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

[daslicer]

The Los Angeles Lakers are NBA champions, and there is little reason to think that title wasn’t earned. The team was dominant before the COVID-19 hiatus, then looked similar dominant in the NBA playoffs at Walt Disney World.

However, Miami Heat president Pat Riley has something to say about the one series the Lakers didn’t win in five games.

https://sports.yahoo.com/pat-riley-lakers-nba-finals-win-heat-asterisk-010021842.html

[baseline bum]

Meh injuries are part of the game. Should give the 2013 Heat an asterisk too then since they were getting their teeth kicked in until Parker fucked his hamstring up.

[LkrFan]

Yawn.

Greek Freak got hurt during their series. He needs to STFU and take that L.

[daslicer]

Yawn.

Greek Freak got hurt during their series. He needs to STFU and take that L.

:lol

[lefty]

He really wants to talk about asterisks and injuries to opponents?
I guess he forgot about his luck in the 80s lol

[Dirks_Finale]

Weak sauce, Riles.

The Lakers had their HCA stripped from them due to the bubble. Nobody talks about that.

Just really weak.

[Thebesteva]

Almost as embarrassing as when Doc Rivers surprised the Celtics by hanging a blank banner in 2010 because he thought Kendrick Perkins was the difference between a ring and losing. :lol

https://www.boston.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/banner2.jpg

[Rummpd]

Not that asterisk but ***

REALITY TV (THAT NO ONE WATCHED) SHAM BUBBLE DISNEY NBA EMPOWERED PIXIE DUST "8 on 5" AND MORE THAN LIKELY HCG/ROID ENHANCED DID NOT PLAY BEST OPPONENTS & STILL TOOK 6 GAMES to BEAT A INJURED JV LITE TEAM FROM EAST SO CALLED TITLE - an asterisk is giving it WAY too much credit.:wow:toast

Props to Riley for even to begin to speak the truth - behind close doors he probably does.

[LkrFan]

Almost as embarrassing as when Doc Rivers surprised the Celtics by hanging a blank banner in 2010 because he thought Kendrick Perkins was the difference between a ring and losing. :lol

https://www.boston.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/banner2.jpg

:lol

[Rummpd]

Lakers need a Mickey Mouse or Goofy theme banner with perhaps even the Magic Mountain in background

As it was a bizarre year most appropriate that Goofy is in center of banner.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goofy

[Neo.]

Not that asterisk but ***

REALITY TV (THAT NO ONE WATCHED) SHAM BUBBLE DISNEY NBA EMPOWERED PIXIE DUST "8 on 5" AND MORE THAN LIKELY HCG/ROID ENHANCED DID NOT PLAY BEST OPPONENTS & STILL TOOK 6 GAMES to BEAT A INJURED JV LITE TEAM FROM EAST SO CALLED TITLE - an asterisk is giving it WAY too much credit.:wow:toast

Props to Riley for even to begin to speak the truth - behind close doors he probably does.

:lmao you cry too much. grow a pair you faggot.

[Rummpd]

:lmao you cry too much. grow a pair you faggot.

* Bucks Fan enjoy the Greek Freak playoff choke without equal before he bolts

[Spurtacular]

LakerRefs won it fair and square.

[daslicer]

* Bucks Fan enjoy the Greek Freak playoff choke without equal before he bolts

He's not a bucks fan. He's just a Lebron Fan boy posting under another alt.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Not that asterisk but ***

REALITY TV (THAT NO ONE WATCHED) SHAM BUBBLE DISNEY NBA EMPOWERED PIXIE DUST "8 on 5" AND MORE THAN LIKELY HCG/ROID ENHANCED DID NOT PLAY BEST OPPONENTS & STILL TOOK 6 GAMES to BEAT A INJURED JV LITE TEAM FROM EAST SO CALLED TITLE - an asterisk is giving it WAY too much credit.:wow:toast

Props to Riley for even to begin to speak the truth - behind close doors he probably does.

The first and only good post in this thread.

FUCK LA AND FUCK THE LA LOSERS. FOREVER AND ALWAYS. FUCK LEBITCH FAGGOT. FUCK KIRBY RAPIST BRYANT AND HIS DEAD CORPSE. :toast

[Rummpd]

LakerRefs won it fair and square.

