Players vote Riley least favorite
Posted: Tuesday March 04, 2008 07:40AM ET

Antoine Walker was suspended by coach Pat Riley last year for exceeding a team-mandated body-fat limit. That kind of hard-nosed approach - which in the past also manifested itself in unusually exhausting practices - might be why NBA players questioned recently by Sports Illustrated said Riley was the coach for whom they would least like to play. He was No. 1 in a runaway. Riley received 28 percent of the votes among 242 players interviewed. Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, Knicks coach Isiah Thomas and former Bulls coach Scott Skiles were next at 12 percent each. Riley's image could be a factor when he hunts for free agents this summer to help rebuild the Heat, which this season is the NBA's worst team at 11-46

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Isiah should be number 1 in my book. But even I guess tied for number two shows you how people around the league feel about Isiah. We'll never get talent here with him in charge. He's a laughing stock.

I find it funny that most of those coaches are good coaches with a rep for winning. Players don't like them because they're tough (Riley, Sloan, Skiles). Everyone knows Isiah is a softy. No one wants to play for him because he sucks.

Players don't like Riley because he makes them work hard. Players don't like Isiah because he plays bitch games with them.