[Highlight] Pat Riley poses with his newly unveiled statue
Hope Pat gets in touch with the sculptor and fixes D wade’s statue now
Pat points at the statue and tells Spo where to cut with the angle grinder. Spo is piggybacking on BAM.
Dwayne Wade is in shambles.
Dwyane Wade even more so
*Wyade
Knowing the correct spelling is something I will pull out in trivia one day ^(and the trivia master will not care.)
i mean its objectively the incorrect spelling
“my name is john, its spelled njho”
Jhon? You saying njho is like saying edwyna
What about Wade Jones
Pat Riley the type of guy to commission a scuffed wade statue then immediately orders a better statue of himself.
dont hate the player, hate the game
He got company in Ronaldo.
Punching the air somewhere
Cause he a 🥷
This has me thinking – will statues for current day coaches just have them wearing a Nike quarter zip?
Imagine if there’s a Darwin Ham statue and it’s just him standing hunched over in a tracksuit with his hands in his pocket
idk I’m not sure we’re gonna have to worry about that one
They can do it for the Darvin Ham NBA Cup MVP
NBA Cup Hall of Fame in Scranton?
career accomplishments list will just be “ made it to the playoffs a couple times”
Not to mention 2x NBA Cup champion too!
I demand a Jim Boylen statue where he’s standing next to a punch clock.
Put it right behind to the Jordan one in Chicago so everyone who takes a picture has it in the background
Looking like that one meme with Kevin Smith sitting there as just a chill guy
Oh shit this is bringing back some PTSD
Obviously college football is different. But Knute Rockne is the Notre Dame goat and his statue is in pretty obvious warm up sweats. It’s actually kind of endearing in its humility.
I think it’s cool to have the statues capture them how we best remember them.
Oklahoma has Bud Wilkinson at practice in his white T-shirt with arched lettering of University of Oklahoma and a whistle around his neck, although he often wore a white shirt and tie. Bennie Owen is in a suit and hat. Bob Stoops is in a gameday polo and visor. Barry Switzer is in a gameday polyester polo (should have been in a fur coat).
Nick Saban’s is in a polo
So is Bobby Bowden’s
I think it’s best to have life sized statues so that you can dress them afterwards for special occasions.
Can’t think of any current coaches that would get one. Maybe Spo or Kerr, but they both have worn suits.
P.S. We need the Coach Pop statue ASAP.
pop would absolutely despise having a statue. tim duncan doesnt even want a statue.
Well if FDR got a monument, Pop can get a statue. You don’t get a say after you’re dead.
i feel we need joe mazzula with literal laser eyes
Neither Spo nor Kerr have been seen wearing a suit in almost a decade atp
Kerr most definitely does not wear a suit
Feel like both of them have been quarter zip guys for a while
I want Don Nelson’s statue to be him quiet quitting with a loaded Italian sub, lettuce spilling everywhere.
He probably deserves one in the bay area for Run DMC and We Believe Warriors.
Hell if I make enough money I will commission this shit.
Is that first part a reference or just petty?
He’ll yeah that’s what Daigneaults statue will be… with squints.
Hopefully the league passes rules to force togas on all statues.
Rare good NBA statue
It’s a great statue. So glad people realize that Pat was once young.
The most insane part about Pat Riley is how he’s only two years older than Kareem.
Holy shit Kareem is that old!? I thought he was like 68. He is an institution of the game and good morals.
People realize it. I see people talk about his drip from back then regularly.
And it’s of…
When D Wade’s statue came out there was some ass covering about how statues won’t always look right yada yada…
Idk did the Heat just get it off Temu because Lakers did Riley very nice with this
They somehow decided to go with the same guys who made the Ronaldo one lol
I’m always so befuddled by that Wade statue
Was there truly no one who was in charge of quality control that had the will to say “Hey this looks off, let’s fix it up before we unveil it!” ?
I think the most charitable interpretation of what may have happened, given what D Wade said about how he was involved in the process, is that both sides assumed that the other side was fine with what’s happening and swallowed their own misgivings, or even assumed that the other side would speak up or correct the issue, until it was too late.
D Wade could’ve thought, “The Heat love me. There’s no way they would fuck it up!”
The sculptor could’ve thought, “Well D Wade seems ok with it and whatever he’s ok with is what matters.”
And they all careened into the disaster that was presented.
Kobe could have been way better imo. Proportions are off
I think the Kobe statue is a bit overhated. It at least got the intent right.
There was a string of bad statues around that time, and these teams have probably adjusted.
Wade, Ronaldo, MLK, Lucille Ball, etc.
I think people realised they can’t just hire some random to make it work.
brooze statue just sometime come out wrong from the oven
they really should give more time and budget for the artist to redo when it does not look right
I just feel like LA as a town is going to be one of the last places to fuck up someone’s statue.
Now that’s a statue
I would consider myself very blessed if I looked that good at 80.
Money helps.
Statue looks like a fashion model #babes
Pat was basically an Armani model.
Wow. The detail is amazing. The fold in the jacket and creases in the pants. Next level
Wow, one of the best sports statue in history.
All the Lakers ones are cool, the Shaq one is hands down the best statue
The Kobe one is the top 3 worst statue….
Decent looking statue
bro wants to hit
Now this is how a statue should look like
Pat Riley always looks majestic!
If I remember correctly, the statues pose is the Showtime Lakers play call for setting up Kareem on the low post for a sky hook. Whenever the team was desperate for a nearly guaranteed 2 points.
I watched a short feature about the Showtime Lakers on NBA Action or NBA Inside Stuff back in the 1990s.
Riley kind of mangled it, but yeah he referred to Kareem and being desperate and the artist capturing that.
Hire this statue maker for D-wade right now
How the fuck Pat get a decent statue over some players. Bro made the boss call.
Are we disco dancing Pat?
It was the style at the time
I thought that was Bob Barker
Ummm… Guys?
I understand your concern but we’re not stopping.
I want a Freaky Friday where Pat Riley and Robert De Niro swap and no one notices.
Wade calling for the connect to that sculptor
It looks like Nic Cage if you see the face
Pat Riley was last of a dying breed. A real Man
Bob Barker resurrected.
Made by the same sculptors of the D Wade statue btw
Glad the Celtics helped him celebrate
Nick Cage?
I thoguht that was bob barker
Maui wowie
Is this from LA or Miami?
Do you have eyes
Miami, with their new purple color scheme and Lakers signage
No no. Miami got him a statue and Pat has to carry it from LA back to Miami
Insert your theories about race here. Or class. But then again class doesn’t really add up because poor people don’t get statues. So this really kinda has to be about… You know what never mind
They giving statues out for mediocre basketball ops employees?
Edit: Christ it was a joke. I don’t actually think this is undeserving.
4 time championship head coach with Lakers, 9 time amongst all his basketball tenure
5*
He was an assistant
Riley began his NBA career in 1967. Since 1967 both Riley and the Celtics have won 9 championships.