It did not hurt that opposing bigs always in early nebulous foul trouble when it helped LAL

[Spurtacular]

It did not hurt that opposing bigs always in early nebulous foul trouble when it helped LAL

That's the rules. You have to be able to win 5 vs. 8.

[Rummpd]

He's not a bucks fan. He's just a Lebron Fan boy posting under another alt.

Why am I not suprised? LeRoid fan :)

[lefty]

I bet Riley is fine with his own asterik rings :lol

[Spurtacular]

I bet Riley is fine with his own asterik rings :lol

110%

[Rummpd]

Riley is a different person that is for sure.

[ambchang]

Injuries should be asterisks, but getting your opposition's players lives destroyed and having kids killed don't. Riley logic.

[lefty]

Injuries should be asterisks, but getting your opposition's players lives destroyed and having kids killed don't. Riley logic.
wait what

[ambchang]

wait what

Tarpley, rockets backcourt, Len bias.

Stern did the work. Riley benefitted.

[LkrFan]

LakerRefs won it fair and square.

https://twitter.com/thinkerofthings/status/1320770233183813632?s=19

:rollin :lmao :rollin

[KobesAchilles]

He gets awfully quiet though when you ask him if Lambier fouled Kareem in 88...

[Michael Jordan.]

Damn, LeBron jizz suckers salty

[LkrFan]

Damn, LeBron jizz suckers salty

Never beat Bird in the playoffs. :lol

[Michael Jordan.]

Never beat Bird in the playoffs. :lol
Bron got his booty wrecked by Prime Dwight, the Rich Man’s Stromile Swift. :lol

[Neo.]

Bron got his booty wrecked by Prime Dwight. :lol

you got wrecked by penny and nick anderson :lmao

[Michael Jordan.]

you got wrecked by penny and nick anderson :lmao
Better than Jason Terry and JJ Barea busting a whole nut on a 6’8 nigga :lmao

[Michael Jordan.]

UHtuQIJ1F1U

Damn got out scored by him too :lol

[Neo.]

Better than Jason Terry and JJ Barea busting a whole nut on a 6’8 nigga :lmao

lol literally didnt even happen except for one shot terry hit in a game that was already over before he hit that shot

whereas its well known that elite guards would target mike because he was clearly an inferior defender to scottie :lmao

[Neo.]

lets also not forget the childish mental rape that isiah put on mike, something guys like larry and magic never fell for :lmao

[Michael Jordan.]

Imagine, joining a team with 2 other all stars, arguably the best SG at the time. Then getting taken out in 6 games against a team with no all stars besides Dirk :lol

[Michael Jordan.]

Then, being scared of Shawn Marion and Deshawn Stevenson :lol

[lefty]

Better than Jason Terry and JJ Barea busting a whole nut on a 6’8 nigga :lmao
:lol MJ got outscored in the first round, in an elimination game, in the non zone era, by unathletic Jeovah witness Danny Ainge

:lol that's much much worse

[lefty]

Tarpley, rockets backcourt, Len bias.

Stern did the work. Riley benefitted.
True true

I mean it's not like the Lakers did drugs in the 80s amirite?

[Neo.]

Imagine, joining a team with 2 other all stars, arguably the best SG at the time. Then getting taken out in 6 games against a team with no all stars besides Dirk :lol

must be nice to be giftwrapped a top 25 all time player through the draft :toast

plus a competent front office to give you legit 10 deep roster

btw :lmao harden

[Michael Jordan.]

must be nice to be giftwrapped a top 25 all time player through the draft :toast

btw :lmao harden
Didn’t become great until the third year. (Shrugs)

How many greats has LeBron joined?

[Michael Jordan.]

:lol MJ got outscored in the first round, in an elimination game, in the non zone era, by unathletic Jeovah witness Danny Ainge

:lol that's much much worse
MJ never lost as a favorite. (Shrugs)

[lefty]

MJ never lost as a favorite. (Shrugs)
Well his opposition was shit tbh

And the Mavs only swept the B2B NBA Champions and beat a talented team in OKC, it's not like Miami played a shit team in the Finals
Those 2011 Mavs were legit and better than any team MJ faced in the Finals

[Neo.]

