Pat Riley : LeBron wanted me to replace Erik Spoelstra

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Notice Bron post game has been missing since his time in Miami :jbhmm:

No the fukk it hasn't. Do you dudes even watch Bron anymore? Spo got that big nikka using the post and he's one of the best post players in the league since then.

Lebron tends to default to the post when teams go small and he is trying to slow the pace down. Hell, his post game is how he put up those insane numbers against Golden State the year Kyrie and Love got injured.




Post game highlights start at 5:35 min



Why the fukk do you nikkas spout this stupid shyt when it's blatantly not true?
 

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Shaq almost knocked Riley out for making them practice too much and was damn near useless in the 06 Finals because he was so lazy. Riley is a great coach but LBJ brought that 11 Finals loss on himself .

How do you need motivation to outplay Jason Terry and JJ Barea? How much more motivation do you need when you were already a 2x MVP at that point? C'mon breh :stopitslime:
LeBron didn't lack "motivation". Dallas had a 2-3 rotating zone, they were the hottest team in the playoffs and limited Durant and Kobe in the previous rounds with that same strategy. They could throw many different looks and help defenders at James while rotating to cut off passing lanes. LeBron's jump shot was off in that series and he hadn't dedicated himself as a post player to that point, at the time the Heat did not have the shooters they had in other years so the spacing wasn't the same. He just didn't have it offensively in that series it's not a lack of want or desire. Dallas had a strong gameplan and were the deeper team, they don't get enough credit for that title run.
 

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LeBron didn't lack "motivation". Dallas had a 2-3 rotating zone, they were the hottest team in the playoffs and limited Durant and Kobe in the previous rounds with that same strategy. They could throw many different looks and help defenders at James while rotating to cut off passing lanes. LeBron's jump shot was off in that series and he hadn't dedicated himself as a post player to that point, at the time the Heat did not have the shooters they had in other years so the spacing wasn't the same. He just didn't have it offensively in that series it's not a lack of want or desire. Dallas had a strong gameplan and were the deeper team, they don't get enough credit for that title run.

Someone who watched the series. Bron was obviously thrown off and played well unde his abilities but it was a concerted and well-planned defensive scheme focused on closing off the passing lanes. Lebron was rarely able to get going down-hill and simply wasn't as versatile a scorer as he grew into later.
 

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Bron wanted that hall of fame level coach for once. Can't blame him

Can't blame him. There's not 1 player out of the Top 10 ever that never played for a HOF coach.

Is this supposed to be some kind of controversy?

Like who the fukk wouldn’t rather have Pat Riley as a coach?

I know right? Like, who wouldn't want Riley instead of Spo that couldn't adjust to any mid-game changes at all?

We were a game away from the ECF until Whiteside got injured, you bum

Smh. Like, you think we were going to the FInals. Spo fukking sucked and I said it every night until I got tired of you guys sucking him off. He got a little better but the guy is a "tape" coach so if the other team adjusted, we would have to lose so he can figure out a tactic to beat them.
 

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Bron thought Riley would just let him play Bron Ball for 48 minutes a night, padding the fukk out his stats :russ::russ::russ:

Spo brought the hammer down on that bullshyt :ufdup::ufdup:

Get down in the block big fella :ufdup:

You 6 9, 280 with no post game and no footwork? :rudy: Go see Hakeem :ufdup::ufdup:

Oh, and you WILL play defense, fukk your PPG :ufdup::ufdup:

The shock on Lebron's face :dwillhuh::dwillhuh:when Spo aka Lil' Flip gave him those marching orders :bryan::bryan::bryan:

Bosh in the cut like :lolbron::lolbron:

DWade like :ehh::manny::hubie:

Super Mario on his :whoo::whoo: this means I get more shots, right coach? :pachaha::pachaha::pachaha:

The fukkery on that team :ohlawd::ohlawd::banderas::blessed::blessed::blessed:

That fukkery gave us 4 finals and 2 championship
That lebron miami era was so good
I miss it
 

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Can't blame him. There's not 1 player out of the Top 10 ever that never played for a HOF coach.



I know right? Like, who wouldn't want Riley instead of Spo that couldn't adjust to any mid-game changes at all?



Smh. Like, you think we were going to the FInals. Spo fukking sucked and I said it every night until I got tired of you guys sucking him off. He got a little better but the guy is a "tape" coach so if the other team adjusted, we would have to lose so he can figure out a tactic to beat them.

If we had Bosh and Whiteside, hell yes. I think we could have absolutely been to the finals.

Whiteside tends to destroy TT and Love on the boards, Wade was still a goddamn monster and seems to understand a lot of Lebron's tendencies, we had two great perimeter defenders to throw out Kyrie, and Love can't guard Bosh in the slightest
 

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Pat Riley coaching doesn't stop LeBron from shrinking in 2011 .
Bron didnt shrink, they game planned for Bron to shoot nothing but jumpers/took away the paint. A capable coach would have been able to adjust around that and find creative ways for him to score efficiently.
 

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Pat Riley coaching doesn't stop LeBron from shrinking in 2011 .
Bron didnt shrink, they game planned for Bron to shoot nothing but jumpers/took away the paint. A capable coach would have been able to adjust around that and find creative ways for him to score efficiently.
 

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Riley literally did the same four years before

SVG was the coach :mjlol:


TBH over time. I thought they kept Spo as some kind of diversity quota because the Filipino community is strong in Florida
 
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