The Los Angeles Lakers will honor former coach Pat Riley with a statue outside their downtown arena. The Lakers announced Monday that they have commissioned a statue to stand in Star Plaza immortalizing the coach who won four championships with the "Showtime" Lakers of the 1980s.

Legendary head coach Pat Riley, who guided the "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s, will be honored with a statue outside the team's Crypto.com Arena."Pat is a Lakers icon," owner Jeanie Buss said.

The Los Angeles Lakers announced Monday that Pat Riley will be honored with a statue at "Star Plaza" outside Crypto.com Arena. Riley, who won six championships with Los Angeles -- one as a player (1972), one as an assistant coach (1980) and four as head ...