RILEY BAILS: Deciding two days before the season that "the time is right," Pat Riley has stepped down as coach of the Miami Heat, where he'll be replaced by Stan Van Gundy, brother of the man who replaced Riley (albeit indirectly) with the Knicks. The winner of four championships with the Lakers in the '80s will stay on as GM and team president.
Riley apparently looked at his lineup featuring "prize" free agent forward Lamar Odom and decided it was time to call it a career; his resignation hopefully brings us closer to the inevitable biopic starring Michael Douglas as Riley.