Apr

9

Riley Says He’d Re-Sign Davis Under Certain Conditions

Posted by Jeff Sack under Main 

A few years ago (actually it might have been a number of years ago) there was a play named “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” The “Miami Herald” Wednesday reported that Miami Heat Team President and head coach Pat Riley feels pretty much those sentiments about Heat forward Ricky Davis.? Davis came to Miami in a deal made on the eve of the regular season, which was pretty much made so Riley could part company with?another player he had grown tired of Antoine Walker who was banished to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Davis is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. Riley?told reporters Tuesday under certain conditions he would like to have Davis return. Riley said he would want the veteran back if Davis is willing to play the ?kind of role we would expect him to play next year. For the last four or five years [he] has been a playmaker in his mind, a go-to guy. In our exit meeting, I will give him a series of numbers to show why he might have to adapt his game with us.”

Pat what you have basically said is you love everything about Davis as a player, except for the way he plays the game! Back in February, Riley did all this posturing about possibly wanting to re-sign Davis and Jason Williams rather than trade them to get some young player of value. Back then, I wrote here on Slam Dunk Central?that Davis was the antithesis of a Pat Riley player. Davis would rather be the best player on a bad team, than a role player on a Champion. He is in his tenth year in the Association and has made the playoffs twice, with Boston in 2003-2004, and 2004-2005. That’s it, why, because he would rather be a gunner on a bad team. That’s Ricky Davis Pat, and at 29 years old and going into his eleventh season in the NBA you will not get him to change!

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