More Hypocrisy From Riley

by eddiew23 on Dec 29, 2006 11:10 AM CST Comment 11 comments

I was killing some time this morning when I came across this gem from Pat Riley.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AuXqqBxyRDlGqmkq0XBNSia8vLYF?slug=cnnsi-rileyspeaksup&prov =cnnsi&type=lgns

SI.com: You gave Bruce Bowen his first real NBA break (with the Heat in '97). What did you think of Knicks coach Isiah Thomas' accusation earlier this season that Bowen intentionally sticks his foot under shooters when they're attempting jump shots?

Riley: I don't get caught up in that. I've learned one thing as a coach: If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything. I used to say a lot of things when I was young. Bruce is a hell of a defender. I don't think there's any controversy. I don't think he does it intentionally. I just think opposing coaches get upset with it.
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Patty boy, you've had absolutely nothing good to say about Wade's injury and the accusation that Kirk intended on causing harm to the Golden Child. Take your own medicine and shut your mouth.

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It's amazing

Every time I think I can't hate Pat Riley any more, he goes and does something like this. And totally makes me hate him more.

by Moses Taylor on Dec 29, 2006 11:41 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hollinger is the man

In addition to the somewhat surreal scene of a coach complaining about Dwyane Wade not getting calls, it's hard to fathom Hinrich as a danger to other players' safety -- well, unless his barber is involved.

by Big D on Dec 29, 2006 11:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I sent an email to Hollinger

Praising him for his article and discussing my perspective on the incidents as a Bulls fan. Hopefully he can pass on my wisdom to his incompetent ESPN colleague Skip Bayless.

I love you Ben, you almost make me forget about...tacos.

by eddiew23 on Dec 29, 2006 12:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Pax!

"There's a little signal being sent; they want to get Dwyane Wade to the free-throw line 50 times a game."

HA!

by your friendly BullsBlogger on Dec 29, 2006 11:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Great find!

by Kerrminator25 on Dec 29, 2006 2:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Riley should get fined or suspended

It's all out in the open: in response to questions about Posey's foul on Deng, Riley complains about Hinrich's "dirty play". He's justifying Posey's play as retaliation. Then he claims that Posey got all ball. Anyone who saw the play knows that's a lie.

This goes way beyond standing up for your players. It's about time that coaches take some heat for ordering up stuff like this.

by vigoro on Dec 29, 2006 4:59 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yet more from Riley

Heat coach and president Pat Riley disagreed with the ruling in comments to Miami reporters.

"Guys are going to try to dunk the ball and you're going to try to contest," Riley said. "There's the law of inertia. It was a hard fall. He got ejected from the game, which I thought was right. The suspension? You know, I don't think we had to go there with it. ... He wasn't trying to hurt him and there was no intent other than trying to block the shot."

After Wednesday's game, Riley tried to deflect attention from Posey by accusing Kirk Hinrich of injuring Dwyane Wade. Asked for his opinion on Paxson's similar lobbying for a sterner sentence, Riley scoffed.

"I don't really care," Riley said. "John's trying to protect his team and set a precedent and say we've done things in the past. That's just the general manager working behind the scenes. He didn't say anything derogatory. He just said he should be suspended."

From the Tribune article http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/cs-061229bullsposey,1,1130562.story? coll=cs-home-headlines

by wjb1492 on Dec 29, 2006 9:39 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Pat's a

thug too. Bastards.

Thabo....the accent is sweet!!

by sue369 on Dec 29, 2006 10:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Someday

Posey will get his. Maybe it'll be Bruce Bowen who does it. Or one of the Knicks, and Riley will scream about how people should be protected.

by KT on Dec 29, 2006 11:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fucking Bowen

Now there's another dirty player right there. As much as we all love to hate on Isiah, he was exactly right about Bowen, and you know Skiles would have done the exact same thing if Bowen had done that to one of our players.

by Big D on Dec 30, 2006 1:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs