How A Coach Became So Overpowered, The NBA Had To Change Basketball

[@GOATAuthority]

Thanks for the patience - we had some delays that stopped production! Pat Riley... Godfather, man...

[@Teddy42O]

The Don!! 🔥🔥

[@EldaTrucker]

Without a doubt

[@johnkokkoris7147]

By far dude...Pat was one of a kind!!!

[@tarvisgeorge8022]

So nba history is just pat bein a menace. Got it

[@Mofoshow]

I mean most history is made by a small handful of menaces

[@AndrewMHoops]

Pat Riley, the best dressed coach of all time on the sidelines.

[@GOATAuthority]

Pure GQ. Pure Class. Pure Champion.

[@GOATAuthority]

PS: I would not want to be in one of his practices

[@sTopset69]

pak u

[@sTopset69]

pak u

[@matthewestrada5217]

Chuck Daly dressed just as smooth.

[@georgiosgrigoriadis6200]

My favourite coach of all time and the best for me. Undoubtedly, the most successful basketball executive, he created good teams everywhere, from every position. Great upload

[@rockysalvatore435]

Logo clears

[@antcantcook960]

1 title outside LA😂Jerry West is by far the most successful executive. Goo Fee.

[@ndnd7614]

pat is a great coach but terrible FO.

[@georgiosgrigoriadis6200]

​@@ndnd7614 You can say that for Phil Jackson, not Pat. He brought good players from his early days in Miami (Mourning, Hardaway), he got Shaq and Wade, he formed the Big 3 and made the team relevant again with Butler. Of course he has made mistakes too, but who doesn't? He gave Miami an identity and rebuilt the team more than once, with good results. Unfortunately for him, the new payroll cost him some good role players.

[@samggh-tu2rv]

Lies he’s ass and overrated Best coach is RED

[@hartgodson9863]

When Mr. Riley hoisted Bulls #23 Jersey to the roof of American Airlines arena in Miami, he made the ultimate statement about his taste and judgement. This is a man that worked with Wilt, Baylor, The Logo, Magic, Mr. Jabbar, Ewing and Knicks. At that ceremony in April 2021. The unparalleled leader of men said "I just believe he deserves it. The guy has been the greatest player in the history of the game, and I think it wouldn’t be a bad idea for every team in this league to hang his number in the rafters as a reminder of what greatness is all about.” Pat Riley is singular.

[@georgemcduffey2622]

Funny you mentioned "psychopath". Some of the greatest winners of all time tiptoe that line. I remember hearing someone talk about Michael Jordan, saying, "We should be glad MJ was 6'6" and not 5'6" or he might've been the world's greatest serial killer."

[@alexhunt3901]

why is that

[@GameinHistory]

Pat Riley didn't just play the game; he broke it, rebuilt it, and made the NBA change its rules to keep up. Love him or hate him, he’s basketball’s ultimate puppet master.

[@Logholders]

This is why, in my opinion, the least skilled (but still highly skilled) professional athletes make the best coaches. They tend to realize their own potential early on in that they are great but never the best and need to figure out how to be the best teammate in order to help the team win. In turn they sometimes put in more work because they lack the physical tools that help the best naturally dominate which then in turns always keeps the mind seeking more and more knowledge about getting the most out of themselves Because none of their work is ever based off natural ability they grow this sharp academic mind that allows them to see the potential in each player and how they can be used within a team. An NBA coach is getting a player that has already been somewhat molded into how they are going to try and play the game so it isn’t their job to change the player but find what he does and get the most out of him in that way that makes sense for the TEAM. It’s why James leaving Cleveland (in basketball terms only) is so hilarious. That was a coaches dream in terms of being able to actually coach. I’d take an old Lebron and Kevin Love with current Kyrie + pieces over old Lebron and current AD + pieces.

[@InessentialMotionPictures]

Yo this makes hella sense. Same thing with managers in baseball. They’re almost always .220 career hitters that spent most of their time in the minors before transitioning to coaching.

[@Logholders]

@@InessentialMotionPictures spot on. So many upcoming mangers right now in baseball were minor leaguers or carved out an average but long MLB career. Gabe Kapler… Joe McEwing… Rocco Baldelli.. Aaron Boone… Alex Cora… list goes on and on. My all time favorite… Joe Torre. Larry Bird is the only all time great (I can think of right now) that actually was also a great coach.

[@BulletAgario]

You know ball

[@kingdomofdog]

You are correct. It's not thr Michael Jordan's or Wayne Gretzky's because they couldn't even break down a shot for you. If you're blind, you HEAR better.

