Pat Riley was the GM who brought big man Shaquille O’Neal to Miami, and the coach who led Shaq’s Heat to a title, but … not immediately. For a moment there, young Stan Van Gundy was Shaq’s coach. It didn’t end well, and a few years after their divorce, a seemingly minor on-court collision brought some behind-the-scenes beef into the public eye. Let’s talk about Shaquille O’Neal and the “master of panic.”
