In late March of 2013 before a game in New Orleans, a spokesman for the Miami Heat unexpectedly called together the media to issue a rare statement on behalf of team president Pat Riley.
He cleared his throat and declared the following was from Riley:
"Danny Ainge needs to shut the f--- up and manage his own team. He was the biggest whiner going when he was playing, and I know that because I coached against him."
It was such an unusual moment, one team president audaciously cussing out another for the record, that it was at first considered some sort of joke.