You all need your Suns fan membership cards revoked.
I found it very educational in a historical sense and entertaining as a show. I wasn’t watching it because I was a fan of the Lakers. My second favorite team is whomever is playing the Lakers. I wasn’t worried about being converted to being a Laker fan just because I watched. Seeing how Buss bought the team and mortgaged everything he had and then some trying to win was interesting.
Seeing the story of Pat Riley was intriguing. He played for the Lakers and then afterwards was just looking for any job to keep going. He started out as the guy who filmed practices. He moved onto doing some announcing. After their coach had his accident Riley managed to finagle his way into being an assistant coach and the other assistant coach became head coach. After that coach was fired Riley became the interim head coach until they could find a replacement. Riley did well enough that he became the regular head coach and the rest is history.
Edit: Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year for the first time in 1989–90, but stepped down as Lakers head coach after they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. I was living in L.A. at the time and had a rivalry with a total Lakers fan living in the apartment next to me. He guaranteed the Lakers would crush the Suns. When the Suns knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs I left him a poster on his door that said “Suns Win!”. I waited for him to come home from work and heard him walk up the stairs and then I heard a loud “Fuck You!”. Fun times.
Little known fact is that Pat Riley was an end of the bench player on the Suns 1976 Finals team. He never played a game in the series though.
Re: Basketball Movies/Shows
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 11:17 am
by In2ition
I wasn't a Suns fan until my family moved to Phoenix in '89. Before that, I was a Laker fan, so I recall a lot of these things in the show. Granted, not in great detail, but what I saw on tv or was able to consume in the newspaper or magazines(just like everyone else outside of LA).
You all need your Suns fan membership cards revoked.
I found it very educational in a historical sense and entertaining as a show. I wasn’t watching it because I was a fan of the Lakers. My second favorite team is whomever is playing the Lakers. I wasn’t worried about being converted to being a Laker fan just because I watched. Seeing how Buss bought the team and mortgaged everything he had and then some trying to win was interesting.
Seeing the story of Pat Riley was intriguing. He played for the Lakers and then afterwards was just looking for any job to keep going. He started out as the guy who filmed practices. He moved onto doing some announcing. After their coach had his accident Riley managed to finagle his way into being an assistant coach and the other assistant coach became head coach. After that coach was fired Riley became the interim head coach until they could find a replacement. Riley did well enough that he became the regular head coach and the rest is history.
Edit: Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year for the first time in 1989–90, but stepped down as Lakers head coach after they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. I was living in L.A. at the time and had a rivalry with a total Lakers fan living in the apartment next to me. He guaranteed the Lakers would crush the Suns. When the Suns knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs I left him a poster on his door that said “Suns Win!”. I waited for him to come home from work and heard him walk up the stairs and then I heard a loud “Fuck You!”. Fun times.
You all need your Suns fan membership cards revoked.
I found it very educational in a historical sense and entertaining as a show. I wasn’t watching it because I was a fan of the Lakers. My second favorite team is whomever is playing the Lakers. I wasn’t worried about being converted to being a Laker fan just because I watched. Seeing how Buss bought the team and mortgaged everything he had and then some trying to win was interesting.
Seeing the story of Pat Riley was intriguing. He played for the Lakers and then afterwards was just looking for any job to keep going. He started out as the guy who filmed practices. He moved onto doing some announcing. After their coach had his accident Riley managed to finagle his way into being an assistant coach and the other assistant coach became head coach. After that coach was fired Riley became the interim head coach until they could find a replacement. Riley did well enough that he became the regular head coach and the rest is history.
Edit: Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year for the first time in 1989–90, but stepped down as Lakers head coach after they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. I was living in L.A. at the time and had a rivalry with a total Lakers fan living in the apartment next to me. He guaranteed the Lakers would crush the Suns. When the Suns knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs I left him a poster on his door that said “Suns Win!”. I waited for him to come home from work and heard him walk up the stairs and then I heard a loud “Fuck You!”. Fun times.
Little known fact is that Pat Riley was an end of the bench player on the Suns 1976 Finals team. He never played a game in the series though.
According to Basketball Reference he played one minute in Game 3, which was his final game in the NBA.
You all need your Suns fan membership cards revoked.
I found it very educational in a historical sense and entertaining as a show. I wasn’t watching it because I was a fan of the Lakers. My second favorite team is whomever is playing the Lakers. I wasn’t worried about being converted to being a Laker fan just because I watched. Seeing how Buss bought the team and mortgaged everything he had and then some trying to win was interesting.
Seeing the story of Pat Riley was intriguing. He played for the Lakers and then afterwards was just looking for any job to keep going. He started out as the guy who filmed practices. He moved onto doing some announcing. After their coach had his accident Riley managed to finagle his way into being an assistant coach and the other assistant coach became head coach. After that coach was fired Riley became the interim head coach until they could find a replacement. Riley did well enough that he became the regular head coach and the rest is history.
Edit: Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year for the first time in 1989–90, but stepped down as Lakers head coach after they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. I was living in L.A. at the time and had a rivalry with a total Lakers fan living in the apartment next to me. He guaranteed the Lakers would crush the Suns. When the Suns knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs I left him a poster on his door that said “Suns Win!”. I waited for him to come home from work and heard him walk up the stairs and then I heard a loud “Fuck You!”. Fun times.
Little known fact is that Pat Riley was an end of the bench player on the Suns 1976 Finals team. He never played a game in the series though.
According to Basketball Reference he played one minute in Game 3, which was his final game in the NBA.
