[情報] Miami Heat's Riley dismisses dynasty talk; won't coach a
By DAVID J. NEAL
dneal@MiamiHerald.com
Teams built under Pat Riley feature defense. And when people start throwing
concepts around like ``dynasty'' or Riley descending to take over a suddenly
star-studded Heat bench to guide them to an NBA title, Riley verbally slaps
the suggestions into the fifth row like Alonzo Mourning or Patrick Ewing.
At the idea that the Heat have molded the nucleus for an NBA
dynasty, Riley had a message: slow down.
How Riley said it possessed particular oomph coming from a former Lakers
player and coach.
``There's been only one dynasty in the history of the NBA: The Boston Celtics
in the 60s,'' Riley said.
He pointed out something often lost in the Bill Russell vs. Wilt Chamberlain
debate -- Russell usually had better teammates. After the original dazzling
point guard, Bob Cousy, and ace shooting guard Bill Sharman came K.C. Jones
and Sam Jones. K.C. Jones retired, making way for John Havlicek. They ruled
the 1960s, failing to win the
championship only when Chamberlain's Philadelphia 76ers rolled to the 1967
championship.
``They always managed to have greatness in two or three positions, with one
player being Bill Russell,'' Riley said. ``The Lakers in the '80s [coached by
Riley], the Bulls in the 1990s and the Lakers now in 2000s win multiple
championships--that's not a `dynasty.'
``So, that's something that you can't really talk about,'' he continued,
``but you can mention it when you have players of this caliber in this
generation. LeBron [James] and Dwyane [Wade] and Chris [Bosh] are great
players. I don't have to sit up here and make testimony to that. Their record
speaks for themselves. To have them together, we're all excited about just
getting to training camp. There's only been one dynasty and that was 50 years
ago. So, let's see what happens.''
The expectation that Riley would take over the Heat bench didn't materialize
out of nothing. First, Riley did it in 2005 with the Heat. The official story
was current Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy stepped down to spend more time with
his family. The story everyone
believes is that star center Shaquille O'Neal, the son of a military man who
responds best to authority figures with stripes, wanted a coach with some
credentials who knew when to get him the ball.
Read more:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/07/15/1732756/riley-dismisses-dynasty-talk-says.html#ixzz0tp7FKfI2
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