Wright Thompson

Like the receipts, you know, I mean, like, like, uh, so I don't know. It's a weird thing. I'm not trying to be buddies with anybody. I sort of think the thing I owe you after being this invasive is that if you don't ever want to see me again, you don't have to, uh, you know, like maybe the only person I keep in touch with that I've written about is Pat Riley. Oh, interesting. who I just love.

I think Pat is hilarious and insane. But mostly I don't. I sort of you know, slide in and slide out.

I think Pat is hilarious and insane. But mostly I don't. I sort of you know, slide in and slide out.

I think Pat is hilarious and insane. But mostly I don't. I sort of you know, slide in and slide out.

I mean, I think the origin story – I mean, you guys have all obviously seen Hoosiers where Dennis Hopper sort of stumbles drunk out onto the court. That really happened to Pat in Schenectady, New York. His father, who was a failed Major League Baseball player – he had four at-bats, I think, and almost hated his son for his success. And Pat –

I mean, I think the origin story – I mean, you guys have all obviously seen Hoosiers where Dennis Hopper sort of stumbles drunk out onto the court. That really happened to Pat in Schenectady, New York. His father, who was a failed Major League Baseball player – he had four at-bats, I think, and almost hated his son for his success. And Pat –

I mean, I think the origin story – I mean, you guys have all obviously seen Hoosiers where Dennis Hopper sort of stumbles drunk out onto the court. That really happened to Pat in Schenectady, New York. His father, who was a failed Major League Baseball player – he had four at-bats, I think, and almost hated his son for his success. And Pat –

Pat was shooting free throws and he heard something behind him. And, you know, you can tell. And he turned around and his dad was drunk on the court screaming at the official. And Pat's high school basketball coach, a guy named Walt Prisbelow, who Pat just idolized, got Pat's dad off the court and got him on the bench and let the game continue.

Pat was shooting free throws and he heard something behind him. And, you know, you can tell. And he turned around and his dad was drunk on the court screaming at the official. And Pat's high school basketball coach, a guy named Walt Prisbelow, who Pat just idolized, got Pat's dad off the court and got him on the bench and let the game continue.

Pat was shooting free throws and he heard something behind him. And, you know, you can tell. And he turned around and his dad was drunk on the court screaming at the official. And Pat's high school basketball coach, a guy named Walt Prisbelow, who Pat just idolized, got Pat's dad off the court and got him on the bench and let the game continue.

And, you know, I think one of Walt Prisbelow's sons was a Miami Heat scout for a long time. I mean, Pat's one of those guys when his first Kentucky teammate died. I forget who it was. Might have been Frank Rams. I forget who it was. The the heater on the road playing and the family goes into whatever the Catholic church is in Kentucky where the mass is going to be.

And, you know, I think one of Walt Prisbelow's sons was a Miami Heat scout for a long time. I mean, Pat's one of those guys when his first Kentucky teammate died. I forget who it was. Might have been Frank Rams. I forget who it was. The the heater on the road playing and the family goes into whatever the Catholic church is in Kentucky where the mass is going to be.

And, you know, I think one of Walt Prisbelow's sons was a Miami Heat scout for a long time. I mean, Pat's one of those guys when his first Kentucky teammate died. I forget who it was. Might have been Frank Rams. I forget who it was. The the heater on the road playing and the family goes into whatever the Catholic church is in Kentucky where the mass is going to be.

And the only people in the church when they walk in are the priest and Pat Riley. And he has gotten on an airplane somewhere out in the American darkness and flown into Kentucky like that. You know, he's the guy who shows up. And so I think when you know that about him, everything starts to line up. I mean, this is a guy for whom basketball was a family. You know, I love this story.

And the only people in the church when they walk in are the priest and Pat Riley. And he has gotten on an airplane somewhere out in the American darkness and flown into Kentucky like that. You know, he's the guy who shows up. And so I think when you know that about him, everything starts to line up. I mean, this is a guy for whom basketball was a family. You know, I love this story.

And the only people in the church when they walk in are the priest and Pat Riley. And he has gotten on an airplane somewhere out in the American darkness and flown into Kentucky like that. You know, he's the guy who shows up. And so I think when you know that about him, everything starts to line up. I mean, this is a guy for whom basketball was a family. You know, I love this story.

He grew up in a real Italian neighborhood in Schenectady and there was a big upstate New York mob. And so these guys would just feed Pat, you know, like he would eat as a guest in their kitchens and in and out of the back door and played with their sons. And after I think his freshman year at Kentucky, one of these guys who was a big mob boss said, Patrick, you can't come here anymore.

He grew up in a real Italian neighborhood in Schenectady and there was a big upstate New York mob. And so these guys would just feed Pat, you know, like he would eat as a guest in their kitchens and in and out of the back door and played with their sons. And after I think his freshman year at Kentucky, one of these guys who was a big mob boss said, Patrick, you can't come here anymore.

He grew up in a real Italian neighborhood in Schenectady and there was a big upstate New York mob. And so these guys would just feed Pat, you know, like he would eat as a guest in their kitchens and in and out of the back door and played with their sons. And after I think his freshman year at Kentucky, one of these guys who was a big mob boss said, Patrick, you can't come here anymore.

And he was like, what do you mean? And he was sort of like, where you're going, you don't want to be associated with me. We love you very much. You'll be family forever, but you can't come here anymore. And, you know, so he just grew up surrounded by a very strict, I mean, this is, you know, there's a story in the book on Pat, but like a really strict code about how a man behaves in the world.