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Pat Riley Was Fined For Saying He’d Welcome LeBron James Back To The Heat
No matter where Pat Riley was in his long NBA career as player, coach and executive, he’s always been very successful, and he has the gold to show for it.
Riley won one ring as a player, five as a coach, and three as an executive. If we add the one ring he won as an assistant coach, that makes a grand total of 10 championship rings.
Riley has always been a genius within the game who knew things others didn’t, and who could see things others couldn’t. This is also one of the reasons he’s been able to build so many great teams. More so, Riley was a master of recruiting players. The last generational superstar who was recruited by Riley was LeBron James, when they formed the Miami Heat Big 3.
‘Recruiting’ LeBron James is also what now cost Riley $25,000. That’s the amount of money he was fined with for saying he’d welcome James back with open arms, on the Dan Le Batard show.
“I would leave the key under the doormat if he would call me and let me know that he’s coming. I would do that, but I doubt very much that key…That key is rusted now.”
NBA announces it has fined Miami Heat President Pat Riley $25,000 for violating the league’s anti-tampering rule in a radio interview regarding the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 9, 2021
