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Pat Riley Says MVPs & Scoring Titles Are Worthless If You Don’t Win The Championship

No matter where Pat Riley was in his long NBA career as player, coach and executive, he’s always been very successful, and he has the gold to show for it.

Riley won one ring as a player, five as a coach, and three as an executive. If we add the one ring he won as an assistant coach, that makes a grand total of 10 championship rings.

Riley has always been a genius within the game who knew things others didn’t, and who could see things others couldn’t. This is also one of the reasons he’s been able to build so many great teams. More so, Riley was a master of recruiting players.

In an interview, Riley now said that scoring titles and MVPs mean nothing if you’re not a champion.

“You know, I mean, you can be dominant and win Scoring titles and be an MVP but if you’re not a champion, then what the hell is it worth?”