The Los Angeles Lakers are giving Pat Riley a statue outside of ... was an assistant with the Lakers from 1979 to 1981 under Paul Westhead. Los Angeles won a championship in 1980, then Riley ...

Pat Riley is someone who is hard to read ... Previous Lakers coaches, Jack McKinney, and Paul Westhead, had success calling the shots for the Purple and Gold. However, both failed to leave ...

(AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside ... and he was a team broadcaster before becoming Paul Westhead's assistant in 1979. He took over as head ...

"What was Pat Riley before he took over before he was ... Pat became an assistant coach for the Lakers. When Paul Westhead ...

After the Purple and Gold fired Paul Westhead in less than 24 hours due to disagreements with the team's star guard, Magic Johnson, "The Godfather" took the hot seat. At just 36 years old ...

With Redick set to lead one of the biggest franchises in professional sports, it's hard not to draw parallels to Pat Riley ... a coaching shuffle that saw Paul Westhead promoted to head coach ...

The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside ... and he was a team broadcaster before becoming Paul Westhead's assistant in 1979. He took over as head coach ...

The team announced Monday that Showtime-era coach Pat Riley will be the next Lakers ... 1979-80 season and was promoted to head coach after Paul Westhead was fired early in the 1981-82 season.