Category: Pat Riley
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
To many, the Miami Heat are now at the point where they were expected to be when Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh came together. To Miami team president Pat Riley, the team it's "even above and beyond." The Heat opened the NBA Playoffs by cruising by Milwaukee in ...
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Ray Allen has made more 3-pointers than any NBA player ever, won a championship with the Boston Celtics and has made the All-Star Game 10 times. He's still motivated by failure and fears that he may not be good enough. It's enough to keep him playing at a solid level ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
It's been a while since we really heard from Miami Heat president Pat Riley. He says that's because he wanted head coach Erik Spoelstra to be the voice after the Heat toppled Oklahoma City and won the NBA Championship. But he's back now and he's certainly been busy since adding ...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Just because the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship doesn't mean they've spent the early part of the offseason standing pat. Instead, they've gone out and acquired some key pieces, including a pair of former teammates in Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, both for extremely modest contracts.
Lewis says rejoining Allen ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2012
Pat Riley finally saw his group come together. It simply took until the second time through the playoffs for the Miami Heat to find themselves after bringing together the Big Three.
Riley, Miami's team president, said he's continually surprised that the Heat have taken such national criticism, and that it placed ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Though we may not get to see him on television alongside Charles Barkley this year if the NBA Lokcout cancels the entire 2011-2012 season, you can still get your Shaq fix by checking out his new biography, 'Shaq Uncut: My Story'. The book apparently is not overly controversial, but there's ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Despite co-authoring a book with LeBron James, Buzz Bissinger has never been one to shy away from being critical of the NBA superstar. And he certainly didn't shy away from doing just that following the Miami Heat's loss to the Dallas Mavericks in this year's NBA Finals. In the following ...
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Friday, April 15th, 2011
Three-quarters of a year after The Decision, we're still talking about one of the main anecdotes that brought LeBron James to Miami. You know, the one where he met with Pat Riley and Riley allegedly just tossed his championship rings on the table?
James says he's still using that moment as ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
After looking horrible on opening night against the Boston Celtics, the Miami Heat have rebounded nicely, they have won five of their last six games, and they look better and better every week. Not to mention, Miami is still not at full strength right now and the team is still ...
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Pat Riley may have been the ringleader in the greatest basketball move in NBA history. There's also at least a small chance he is the ringleader in one of the greatest debacles in NBA history, or at least that's how some feel.
From Jeff Van Gundy's prediction that LeBron James, Dwyane ...
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