
Pat Riley, the "made in Italy" style icon of the NBA Finals From his friendship with Giorgio Armani to his 17th Finals
Of all the characters in the 2020 NBA Finals, the one that stands out the most is Pat Riley, executive of the South Beach franchise. Having participated as a player, manager and president in 6 different decades in the finals with the Knicks, Lakers and Heat makes the Miami president a living legend with 8 rings on the board. Her relationship with victory is obsessive in the same measure with which she chooses her clothes, always elegant and definitely out of the box compared to the rest: to the wide knots of her colleagues' very long ties, Riley responded with a small, tight knot and a very more European; to the "oversized" jackets, the coach of Magic and Kareem at the time of Showtime contrasts tailored and often tight-fitting suits.
His Miami Heat show up at the NBA Finals for the seventh time in the history of the franchise and Pat will have to deal with his past: the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James and the years in which he launched Italian fashion in the USA. Always with the same Italian style, with a sprinkling of South Beach charm and with the same ambition for the victory of 50 years ago.