Pat Riley On Giannis, LeBron, and His Career As a Whole | Postgame Show
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You have no idea what an honor this is, not because the legend of more than half a century basketball legend Pat Riley is with us, but because of how much this man disdains the podcast. He does not like the existence of any podcast. He does not have any use for it. So the fact that you would honor us with this sacrifice of joining our podcast, I appreciate it very much, Pat.
Good to see you. Well, thank you, Dan. And I appreciate the shipping containers not here, right? Is that what you call it?
That is the shipping containers. They prefer now the custodians because they think they're gatekeeping something. But you didn't want the shipping container here? You banished them?
When I went over the roster, you got a team of renegades. That's right. And they're good. That's right. And every time I listen to your show, I go into any podcast almost with people who have an institutional knowledge of sports, maybe more so in 4 or 5 than maybe croquet or lacrosse or something. The bandwidth in how they talk, they back there, all of them very accomplished in their presentations, in their body language, their communication, their message, their arguments, and how they go at one another is like being on a team. Well, I learned it from you. And my bandwidth here, my brain bandwidth goes very fast when I'm talking about hoops or when I'm in front of my team. But when I'm on a show like this, I can't match that.
I really can't because of their depth. You've said that before about like working with Bob Costas who had sort of an expertise in what it is that he was doing. But you've dedicated yourself to the pursuit of almost a single thing for 60 years now, right? Like that's your – you've built your life around something. We'll talk about Yannis and the things of the day, but you have dedicated your entire identity to this one thing that you love above all else, except your family.
Well, you know, when you're born in 1945 and you know, you grow up in a small town, you know, with, with nothing really. And I had great parents, they worked hard, but we didn't have anything. You experienced the same thing yourself. And I remember the first time I was in sixth grade, we didn't have a team at St. Joseph's Academy. We were in sixth grade. St. Columbus was having a game that night with the varsity team and a junior varsity team, but they didn't have, the junior varsity team didn't have anybody to play against. So, you know, the priest from, you know, St. Columbus called the priest from St. Joseph's and said, can you give me some sixth graders up here to play against this team? Father Starks walks in, he said, Riley, you, Logan, you, you, six of us.
We had never even practiced. We win the game. Sixth graders against ninth graders, eighth and ninth graders. I get 19 points in the game at 19. And I'm- That's a long time ago. You're remembering the exact point total. No, this was when it changed. This is when it hit. And it was very simple. I walked back into class the next day, my sixth grade class, I walked in and now there's Mother Superior, Sister Mary Samuel, my teacher, Father Starks. And as soon as I walked into class, the kids stood up and gave me a standing ovation. And I'm going. I like this. It's recognition. And so I think when you're really young and you get recognized as something, And you never got that kind of feedback from anybody on anything.
Oh, I'm going to pursue this. That's what happened to me in high school with writing. They told me I was good at something for the first time. It happened earlier for you. You must have felt touched by God, though, right? Because basketball rescued you. Basketball saved you.
I had the fear of God in me. I was an altar boy, you know, and I was going to catechism, and we had religious teachings every day, and I was giving communion on Friday and the whole thing. And so I was touched, unbeknownst to me, being a sixth grader, that a message was sent to me that you're good at something. And I got better and better. It didn't take long. Well, once I got a good coach and I went from St.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–7:45
2
How did Pat Riley describe his early life and what sparked his commitment to basketball?
7:45–20:43
3
When did Pat Riley first discuss his long-term strategy for building championship teams?
20:43–21:04
4
How close was Miami to acquiring Giannis before the draft and why were negotiations sensitive?
21:04–38:03
5
Why did Pat Riley compare Giannis to all-time game changers like Shaq and Bam?
38:03–50:19
Speakers
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