Pierce 💯 percent right! As a Knicks Fan , and watching Riley’s Coaching N Gm Ark, He literally Did this to every team he was coaching , but Miamis owner Mickey Arison is thee only owner to allow Riley To Control Everything! He tried this in La, And Buss Said Gtfo, In Ny , Dolan didn’t allow em to be Gm , So he literally walked out to goto Miami, Like a coward. Riley a lot like Phil Jackson , think They Are the Reason Their Fingers Have Rings When It’s Thee opposite! That’s Riley’s ultimate problem and weakness, it’s his stubbornness to do things outside his way. The man is a hof , but as a Business Man , a Coach n A Leader, Riley is Not that Guy!
Spoilt little brats of the current 'professional' basketball players hate the fact that they must stay disciplined and work tirelessly despite being at the top of the world. The lazy mentality has been slowly killing the whole NBA, not just the fault of the administration itself. The lazy professional players want to assign blame on hard working and disciplined system so that the laziness can be justified. NBA dies with these players and I no longer enjoy watching these players.
Bad take. Why would THE LEADER, the perennial, permanent fixture, change to accommodate stars that come and go?
Change his approach? May be. A little. But to cater to star players, whose egos would block out the sun? Nah. Pat has been a winner, and without major rebuilds or once-in-a-lifetime draft picks like MJ or Kobe or even a Giannis (grounded, hard worker, loyal).
Also, terrible take, because: LBJ HAS THE MOST OBVIOUS RECORD OF AWFUL TEAM MANAGEMENT! He’s “LeGM” ffs… He meddles, he forces his way, and even when they pblige him from Day 1…he ruins teams, blows em up, puts em in a hole, and leaves. (didnt leave LA, but still)
Just like in politics, a lot of these dudes just hang around way too long and lose touch with the changing times. And yes! Im talking to you too Jerry Jones
Shaq pushed Pat Riley's Buttons when the Heat were on the low after their championship. Lebron told Pat to either fire Coach Spo or he'll leave the heat. Wade wanted a bag when he was declining from his peak, and Jimmy wants a bag when his peak is also declining too. Pat said no to all of them, and he's not going to be a doormat to NBA players.
P. Pierce doesn't sound the smartest guy, to me (I don't know him, thou). He brought the culture and the winning, and he's destroying it too, (so which one is it, what is that mean) that doesn't make sense to me. P. Riley sounds like, one of the best thing happened, to the Heat.
It’s weird nobody sees where it started: not getting Dame because of his unwillingness to go all in. Jimmy wanted it, Dame wanted it, it should’ve been a no-brainer, but Pat wasn’t willing to give up Hero amongst other things and had an attitude of ‘we’re the Heat, we don’t have to and don’t need to’. ‘Emo Jimmy’ wasn’t just about trolling, it was also about being in his feelings he returned to a team that didn’t get any blockbuster trades after he gave that team everything.
Then there’s Pat saying Jimmy needs to stfu if he ain’t playing, which is crazy if you’re supposed to be the leader of the team but treated like ‘just a player’ in that moment. And then you get the extension talks. This is years in the making and not just about money, and Riley is the issue, not Jimmy.
Basketball has a whole in the NBA will never be the same because we have seen all the greatest players come and go and it’s definitely becoming something different as time goes on, its just not as exciting for fans anymore smh
LoL! Let players run the organization! Yes! Why not! LoL! No!!!!!!!! All winning organization are run by the organization! Butler signed a contract, he wants the team to honor a contract, yet he pouts because they won’t give him an extension so he holds out?! Fuck that! Imagine a team that can one day stop paying a player because they feel he isn’t playing well!
I like that Pat Riley puts his foot down when it comes to running the Heat organization. However, a lot of his decision-making when it comes to that is questionable, to say the least.
Riley 9 championships as player,coach and gm Jimmy a doughnut and only came vlose when he came to a riley team..yeah I'll let riley lead thanks for playing though.
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Jimmy butler thinks he's top tier. He's not he's second tier
Pat riley learned from the great jerry buss and showtime lakers 😂… come back home pat. Fuck heat culture
Jimmy is the problem
No one’s bigger than the program
-Pat Riley
Maybe the others are examples but Bron? Hes not exactly known for staying in town too long lol.
Paul mad cuz that heat culture use to send him packing
Why would pay a 35 year old guy who thinks he is still in his prime?😂
Riley is right, why would he pay millions to these lazy bums, that can't even put an effort in an allstar game for the viewers.
Pat Riley has a plantation mentality , that not going to work with these kids today . Disrespect will not be tolerated.
Pierce 💯 percent right! As a Knicks Fan , and watching Riley’s Coaching N Gm Ark, He literally Did this to every team he was coaching , but Miamis owner Mickey Arison is thee only owner to allow Riley To Control Everything! He tried this in La, And Buss Said Gtfo, In Ny , Dolan didn’t allow em to be Gm , So he literally walked out to goto Miami, Like a coward. Riley a lot like Phil Jackson , think They Are the Reason Their Fingers Have Rings When It’s Thee opposite! That’s Riley’s ultimate problem and weakness, it’s his stubbornness to do things outside his way. The man is a hof , but as a Business Man , a Coach n A Leader, Riley is Not that Guy!