[@Sam1jere]

Phil Jackson is a prime example. Astute observation. 👍

[@DrJohnnyJ]

Riley was not "one of the first coaches to apply the 1-3-1 trap" This was popular in the 60's as UCLA used it Almost every NBA team tried it in the 60's, especially the 65 Celtics

[@affonso7]

This showed up on my feed and I’m pretty glad: what an amazing piece and storytelling put together. Congrats!

[@davesaikia6857]

Pat looks like someone who carries concealed guns!

[@GHOST91141]

😂😂

[@rockysalvatore435]

You're blind. He's clearly open carry over the shoulder

[@davesaikia6857]

@@rockysalvatore435 😂😂😂

[@arthurmorris1813]

Pat would gesture in your direction and a shot would be fired at you from someone you didn’t even notice.

[@davesaikia6857]

@@arthurmorris1813 😂😂😂

[@superomegamkiii2313]

Adolph Rupp taught him well, he was not only a great coach but also a well rounded player himself back in his college days.

[@lovingnativeenglishclintvi3626]

Yes lazy reporting @TheGOATAuthority who is a Brit or a UK hater, but he left that out, and I told him all about it

[@MoralesCorner]

Very interesting channel centered around coaches. Instant subscriber.

[@bk-tr2es]

0:05 Don't forget the top tier hair for 24 years!

[@davidkuhlman8004]

Chuck Daly had better hair and more of it.

[@hitmangfx7162]

As a casual fan, I've heard the name, but never realized his impact. I love disruptors, regardless of the sport.

[@Ryenobal]

The Lakers still had the best season record (63-19) in Riley’s last with them in 1990 before falling apart against the Suns in the 2nd round of the playoffs. Riley also happened to win his 1st Coach of the Year Award in that final season with The Lakers.

[@dobiqwolf]

Another banger! Thanks for the great video.

[@art3mis02]

I'd love to see a video on Željko Obradović, arguably one of the goats of european basketball

[@marcomcdowell8861]

Man got blessed to inherit one of the greatest teams with literally basketball royalty on it. Then another with one the top 4 centers and top 5 shooting guards.

[@dewanewelch1744]

Wade top 3!!!!

[@EzMoney95]

Say it again blessed to inherit.

[@vlada]

That's true of every great coach. Look at Phil. Look at Steve Kerr who was gifted a team with 4 Hall of gamers (Iggy is in Hall, right?) with zero experience. Look at pops. He lucked into three 1st picks in the very years generational Robinson, Duncan and Wemby were in draft. The years after Robinson the first picks were Dan Manning and Pervus Ellison. The year after Duncan draft, the #1 pick was M. olowankandi.

[@kahlilpoet6751]

Naw the Lakers wasn't the show time Lakers until Pat came and the heat were terrible. He built what the Miami Heat is to this day. Even with all the information he provides, you're still ignorant and a hater...

[@doomslayerdave]

Pat Riley - Kentucky Wildcats legend

[@urtypus]

thx for sharing !

[@ammarnapata2193]

You should’ve talked about the Jimmy Butler era a little bit more. That was pretty impressive as well.

[@derrickgreen3080]

I don’t know if I heard this in the video, but in 1993 the NBA created the “Riley Rule” which prevents a coach from coaching an all star team in back to back years. Ironically this allowed Riley to coach the 1993 team instead of Phil Jackson.

[@jaymum23]

But Riley’s Knicks actually had a better record than the Bulls in 92-93 so he’d end up the all-star coach either way.

[@brandblue8980]

Thank you for this. Well done. Thank you for leading great men to be great sportsmen of champions. or as they say today play like a dog - be the best man

[@NotTheWheel]

Psychos win championships. To win is everything. It's not about the titles, trophies or money but being better than the other guy.

[@robotube7361]

Not psychos. Dedication and sacrifice wins championships and one doesnt have to be psycho to have em.

[@NotTheWheel]

@@robotube7361 Dedication and sacrifice is good but the extent which you'll dedicate and sacrifice you got to be slightly insane to achieve greatness. In a competitive field everyone will be dedicating and sacrificing but are you gonna let them be more dedicated? sacrifice more than you? Are you willing to go beyond that and crush them to the extent they should have never even bothered provoking or challenging you?

