Daily News | Doc Rivers credits Pat Riley for pushing him into coaching: ‘He inspired me, he really did’
MIAMI — For the immediate future, Doc Rivers and Pat Riley are rivals on opposite sides for the 76ers vs. Miami Heat Eastern Conference semifinal series.
“I guess I would say I’ve been a lucky player,” Rivers said, “because I played for Mike Fratello, who’s a defensive genius. I followed that up with Larry Brown. I followed that up with Pat Riley. And I go to San Antonio and [Gregg Popovich] is in the front office. That’s where our relationship started.
“He was the one when I did TV for three years, every day he would call me or challenge me, ‘When are you going to get in the fray?’ Stop,” Rivers said of Riley. “”He would belittle me, literally. Because I did the [1997] Miami and New York playoff series. Every day, he got me. I thought he was wrong, but he ended up being right.”
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