Pat Riley was a good coach -- not great. I will never forgive the Dallas Mavericks for blowing the 2006 NBA Finals and giving Riley his first title without guys named Magic, Worthy and Kareem. In his heyday as coach of the "Showtime Lakers" he used to rail against the Detroit Pistons for playing a "too physical" style of basketball. Yet when he and his ego became coach of the Knicks he employed the same style. Of course it wasn't "too physical" when he didn't have the luxury of pencilling three of the top 50 greatest players ever into his lineup.
