Pat Riley on Lakers' NBA Finals win over Heat: 'There will be always be that asterisk'

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[LeBronMonsterDunk]

Riley was scorned when LeGOAT ditched his ass and went back to Cleveland, and now he lost to him lol

[Shill Jackson]

[Thedictator]

Riley looks like a greasy used car salesmen

[Havlicekstealsit]

He's using the Artman route and blaming injuries - Dragic & Bam weren't 100% in the Finals, when they were the top 2 scorers for them in the ECF.

[vcsgrizzfan]

He's using the Artman route and blaming injuries - Dragic & Bam weren't 100% in the Finals, when they were the top 2 scorers for them in the ECF.

It's sour grapes. Period.

If you used injuries (and they both played some in the series, with Bam playing four of them and he is FAR more important than Dragic) then damn near half the titles in NBA history have a similar asterisk.

The Heat got their shit handed to them in several of those losses, with the score being pretty flattering considering the flow of the game. That is particularly true of game 6 which was over at halftime. Only a 16 point margin in the fourth quarter made that score semi respectable, if you call a 13 point loss semi respectable.

If the two teams played a 100 7 game series, the Lakers are winning 90 of them.

[zombiesonics]

Riles knows a thing or two about asterisk titles.

Like in the ‘06 Finals when Wheelchair Wade was getting sent to the line if a Mavs player looked at him too aggressively.

[elartman1973]

Riley was scorned when LeGOAT ditched his ass and went back to Cleveland, and now he lost to him lol

Hugest asterisk in nba history..riley is right and you are triggered because you know hes right and your bandwagonning was a bust

[elartman1973]

He's using the Artman route and blaming injuries - Dragic & Bam weren't 100% in the Finals, when they were the top 2 scorers for them in the ECF.

It's sour grapes. Period.

If you used injuries (and they both played some in the series, with Bam playing four of them and he is FAR more important than Dragic) then damn near half the titles in NBA history have a similar asterisk.

The Heat got their shit handed to them in several of those losses, with the score being pretty flattering considering the flow of the game. That is particularly true of game 6 which was over at halftime. Only a 16 point margin in the fourth quarter made that score semi respectable, if you call a 13 point loss semi respectable.

If the two teams played a 100 7 game series, the Lakers are winning 90 of them.

100% delusional homerism

Lakers are the weakest finals team in decades...and yes the 2009 magic would clobber them...

[AlaskaHawks]

Wonder if he'd feel that way if they had won.

Hmm.

[Robceltsfan]

He's using the Artman route and blaming injuries - Dragic & Bam weren't 100% in the Finals, when they were the top 2 scorers for them in the ECF.

It's sour grapes. Period.

If you used injuries (and they both played some in the series, with Bam playing four of them and he is FAR more important than Dragic) then damn near half the titles in NBA history have a similar asterisk.

The Heat got their shit handed to them in several of those losses, with the score being pretty flattering considering the flow of the game. That is particularly true of game 6 which was over at halftime. Only a 16 point margin in the fourth quarter made that score semi respectable, if you call a 13 point loss semi respectable.

If the two teams played a 100 7 game series, the Lakers are winning 90 of them.

100% delusional homerism

Lakers are the weakest finals team in decades...and yes the 2009 magic would clobber them...

The 2009 Magic went 13-11 in those playoffs.....and got fucking demolished by the Lakers.

You're delusional.

[LeBronMonsterDunk]

riley is right

Glad you said that.

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Miami Heat president Pat Riley turned plenty of heads this week when he suggested an asterisk would always accompany the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA Finals victory due to Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic's injury absences on the Heat.

Riley, however, says he was never trying to question the authenticity of Los Angeles' championship.

"The asterisk is next to the Heat’s name, not the Lakers," the Heat executive told David Wilson of the Miami Herald in a statement. "Their title is legitimate. Our loss has an asterisk (next) to it. The Lakers were the better team. Period."