[@skirk248]

Pat Riley is my thrid favorite coach. The man's a genius

[@chaosbalanced]

1-3-1 full court traps, 1-2-2 2-1-2 Full court Press Being played in the NBA WISH TODAYS GAMES WOULD DO THIS

[@An0xymoron127]

“This wasn’t an unexpected opportunity” Oh god

[@miguell7652]

love this channel yo

[@spornge]

It kills me that not until 1990 they needed a rule not to punch people , it kills me even more that in response to other teams saying you want to make it about skills we will just rough house and he said "oh you want that kind of game, here is what I will give you the Pistons that beat me mixed with some hard liquor.

[@Duder_abides]

The 90's Knicks were so much fun. I was fortunate to go to some of those MSG playoff games against Reggie Miller and the Pacers. So close back then...

[@southwest1988]

Great video thanks for the details

[@jonathanshaw758]

This guy definitely does League of Legend videos...

[@chopses8391]

i remember back when Phil Jackson had 11 championships as a coach to Riley's 5 and 2 as a player to Pat's 1.

[@QuintennHD]

I just realized I’ve seen every upload you’ve posted over time so it’s only fair I subscribe but you deserve way more views man good work 🤝

[@muysabroson]

amazing video

[@Chris-lk9ug]

2:25 “If you can’t do; teach.” Personified.

[@murrayclarke2171]

Nice content. Never knew a lot of that. Next task is to analyse the % rate of the Sky Hook. I only saw KAJ as an old fella and he missed a lot. :)

[@RoyHowell-q2j]

As a Knicks fan half of me loves the guy than the other half remembers how he exited and the unfinished business with the Knicks he left behind. For that tampering. Heat get Riley and 3 titles, we get a 1st round pick (Walter McCartey) and $1 million cash.

[@vlada]

Team that got screwed the most by the league and new rules is not Miami but rather the Detroit Pistons. That early 2000's teams defense was not what the league wanted to sell. Series of rules were added every year culminating with 2004 ban on hand checking which changed the game.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

171 playoff wins is absolutely bonkers

[@joebuck1790]

Why is virkayu teaching me about the history of Pat Riley

[@Disconnect17]

@GOATAuthority you should do a video about Red Auerbach ! A lot to talk about it...

[@patrickhamelin1083]

Someone had the nerve to say JJ was gonna be the next Pat Riley? 😂

[@ShipCapt]

most slept on channel... i dont even like baskettball LMAO

[@robranko5931]

Him amd chuck daily would be a power house

[@alexknox814]

I kiss the ring, not the man except with Pat.

[@AceDRenegade]

I’ve been a Miami Heat fan since they got Shaq. The love I have for the Godfather cannot be put into simple words. Win or lose, I know the Heat will play hard and put max effort into winning

[@rockysalvatore435]

6:56 based AF statement😂😂 you gained my respect for not being PC and catering to them like the rest of NBA KZbin. 💯🗿🤝

[@Potpourri-o7m]

Will you be doing a Red Auerbach video next? As a coach he made the Boston Celtics dominate an entire decade.

[@chaosbalanced]

Imagine iF Riley Coached Jordan OMG

[@Tyler-b5q6f]

To me, he’s the Al Davis of basketball.

[@Matic221]

So we can officially say he was a “PR” nightmare for the future of the NBA?

[@claytonphillips85]

I always wondered what if Pat Riley coached Michael Jordan 😮😮😮

[@Herosennin]

Would've been perfect. Different to Phil Jackson but more so fitting MJ's nature. However the impact Phil had on MJ is unspeakable as wellz

[@kingdomofdog]

that would've been far too much for any team to put Pat Riley and MJ on the same team. Might as well throw Kobe in there and a Mark Cuban.

[@claytonphillips85]

@kingdomofdog what do you mean it would have been to much

[@kingdomofdog]

@@claytonphillips85 for anybody else to take

[@boombooga]

Pat Riley looks like a Mafia Boss tbh

[@arthurdent358]

He also won a ring as a player!

[@benjaminglazer7217]

Mourning getting less suspension time than Ewing is still the dumbest thing the nba has ever done

[@InohiHsohba]

Fun Fact. Pat Riley coined the term “three-peat”

[@maxmirkin1]

He never mastered getting the Knicks a championship. Came pretty close in 94 though. God damn John Starks!

[@doubledgaming4032]

There was no way he was 5% bodyfat in that picture LOL. He looked like 15%.

[@hauntedhaunter6148]

And he learned almost all of it from Red Auerbach

[@too_oden2199]

basically, gamerfication always works, no matter what it is

[@jackmiller5144]

Great video my man, might want to consider investing in a better microphone, other than that no notes

[@lovingnativeenglishclintvi3626]

Terrible video. He did not mention Coach Rupp or UK who Riley played for and learned everything at UK

[@antcantcook960]

It was a lack of free agency, yung bawl

[@sirris4330]

Phil Jackson says "hold my beer"

[@MrPhoenixsuns]

I think it’s time for the league to start putting rules on the offense and strip the rules that were put on the defense in some areas such as hand-checking. The landscape has changed and people want to see a more physical sport on the court. What’s the point of today’s players being stronger and more skilled, supposedly, and not be allowed to display that to a hungry audience.

