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Message: [QUOTE="Newhouser, post: 2231259, member: 5155"] Further proof that the biggest hype in sports is the power of the NBA championship coach. The NBA - more than any other sport IMHO - is a players league. Swap Phil with Rick Adelman and the Lakers and Bulls have the same number of titles. Riley has proven his mettle in Miami's front office but same goes for him on the bench. Ask Stan Van Gundy how interested Riley was in coaching before they got Shaq? Phil did this for the money - he believed his own hype and stopped trying after hamstringing himself with bad deals. As a Knick fan this is step 1 where we can at least ditch the triangle, play Hornaceck fast or go against the grain and play two 7 footers at the same time, and sadly work our way towards the end of Melo's deal and start the KP era full force. Still work to do. [/QUOTE]