Didn’t become great until the third year. (Shrugs)

doesnt matter, fact is pip > anyone lebron ever played with


How many greats has LeBron joined?

one - wade, who was still easily an inferior basketball player to pippen.

everyone else joined lebron. bosh/kyrie werent considered great until after being carried to championships by lebron. even AD was being strongly questioned if he was great, until being carried by lebron.

pippen on the other hand took a gutted team and still had them playing among championship level competition after you bailed on them in a way lebron never bailed on his teams :rollin

[Michael Jordan.]

Well his opposition was shit tbh

And the Mavs only swept the B2B NBA Champions and beat a talented team in OKC, it's not like Miami played a shit team in the Finals
Those 2011 Mavs were legit and better than any team MJ faced in the Finals
Those 2011 Mavs were not the favorite. LeBron was, and he lost more than once as the favorite.

[Michael Jordan.]

24-0 as the favorite https://chicago.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116062/2012/02/71969874_81.jpg?w=594

[LkrFan]

Imagine, joining a team with 2 other all stars, arguably the best SG at the time. Then getting taken out in 6 games against a team with no all stars besides Dirk :lol
:lol

[Michael Jordan.]

:lol
That’s why I said arguably, Jose Canseco. Wade was still averaging 25 and 6.

[LkrFan]

24-0 as the favorite https://chicago.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116062/2012/02/71969874_81.jpg?w=594

:lol never beat Bird
:lol Kareem beat Bird twice
:lol didn't win until Kareem retired
:lol didn't win until NBA expansion watered down the league
:lol multiple first round sweeps
:lol at your record without Pup
:lol at your deadly gambling habits

[LkrFan]

That’s why I said arguably, Jose Canseco. Wade was still averaging 25 and 6.
No argument. Even D-Whistle will tell you that. -20 points son :lol

[LkrFan]

Kareem the REAL goat anyway :toast

[LkrFan]

MJ never lost as a favorite. (Shrugs)
:lol at 1995 Shaq and Penny dominating Jordan
:lol at Jordan begging Worm to help him
:lol at Jordan creating a superteam
:lol at Jordan stans insecure about that kid from Akron
:lol at releasing a documentary during a pandemic
:lol because he hear the 4x champion's footsteps

[LkrFan]

He gets awfully quiet though when you ask him if Lambier fouled Kareem in 88...
He fouled him. There. I said it.

[lefty]

Those 2011 Mavs were not the favorite. LeBron was, and he lost more than once as the favorite.
They were mot the favorites for the mainstream media, they are not experts tbh :lol

[lefty]

:lol at 1995 Shaq and Penny dominating Jordan
:lol at Jordan begging Worm to help him
:lol at Jordan creating a superteam
:lol at Jordan stans insecure about that kid from Akron
:lol at releasing a documentary during a pandemic
:lol because he hear the 4x champion's footsteps

[lefty]

:lol never beat Bird
:lol Kareem beat Bird twice
:lol didn't win until Kareem retired
:lol didn't win until NBA expansion watered down the league
:lol multiple first round sweeps
:lol at your record without Pup
:lol at your deadly gambling habits

[Michael Jordan.]

I mean. Jesus. Laker fan always shat on Tim Duncan because he never had a dynasty. Where is LeBron’s?

[Michael Jordan.]

LeBron got a dynasty? Or do his rings come the year somebody gets hurt? Half the league opted out this time :lmao

[LkrFan]

I mean. Jesus. Laker fan always shat on Tim Duncan because he never had a dynasty. Where is LeBron’s?

:lol Bron won B2B rangs
:lol Jim didn't
:lol Bron has two Gold Medals
:lol Jim gave up on Olympics
:lol like he gave up on Amy

[LkrFan]

LeBron got a dynasty? Or do his rings come the year somebody gets hurt? Half the league opted out this time :lmao
Wanna discuss 1st round sweeps? :lol

[Michael Jordan.]

https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/123044090_5030002110358429_7326655242897878158_n.j pg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=2&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=znvWuhYR7uEAX8wnubs&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-1.xx&tp=14&oh=f1b7fa7a6e543e4c032aeb675bb0a466&oe=5FBDB607

[Michael Jordan.]

