Former Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat head coach turned Heat executive Pat Riley has sent out a lengthy homage to Jerry West, who died today.
The two were involved in one of the most bizarre moments in Lakers history. In 1981, owner Jerry Buss held a confusing press conference in which he sought to explain he was splitting the coaching role between West and then-assistant Pat Riley.
West wasn’t having it. He took the microphone and anointed Riley, saying that he (West) worked for Riley. Today, Riley remembered his old friend. “I loved Jerry West!
We loved being Lakers together; it was sacred ground. We grew in life with each other and shared the best and worst of times together.
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