Giannis Antetokounmpo tells story where he told Pat Riley he was ‘scared’ after getting traded on the phone:
“Getting the phone call from Mr Pat it gave me a lot of closure of now it’s a new beginning. I was being vulnerable with him ‘I know you think I’m this big tough beast’ but at the end of the day I’m human. I have my emotions and I was like ‘I’m scared. This is different.’ When I was younger I told him we had the practice here and I went to your office and snooping around to see what the great Pat Riley was about.”
@Dirtbags21@PhinsChris@MiamiDolphins@JimmyJohnson Same, but 20+ years later and he's still the only coach to draft us 2 HOF players since then. I've forgiven him and been thankful for the few years we had him.
Riley on Portis:
"Bobby's an old-school player. He could have played for me in the Knicks, he could have played back in the day with the Lakers. His game transcends any era. Coach will utilize him really well."
This is what it’s all about: Victor Oladipo was in tears after his incredible workout in front of NBA scouts in Las Vegas.
He is attempting to make it back into the NBA, and is clearly giving it his all.
After the workout, he went and shook everyone’s hand that attended.
When I heard about Senator Graham’s death last night, the first thing I thought about was not all the things he said and did in service of Donald Trump. I thought of the time before Donald Trump when he was a brother to Senator John McCain.
A time when senators from different parties could fight about politics and still be friends. A time when a conservative Republican from South Carolina could say of my father: “If you can’t admire Joe Biden as a person, you’ve got a problem. He’s the nicest person I’ve ever met in politics. As good a man as God ever created.”
That is the Senator Graham I will remember today. Not because I have forgotten what came after. Because in that memory there is hope. Hope for a country where brothers can fight like hell over policy and still share a meal, and a laugh, and the loss of the people they love.
I will choose to remember the time before Trump. Because I believe in an America after Trump.