It's really hard to argue with his success, but sometimes gaining that success can be very painful with the people who helped him gain it…
They need to fire Pat.
Heat culture started with lonzo?? What the ??
Nobody should listen to Shaq or Paul.
2 dummies.
Everything is culture now. As they sit and yap in the Kings English 😢
Paul Pierce don’t know anything about Heat culture,if you didn’t play there you just don’t know just like the public don’t know either
Heat culture isn't a real thing.The culture is all about the players you bring in period.Pat is taking way too much credit
Pat is the Jerry Jones of basketball
Spoilt little brats of the current 'professional' basketball players hate the fact that they must stay disciplined and work tirelessly despite being at the top of the world. The lazy mentality has been slowly killing the whole NBA, not just the fault of the administration itself. The lazy professional players want to assign blame on hard working and disciplined system so that the laziness can be justified. NBA dies with these players and I no longer enjoy watching these players.
Bad take. Why would THE LEADER, the perennial, permanent fixture, change to accommodate stars that come and go?
Change his approach? May be. A little.
But to cater to star players, whose egos would block out the sun? Nah. Pat has been a winner, and without major rebuilds or once-in-a-lifetime draft picks like MJ or Kobe or even a Giannis (grounded, hard worker, loyal).
Also, terrible take, because: LBJ HAS THE MOST OBVIOUS RECORD OF AWFUL TEAM MANAGEMENT! He’s “LeGM” ffs… He meddles, he forces his way, and even when they pblige him from Day 1…he ruins teams, blows em up, puts em in a hole, and leaves. (didnt leave LA, but still)
Riley made the Lakers players angry with the same type of shit. It's a Riley thing, not a Heat thing
Just like in politics, a lot of these dudes just hang around way too long and lose touch with the changing times. And yes! Im talking to you too Jerry Jones
Shaq pushed Pat Riley's Buttons when the Heat were on the low after their championship. Lebron told Pat to either fire Coach Spo or he'll leave the heat. Wade wanted a bag when he was declining from his peak, and Jimmy wants a bag when his peak is also declining too. Pat said no to all of them, and he's not going to be a doormat to NBA players.
We saw what happened to the Nets. Pat Riley is not changing lol.
P. Pierce doesn't sound the smartest guy, to me (I don't know him, thou). He brought the culture and the winning, and he's destroying it too, (so which one is it, what is that mean) that doesn't make sense to me. P. Riley sounds like, one of the best thing happened, to the Heat.
Shaq was over hill; Wade was like an old running back; LeBron had his own agenda; and Jimmy is delusional
It’s weird nobody sees where it started: not getting Dame because of his unwillingness to go all in. Jimmy wanted it, Dame wanted it, it should’ve been a no-brainer, but Pat wasn’t willing to give up Hero amongst other things and had an attitude of ‘we’re the Heat, we don’t have to and don’t need to’.
‘Emo Jimmy’ wasn’t just about trolling, it was also about being in his feelings he returned to a team that didn’t get any blockbuster trades after he gave that team everything.
Then there’s Pat saying Jimmy needs to stfu if he ain’t playing, which is crazy if you’re supposed to be the leader of the team but treated like ‘just a player’ in that moment. And then you get the extension talks. This is years in the making and not just about money, and Riley is the issue, not Jimmy.
Basketball has a whole in the NBA will never be the same because we have seen all the greatest players come and go and it’s definitely becoming something different as time goes on, its just not as exciting for fans anymore
smh
I mean think of it like this LBJ was the last superatar the heat had until Jimmy came and that was it. Nobody wants to put up with that bull
We always tell players to retire when lost few steps when is it tome to tell these old men its time
LoL! Let players run the organization! Yes! Why not! LoL! No!!!!!!!! All winning organization are run by the organization! Butler signed a contract, he wants the team to honor a contract, yet he pouts because they won’t give him an extension so he holds out?! Fuck that! Imagine a team that can one day stop paying a player because they feel he isn’t playing well!
Whatever, Man!! Paul Pierce is notoriously bitter towards the Heat and Riley from back in the Celtics days. He has no credibility in the conversation.
I like that Pat Riley puts his foot down when it comes to running the Heat organization. However, a lot of his decision-making when it comes to that is questionable, to say the least.
You gotta give results or leave what's culture 🤣🤣🤣
Riley 9 championships as player,coach and gm Jimmy a doughnut and only came vlose when he came to a riley team..yeah I'll let riley lead thanks for playing though.
The NBA could benefit from a lot more teams adopting "Heat culture". Here's hoping the Mavericks are one such team, after the Luka trade.
Crazy man smh rich cry babies
I agree about everyone but LeBron…….. LeBron wanted Spoelstra out, thats when LeBron found out that he cant run the team so he left
Heat culture is championship culture when guys buy in 100%.
heat culture is about playing as a team, not being a star.