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Congrats to Dream League friend Steve Lavin on taking the high-profile position at St. John’s. He gets mocked for his slicked-back hair in resemblance to Pat Riley, but the resemblance I’d like to point out is that he’s one of those rare coaches going from la-la land to the concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
In the NBA, when you think of LA, you think of the Lakers and for NYC, you think of the Knicks. In the NCAA, it’s UCLA and St. John’s.
When Riley pulled off the coast-to-coast change of scenery, he managed to take the Knicks to the NBA Finals after doing so with the Lakers.
Remember, Lavin’s UCLA teams were quite successful. We wish him well in rejuvenating the St. John’s program.
Do the Riley shuffle, Steve!
Dream League’s ties with Coach Lavin can be traced back to our Year of the Yao screenings. We tracked down local San Franciscan Willie Wong to be a VIP guest, which then pointed to Cappy Lavin, Steve’s father and who along with Wong played at USF under the legendary Pete Newell. Cappy introduced us to Steve and we’ve been keeping in touch ever since.
If you noticed Jeremy Lin’s name being mentioned on ESPN by Lavin these past two years, now you know why. 
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