Legendary Los Angeles Lakers head coach Pat Reilly is about to have a statue of himself.
Final season, La Lakers introduced that they had began work to immortalize former head coach Pat Riley, the present president of the Miami Warmth.
Riley led the “Showtime Lakers” to a profitable championship within the Nineteen Eighties, solid his title within the NBA Historical past Books.
Now that the NBA 2025-26 schedule has been confirmed, the Lakers are offering updates on the plans.
It has been set thus far when La Lakers reveals the statue in honor of Pat Riley.
The Lakers introduced that the statue will likely be introduced on February 22, 2026.
Dates are essential and completely timed. The Lakers will host the Boston Celtics to go to on the identical day.
The Celtics have been the Lakers’ most important rival all through the “Showtime” period, and it is becoming that they turn out to be enemies when a statue of Riley is offered.
The Miami Warmth would not have a sport on the identical day and eliminates conflicts of curiosity that would forestall Riley from attending.
Riley received 4 Lakers titles in 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988. He additionally coached the Miami Warmth in 2006 for his fifth time.
The statue of Pat Riley joins many legendary figures from the previous on an equally revered workforce.
He’ll be a part of Elgin Baylor, Kareem Abdul Jabber, Magic Johnson, Jerry West, Shaquille O’Neill and Kobe Bryant.
The Lakers even have a statue of the beloved former announcer Chick Hearn.