OK. I got my info from this Wikipedia page about the 76 Finals:
You all need your Suns fan membership cards revoked.
I found it very educational in a historical sense and entertaining as a show. I wasn’t watching it because I was a fan of the Lakers. My second favorite team is whomever is playing the Lakers. I wasn’t worried about being converted to being a Laker fan just because I watched. Seeing how Buss bought the team and mortgaged everything he had and then some trying to win was interesting.
Seeing the story of Pat Riley was intriguing. He played for the Lakers and then afterwards was just looking for any job to keep going. He started out as the guy who filmed practices. He moved onto doing some announcing. After their coach had his accident Riley managed to finagle his way into being an assistant coach and the other assistant coach became head coach. After that coach was fired Riley became the interim head coach until they could find a replacement. Riley did well enough that he became the regular head coach and the rest is history.
Edit: Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year for the first time in 1989–90, but stepped down as Lakers head coach after they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. I was living in L.A. at the time and had a rivalry with a total Lakers fan living in the apartment next to me. He guaranteed the Lakers would crush the Suns. When the Suns knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs I left him a poster on his door that said “Suns Win!”. I waited for him to come home from work and heard him walk up the stairs and then I heard a loud “Fuck You!”. Fun times.
Little known fact is that Pat Riley was an end of the bench player on the Suns 1976 Finals team. He never played a game in the series though.
He had a role in helping the Suns get into the playoffs that year, though, especially in a late-season win over the Lakers in L.A. that kept the Suns ahead in the playoff standings. The Lakers had refused to reup his contract earlier in the season and instead traded him to the Suns (for either a couple of second-round picks, or the rights to ABA player John Roche and a second-round pick; accounts vary). So Riley coming off the bench to hit 6-of-8 and score 14 points in 15 minutes in a close win was a bit of payback.
Re: Basketball Movies/Shows
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:50 am
by Nodack
Nice!
Re: Basketball Movies/Shows
Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 7:17 am
by Mori Chu
They should make a docuseries called, "Fuck the Lakers," where they show some of the Lakers' biggest failures, chokes, losses, with interviews from their opponents and most hated rivals. I'd watch that shit.
They should make a docuseries called, "Fuck the Lakers," where they show some of the Lakers' biggest failures, chokes, losses, with interviews from their opponents and most hated rivals. I'd watch that shit.
You might be on to something.... I think even the lakers fans would dig it. They tend to lean into the hatred they get.
Marty... You should franchise that shit with other sports too:
You all need your Suns fan membership cards revoked.
I found it very educational in a historical sense and entertaining as a show. I wasn’t watching it because I was a fan of the Lakers. My second favorite team is whomever is playing the Lakers. I wasn’t worried about being converted to being a Laker fan just because I watched. Seeing how Buss bought the team and mortgaged everything he had and then some trying to win was interesting.
Seeing the story of Pat Riley was intriguing. He played for the Lakers and then afterwards was just looking for any job to keep going. He started out as the guy who filmed practices. He moved onto doing some announcing. After their coach had his accident Riley managed to finagle his way into being an assistant coach and the other assistant coach became head coach. After that coach was fired Riley became the interim head coach until they could find a replacement. Riley did well enough that he became the regular head coach and the rest is history.
Edit: Riley was named NBA Coach of the Year for the first time in 1989–90, but stepped down as Lakers head coach after they lost to the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs. I was living in L.A. at the time and had a rivalry with a total Lakers fan living in the apartment next to me. He guaranteed the Lakers would crush the Suns. When the Suns knocked the Lakers out of the playoffs I left him a poster on his door that said “Suns Win!”. I waited for him to come home from work and heard him walk up the stairs and then I heard a loud “Fuck You!”. Fun times.
Little known fact is that Pat Riley was an end of the bench player on the Suns 1976 Finals team. He never played a game in the series though.
He had a role in helping the Suns get into the playoffs that year, though, especially in a late-season win over the Lakers in L.A. that kept the Suns ahead in the playoff standings. The Lakers had refused to reup his contract earlier in the season and instead traded him to the Suns (for either a couple of second-round picks, or the rights to ABA player John Roche and a second-round pick; accounts vary). So Riley coming off the bench to hit 6-of-8 and score 14 points in 15 minutes in a close win was a bit of payback.
I just watched S1 E3 which shows the origin stories of Riley's post basketball career and it's pretty funny how they portray him. Big ol' disheveled hair and giant mustache which is funny in itself knowing the slicked back persona he becomes later on. Also, liked a little detail where they showed him in his number 12 Suns jersey in a framed photo on the wall of his "office." The Suns being the last stop of his playing career. Maybe a little detail that you missed, 'Dack.
I just watched S1 E3 which shows the origin stories of Riley's post basketball career and it's pretty funny how they portray him. Big ol' disheveled hair and giant mustache which is funny in itself knowing the slicked back persona he becomes later on. Also, liked a little detail where they showed him in his number 12 Suns jersey in a framed photo on the wall of his "office." The Suns being the last stop of his playing career. Maybe a little detail that you missed, 'Dack.
For sure, check out Riles from his Phoenix days. He was significantly less L.A. glam back then:
Re: Basketball Movies/Shows
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:59 am
by Superbone
Great pic! Reminds me that we also had Kurt Rambis for a spell.
Re: Basketball Movies/Shows
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:08 am
by Cap
Also AC Green, Shaq, Keith Erickson and Gail Goodrich are best known as Lakers. Probably a few more.
