Rick Carlisle to join Phil Jackson & Pat Riley tonight ?

Phil Jackson & Pat Riley are the only two dudes in basketball history to win championships as players, and then win multiple championships as a coach, with multiple teams.

Rick Carlisle can join them tonight, as the least decorated of the 3, by far, lol …. to make it 3 people in basketball history to do it:


Phil Jackson

As a Player:

- 1970 NY Knicks

- 1973 NY Knicks

As a coach:

- 1984 Albany Patroons (CBA)

- 1991 Chicago Bulls

- 1992 Chicago Bulls

- 1993 Chicago Bulls

- 1996 Chicago Bulls

- 1997 Chicago Bulls

- 1998 Chicago Bulls

- 2000 LA Lakers

- 2001 LA Lakers

- 2002 LA Lakers

- 2009 LA Lakers

- 2010 LA Lakers



Pat Riley

As a player:

- 1972 LA Lakers

As a coach:

- 1980 LA Lakers (assistant coach)

- 1982 LA Lakers

- 1985 LA Lakers

- 1987 LA Lakers

- 1988 LA Lakers

- 2006 Miami Heat

As an Executive:

- 2012 Miami Heat

- 2013 Miami Heat


Rick Carlisle

As a player:

- 1986 Boston Celtics

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- 1988 Albany Patroons (CBA) Carlisle was born in upstate NY, so this was home team for him. Also part of the Albany Katroons 1988 title: Phil Jackson, George Karl, Terry Stotts, Scott Brooks.

As a Coach:

- 2011 Dallas Mavericks (beating Pat Riley’s Miami Heat superteam)

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- 2025 Indiana Pacers ?

Carlisle also coached the 2001-2003 Detroit Pistons, and despite handily beating Larry Brown’s 76ers team in the playoffs, was screwed over just months later, by owner Bill Davidson & his friend (at the time) Larry Brown.

Rick, despite winning coach of the year months earlier, was axed just months before the 2003/2004 Pistons championship season.

I had no idea Carlisle was on the 86 Celtics :o

[QUOTE=ArbitraryWater;15016491]I had no idea Carlisle was on the 86 Celtics :o[/QUOTE]

lol, neither did I

[QUOTE=ArbitraryWater;15016491]I had no idea Carlisle was on the 86 Celtics :o[/QUOTE]
It's also known that he was drawing up most of the Pacers plays as an assistant coach while Bird was the head coach.

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[QUOTE=Chick Stern;15016495]lol, neither did I[/QUOTE]

A shit ton of players went on to become head coaches from that team. Like half the roster. Bird & Carlise were successful. Ainge & McHale weren't bad either. Dennis Johnson was only a head coach for over 20 games.

[QUOTE=1987_Lakers;15016497]A shit ton of players went on to become head coaches from that team. Like half the roster. Bird & Carlise were successful. Ainge & McHale weren't bad either. Dennis Johnson was only a head coach for over 20 games.[/QUOTE]
And Ainge has gone on to be perhaps the best exec in the game behind Sam Presti. It’s like the basketball equivalent of the Green Bay coaching tree.