Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty ofthe 1980s Page 61
* Against the Warriors on February 11, Riley was ejected from a game for the first time in his career. “There’s no popcorn in the locker room, no beer or anything,” he said afterward. “It’s lousy.”
* Had the trade gone through, the consequences would have been, for the Lakers, cataclysmic. Aguirre was Aguirre—a skilled, selfish player. Tarpley, however, became an NBA casualty tale. He played only 280 games, his career ruined by drug addiction.
* This would last one month, until the Boston Celtics signed Larry Bird to a $600,000 deal.
* A notable exception to the rule was Franklin Mieuli, the eccentric owner of the Golden State Warriors, who had a full beard and traveled most places via bicycle.