leave me alone. You think bowing down to dude would make him stay? THAT would have been the big L
Riley grew up in the old school i'm guessing he knew this was what Brons camp has been thinking and tried to reach Lebron himself in another waythat press conference was just a horrible idea, in retrospect, it was embarrassing
im sure it made Bron's decision just a lil easier
Bron is a very sensitive dude thou and his people control his life nothing Pat could of done really
i think even if we beat the spurs his people were set on going to clevelend and becoming ohio "legends" this has been Rich Paul's mission since 2010
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I know this part is true for sure. Pat has his faults and weaknesses. He does a lot of dirt too no need to sugarcoat it. What he did with SVG was fukked up.
But the man can build teams that compete for titles and has done it in 4 different decades (Lakers, Knicks 1994, Heat 05-06, Heat last four years) spanning over 30 years. How many teams would want Riley as an exec right now, even after losing James? A lot.
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Every single move Riley made from 2008 to the summer of 2010 was preparing for it even have a chance to come together.
I know. Point is he has not been the greatest example of sticking it out and not turning and running. I am pretty sure he wasnt talking that same shyt in 2010.
They weren't the only team doing that. Wade made that happen
Nah I don't buy that, he was forced out in LA.
He would still be in NY if Dolan gave him the role Arison did, and NY would probably have seen another 'ship since the Bee Gees were hot.
The best argument is the SVG shyt and by all accounts Shaq basically forced him back or he would quit on the team...which Shaq later did 2 years later