Mike Francesa has been watching HBO’s “Winning Time,” and he has a few gripes about the series’ depiction of Pat Riley.
“He is depicted as the biggest schlub in the world,” Francesa said on his latest BetRivers podcast. “And I’m saying, ‘This is Pat Riley!’ I would love to sit with the Pat Riley I know, and I can’t even imagine. He must be burning watching this thing. He must be going crazy.
“I would think Pat Riley, if he was in the room with the guy who made this, he would beat him up.