How about that sweep ? :lol

[Kawhitstorm]

:lol never beat Bird
:lol Kareem beat Bird twice
:lol didn't win until Kareem retired
:lol didn't win until NBA expansion watered down the league
:lol multiple first round sweeps
:lol at your record without Pup
:lol at your deadly gambling habits

-Never beat Dirk
-Shaq beat Dirk in the Finals
-Didn’t win until Shaq retired
-Missed the postseason in BOTH conferences
-Multiple choke jobs
-Played in a conference where the Bobcats were elite
-Had to form a “super-team” to sniff a chip
-Has a deadly inferiority complex

[Kawhitstorm]

:lol Bron won B2B rangs
:lol Jim didn't
:lol Bron has two Gold Medals
:lol Jim gave up on Olympics
:lol like he gave up on Amy

5 > 4

[LkrFan]

5 > 4
Bron has 2 Gold Medals.

Sometimes 4 > 5 ;)

[Neo.]

5 > 4

"but but but he has just as many rings at the same stage of their career (and 1 more FMVPs)"

:rollin you're such a moron

[LkrFan]

-Never beat Dirk
-Shaq beat Dirk in the Finals
-Didn’t win until Shaq retired
-Missed the postseason in BOTH conferences
-Multiple choke jobs
-Played in a conference where the Bobcats were elite
-Had to form a “super-team” to sniff a chip
-Has a deadly inferiority complex
4 >>> 2

[Kawhitstorm]

4 >>> 2

6 >>>>>> 4

[Kawhitstorm]

Bron has 2 Gold Medals.

Sometimes 4 > 5 ;)

How could I forget Carmelo’s world championships against Team Angola :cry

[Rummpd]

"but but but he has just as many rings at the same stage of their career (and 1 more FMVPs)"

:rollin you're such a moron

LBJ manlove par extraordinary probably dreams of the bald roid HCG led ageless wonder!

[Michael Jordan.]

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/122750074_5034529016572405_4654027556614511972_n.j pg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=2&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=_yLAb6bErE0AX9lP9bQ&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&tp=14&oh=356c59f71aa98d041c16fd5ee7f6b89c&oe=5FBCFA39

[Michael Jordan.]

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/122768868_5034540229904617_5111320047505855914_n.j pg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=2&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=GJKNTYGL7PsAX9F44AA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&tp=14&oh=41576801e1248502408486e01d79d8a7&oe=5FBCD5B2

[lefty]

yeah we know MJ had more stacked teams and played against shittier opposition

[Neo.]

:lmao getting outplayed by sichting and shut down by rick :rollin

[Michael Jordan.]

4-6

[Kawhitstorm]

https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/122768868_5034540229904617_5111320047505855914_n.j pg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=2&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=GJKNTYGL7PsAX9F44AA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&tp=14&oh=41576801e1248502408486e01d79d8a7&oe=5FBCD5B2

[Kawhitstorm]

yeah we know MJ had more stacked teams and played against shittier opposition

How can anyone forget that Dwert/Rondo ruled the Leastern Conference :music

[Rummpd]

BLUF *sham title stands and is not debatable

[lefty]

yeah we know MJ had more stacked teams and played against shittier opposition

:lmao

[Kawhitstorm]

:lmao

*

[LkrFan]

:lmao getting outplayed by sichting and shut down by rick :rollin
:lol:lol

[Kawhitstorm]

:lol:lol

Negative game score :lmao:lmao

12 points, 2-of-18 shooting, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 10 turnovers, -0.7 game score


"He quit," Gilbert said. "Not just in Game 5, but in Games 2, 4 and 6. Watch the tape. The Boston series was unlike anything in the history of sports for a superstar."

[Michael Jordan.]

That motherfucker missed the playoffs three years in a row before Hughes got there :lmao

[Neo.]

That motherfucker missed the playoffs three years in a row before Hughes got there :lmao

lol cant count, was two years

must be nice to get in the playoffs with 38 and 30 win seasons (as a 21 and 22 year old), compared to lebron getting 35 and 42 wins (as an 18 and 19 year old) and not getting in :lmao

:rollin rockets