Wanting to be the highest-paid coach in the game, given what he’d accomplished with the Lakers, was understandable. And while the idea of asking the team to pay for his new home in the area was certainly unusual, if you were going to make that exception for anyone, you’d do it for someone of Riley’s caliber. Beyond that, Riley wanted the team to facilitate a book deal. With the club being owned by Paramount, he wanted a potential movie deal as well. He also asked that his team-issued polo shirts actually be manufactured by Ralph Lauren’s Polo brand. And if that laundry list wasn’t enough,
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