Miami Heat Mastermind: How Pat Riley Built A Contender
August 9th, 2010 by Josh Martin Leave a reply »Much has been said, written, and “pundited” about the offseason moves made by the Miami Heat, transforming the South Beach squad into a league juggernaut and initiating a seismic shift in the NBA landscape.
Some credit LeBron James for recognizing the patchy lawn beneath his feet in Cleveland and jumping to greener, potentially bejeweled pastures in Florida. Others point to Dwyane Wade as a “company man,” whose efforts in recruiting the likes of LeBron and Chris Bosh to “Wade” County put him on-par with such noted basketball salespeople as John Calipari and shoe mogul Sonny Vaccaro.
Perhaps more easily forgotten in all of the hoopla and hubbub of July was the man behind the scenes—the man who trumped “back channels” and “inside sources” to create the “Perfect Storm” in Hurricane Alley. The man with the shiny oil slick for a hair-do who trademarked the term “Three-Peat”.
That man, or should I say THE man, of course, is none other than Pat Riley.
It's not a complete surprise that the man known affectionately as &ldqu ...
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