Zachary Weinberger is a credentialed Miami Heat reporter and an Associate Editor covering the NBA at-large, NCAA Football, and NCAA Basketball for ClutchPoints. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022, covering sports at the FAU University Press and later at The Palm Beach Post.

The 79-year-old Riley was an assistant with the Lakers from 1979 to 1981 under Paul Westhead. Los Angeles won a championship in 1980, then Riley took over as head coach when Westhead was fired in November of 1981. The Lakers won a championship that season and would win three more with Riley in charge.

"The Godfather" reflects on his journey after the Lakers announced that he will soon have a statue outside the Crypto.com arena

Magic Johnson and other Showtime Los Angeles Lakers legends joined Jeanie Buss to tell Pat Riley that he would be honored with a statue.

The Los Angeles franchise will thus honor one of its most important figures, the Showtime coach who dominated the 80s.

Just a few weeks after the Heat dedicated its home court to Pat Riley, he learned that he will also be honored on the West Coast for his work with the Lakers.

Pat Riley, famed Lakers coach, will receive the same recognition players like Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson have, a statue at Crypto.com Arena.

Miami's Dwyane Wade statue has earned the title, "The Worst Statue in the History of Sports." Will they be using Wade's sculptors?

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra shares how he feels about team president Pat Riley getting a statue with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Miami owner has been an important figure in almost 25% of all NBA Finals appearances, whether it has been as an executive, a player or a coach.