Laker Traitors

[MR_HIP_HOP_HEAD]

Weirdest moment of the night: Shaq calling Pat Riley the "best coach I've ever had" ... and never mentioning Phil Jackson. What the hell? Seriously, what the hell? That's like Ted Danson claiming that "the cast of 'Becker' is the best cast I've ever had." Then he claimed that this was the favorite championship he'd won -- I hate when athletes say that. Really, this was better than beating Indiana six years ago and shutting up everyone who said, "Shaq can't win the big one?" It was much more fun to score 13 points a game and let Wade do most of the work? Come on. Besides, as the great Willie McGinest once said, "My favorite title is the next one...

Second weirdest moment of the night: Pat Riley telling reporters that he would have given all five of his Lakers rings to win one Miami title. Really? All five? Look, we get the point -- you wanted to win the title. But did you really have to crap on Magic, Worthy, Kareem and Coop? I couldn't believe that. Imagine Kareem watching that at home and screaming at the TV, "You bandwagon (bleep)! I carried you for five titles!" before whipping a bottle of pinot grigio against the wall.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060622

First Shaq demands a trade, then Shaq says Pat Riley is the best coach he ever had? Over Phil Jackson? Now Pat Riley says he give all 5 NBA titles to win one NBA title with Miami? WTF?

 

[EDouble]

its not like pat was like "miami's clearly better than l.a. i don't care about the l.a. rings"

And who the fuck is gonna be mad at what Shaq has to say to or about the lakers lakers the ones who turned their back on shaq. and look at em now

 

[EDouble]

If the heat get 2 more rings should shaq be able to compare riley to jackson?

 

[troublesome2004]

^ Agree with that on Shaq. Also, Riley waited 11 years to win this ring. Maybe that's why he likes this one so much...

 

[AmerikazMost]

Cito Gaston has more World Series rings than Bobby Cox. Does that make him a better manager? No.

Every single Phil Jackson championship roster > 2006 Miami heat roster

Phil had Jordan and Pippen in their prime, then Shaq and Kobe in their prime

Riley had Wade and an aging Shaq, an aging Payton, an aging Mourning, and a half-powered Walker.


It's very possible that Riley handle his players more to their liking and has a scheme that Shaq can appreciate more. It's not all about who has more rings when it comes to player appreciation.