Pat Riley: Tried this before with Juwon Howard

Rocket River · Jul 12, 2010

I guess he got it right this time!
Just adding spice :grin:

Rocket River

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MIAMI'S RILEY SUFFERS UNRIVALED LOSS : HOWARD FIASCO WILL HAUNT THE HEAT.

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Riley's response underscores the gravity of the situation, which has rendered the ever-eloquent coach speechless - publicly at least - for nearly a week.

Is he angry? Anguished? Apoplectic ap·o·plec·tic
adj.
Relating to, having, or predisposed to apoplexy.

apo·plec ? Riley won't say, and neither will anyone else with the organization.

Heat owner Micky Arison hired basketball's most celebrated coach a year ago to build a championship team, and this summer was Riley's chance. He began the offseason $13.6 million below the salary cap with just three players under contract, giving him maximum maneuverability in the NBA's biggest free-agent market ever.

Riley signed forward P.J. Brown, re-signed guard Tim Hardaway and then landed his biggest catch by luring Howard away from the Washington Bullets. Pairing the 23-year-old All-Star forward with returning center Alonzo Mourning immediately boosted Miami into the league's upper echelon.

Two weeks later, the NBA voided void·ed
adj. Heraldry
Having the central area cut out or left vacant, leaving an outline or narrow border: a voided lozenge. Howard's seven-year, $100.8 million contract, saying it exceeded the Heat's salary cap. The ruling provided an opening for Howard, who apparently had a change of heart about leaving Washington and re-signed with the Bullets.

Riley is not exactly the most popular coach in the NBA, and the rest of the league is trying to suppress guffaws at the Heat's predicament.

``Nothing like this has happened before,'' Orlando Magic general manager Pat Williams said.

It happened to Riley because, in a fit of zeal, he tried to squeeze too many big contracts under the salary cap.

The NBA said he failed to count incentive bonuses in contracts for Brown and Hardaway against the cap. Incentives considered likely to be achieved - such as the Heat winning 43 games, one more than last season - must be counted.

The NBA also said the Heat reached an undisclosed agreement with Mourning on a seven-year, $112 million deal before signing Howard. That further reduced the available money, the league said.

Either Riley didn't know the rules, or he tried to bend them and got caught.

Regardless, the impact of losing Howard will extend beyond the coming season. Every personnel decision Riley has made was geared to this summer, because it provided a rare chance to restructure the roster.

But now Mourning's contract leaves little room under the cap. It may be years before the Heat can sign another free agent of Juwan Howard's caliber.

Some blame NBA commissioner David Stern for the fiasco, saying he has a vendetta vendetta (vĕndĕt`ə) [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative. Although the term originated in Corsica, the custom has also been practiced in other parts of Italy, in other against Riley dating back to the coach's departure from the New York New York, state, United States
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``That's incorrect,'' league spokesman Chris Brienza said. ``That's not how we operate. We will vigorously protect the integrity of the salary cap, which I think is the real issue here.''

And if Riley felt Stern held a personal bias, why would the coach skirt the salary-cap rules and give the commissioner a chance to intervene?

Riley will probably be forced to settle for free-agent leftovers such as Walt Williams and Rex Chapman, who played for the Heat last season.

And at some point, Riley must try to explain how he lost Juwan Howard.
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Blake · Jul 12, 2010

that format gave me a migraine

Rocket River · Jul 12, 2010

Here is another story on it

Rocket River
maybe better formatting

Baqui99 · Jul 12, 2010

Juwon Howard has herpes.

BleedsRocketRed · Jul 12, 2010

Dude, that article needs to be formatted better. Holy crap that's hard to read...

robbie380 · Jul 12, 2010

Baqui99 said:

Juwon Howard has herpes.
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pics?

Nice Rollin · Jul 12, 2010

Baqui99 said:

Juwon Howard has herpes.
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Baqui99 again.

rhino17 · Jul 12, 2010

I couldn't read a word of that

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