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Can Riley stay out of the kitchen?(NBA)

The Sporting News

| August 09, 2004 | Winderman, Ira | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

At the moment Pat Riley was closing the deal, Stan Van Gundy was seated atop the bleachers at the Orlando Magic practice facility, doing what he does best, being a hoops junkie at yet another ragged, too-tough-to-watch summer league game.

As Riley continued the multimillion-dollar seduction in one of Orlando's most exclusive neighborhoods, Van Gundy was on the team bus headed back to South Florida, with a son and daughter at his side, being the everyman he is.

And when Shaquille O'Neal became, as he later would call it, "a Heatian" he pointed to all Riley had accomplished while working with an aging Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Los Angeles and the similar ...

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