[elartman1973]

riley is right

Glad you said that.

https://www.thescore.com/nba/news/20441 ... legitimate" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Miami Heat president Pat Riley turned plenty of heads this week when he suggested an asterisk would always accompany the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA Finals victory due to Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic's injury absences on the Heat.

Riley, however, says he was never trying to question the authenticity of Los Angeles' championship.

"The asterisk is next to the Heat’s name, not the Lakers," the Heat executive told David Wilson of the Miami Herald in a statement. "Their title is legitimate. Our loss has an asterisk (next) to it. The Lakers were the better team. Period."

Only saying to look good..he knows damn well it's an asterisk as does everyone...
You fall for every lie people tell media to look good.
You really are dumb as fuck

[elartman1973]

It's sour grapes. Period.

If you used injuries (and they both played some in the series, with Bam playing four of them and he is FAR more important than Dragic) then damn near half the titles in NBA history have a similar asterisk.

The Heat got their shit handed to them in several of those losses, with the score being pretty flattering considering the flow of the game. That is particularly true of game 6 which was over at halftime. Only a 16 point margin in the fourth quarter made that score semi respectable, if you call a 13 point loss semi respectable.

If the two teams played a 100 7 game series, the Lakers are winning 90 of them.

100% delusional homerism

Lakers are the weakest finals team in decades...and yes the 2009 magic would clobber them...

The 2009 Magic went 13-11 in those playoffs.....and got fucking demolished by the Lakers.

You're delusional.

The magic had actual competition..they faced 3 60 plus win teams..how many did the lakers face?
Did they even play a 50 win team?

[Robceltsfan]

100% delusional homerism

Lakers are the weakest finals team in decades...and yes the 2009 magic would clobber them...

The 2009 Magic went 13-11 in those playoffs.....and got fucking demolished by the Lakers.

You're delusional.

The magic had actual competition..they faced 3 60 plus win teams..how many did the lakers face?
Did they even play a 50 win team?

You lost two games in the first round to the 41-win 76er's.

[elartman1973]

The 2009 Magic went 13-11 in those playoffs.....and got fucking demolished by the Lakers.

You're delusional.

The magic had actual competition..they faced 3 60 plus win teams..how many did the lakers face?
Did they even play a 50 win team?

You lost two games in the first round to the 41-win 76er's.

So?
We won in 6 games despite dwight being suspended and started killin it from there...what's your point?

[Robceltsfan]

The magic had actual competition..they faced 3 60 plus win teams..how many did the lakers face?
Did they even play a 50 win team?

You lost two games in the first round to the 41-win 76er's.

So?
We won in 6 games despite dwight being suspended and started killin it from there...what's your point?

After the first round they went 9-9 the rest of the way.

But....I guess that's technically "killin it" in the eyes of a Tragic fan...

[vcsgrizzfan]

It should count as 2 titles really. It will go down in history as an amazing accomplishment.

I'm proud of my Lakers.

[elartman1973]

You lost two games in the first round to the 41-win 76er's.

So?
We won in 6 games despite dwight being suspended and started killin it from there...what's your point?

After the first round they went 9-9 the rest of the way.

But....I guess that's technically "killin it" in the eyes of a Tragic fan...

You mention the most irrelevent crap..how many games played has no importance at all...basically 3 of the 4 teams faced were better than this years Lakers...and magic were the road team for all but the first round...lakers had no road games

[vcsgrizzfan]

So?
We won in 6 games despite dwight being suspended and started killin it from there...what's your point?

After the first round they went 9-9 the rest of the way.

But....I guess that's technically "killin it" in the eyes of a Tragic fan...

You mention the most irrelevent crap..how many games played has no importance at all...basically 3 of the 4 teams faced were better than this years Lakers...and magic were the road team for all but the first round...lakers had no road games

You should quit while you're behind Artie.

This Lakers squad would have absolutely shit down that team's throat.