Adrien Brody on Playing NBA Legend Pat Riley at His Lowest Moment in HBO’s ‘Winning Time’
variety.comJ. Kim Murphy SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Best Is Yet to Come,” the March 20 episode of “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” which is now streaming on HBO Max.On the third episode of HBO’s “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” audiences are introduced to an NBA figure that even a fair-weather basketball fan should be familiar with.
Pat Riley has been a towering force in basketball for more than half of the sport’s professional history, earning 10 NBA championships between his time playing, coaching and serving as an executive.
Riley has been the team president of the Miami Heat since 1995, but before that, he helmed highly successful coaching runs with the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers, two other massive NBA institutions.
Yet when Riley (Adrien Brody) first enters “Winning Time,” the destined leader is a far cry from the Armani suits and slicked-back Gordon Gekko hair that have come to define his image.
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