[@josebarajas5368]

With The mega contracts no way their risking more injuries

[@johnmontag]

I thought u may of mentioned how he got 10% ownership when he went to Miami

[@LaYungFlock]

He’s Italian idk wat u expect.

[@shawnstanley9620]

Pat riley from lakers to knicks to heat ,from coach to gm with heat ,he did Phil Jackson could do build winning program in miami ,all Phil was take the money from the Knicks

[@curronwilliams]

It is well known that Van Gundy and Shaq had Beef.

[@goheen1701]

Taking absolutely nothing away from Magic Johnson, the BEST Point Guard in the NBA according to stat-sheets (overall assists, steals, etc) is still John Stockton (his assist record will likely go unbroken for many decades yet). The same can arguably be said about Tim Duncan and the Power Forward position- lots of stats and awards, but like Stockton, not a lot of 'Flash', just grinding work.

[@hightide7662]

Yeah Stockton isn’t the best pg ever just bc he was super durable and did pick and rolls with Malone

[@southwest1988]

1985 was a very great year for Showtime

[@dwtdwtdwt]

17:36 Some of those logos are a little suspect for 1989.

[@flatearth7975]

He wasnt the coach for Magics first title in 1980

[@CatOrangeMeme]

Send Ben Simmons to Pat

[@natecw4164]

Whereas today you just have guys cut, cut, cut and take a 3. And then a 3. Then a shot from downtown... League needs to move the line back a bit and get the game back to fundamentals.

[@rafikz77]

“he forced the Spurs to develop the beautiful game” Yeah no What we saw in 2014 was the final form of years adapting and evolving Spurs added Diaw who was a fantastic passer, Pop encouraged every to be a playmaker, Duncan was getting older, etc

[@Chingawing]

Virkayu? 👀

[@oddballskull1941]

Lol who's here after the butler situation

[@jonj0309]

Sounds to me like the rules are what made the NBA soft, not the players. Sorry OG’s

[@vagabond4576]

Thats why Shaq and Kyrie Erving is wrong about not needing coaches.

[@MaadXXX]

Great video doc!

[@DevinFleek]

Doing a video about pat Riley without mentioning Adolph Rupp at the beginning doesn’t make much sense

[@nawezajossardprosper8785]

Back when they dressed suits for games

[@florianpoulin7108]

Very interesting documentary series. Who's next : Chuck Daily, Don Nelson, Rudy Tomjanovich, Steve Kerr, Eric Spoelstra ? Do you plan to make a series for NCAA coaches, such as Mike Krzyzewski, John Wooden, Dean Smith, Bobby Knight, Rick Pitino, Pete Carril ?

[@christhis9597]

Where do i know your voice from? Cause its for sure not from this channel

[@rainsnowysnow]

is that virkayu or am i cooked

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Having the best talent in the NBA didn’t hurt either.

[@TravelingThruLife]

I think you meant to say overpowering

[@rockysalvatore435]

20:32 yep this is what they've always done. They changed the league for curry and GS too. Especially for them alone. Just look at all the privileges they got away with. This is the stuff casuals ignore historically bc it destroys theor guys legacies built on nepotism essentially

[@VeggieRice]

Adrien Brody was such a bad casting choice for the biopic

[@Glassofmilkwithcookies]

Wanna know who influenced pat? Red

[@kavinthanesjesdapong1580]

Is this virkayu

[@KK-45]

And the fans assume that the 🤡 in L.A. is the next him? Do you have any shame?

[@illusioNery]

Pat Riley was so good, that after he won the championship with the Lakers, he promised that they would win again the very next year...and they did

[@ISISareDemocrats]

Wow. So insightful

[@tepremium654]

This vdo is like.. "GOAT": www.youtube.com/@GOATiology combine with "Athletic Interest": www.youtube.com/@AthleticInterest For some reason, i like it. Good content wins!!

[@danielbullman2035]

The number 33 is used for everything meaning it's all a stage stop wasting your time on it

[@steveedwards243]

88 they lost because Detroit was better, hungry, and more athletic! Period

[@EzMoney95]

Until MJ got a team to run with him .

[@matthewjmcgraw]

LeBron has more playoff wins ❤