The Pat Riley incident that led to LeBron James Heat end: You dont take the cookies away from him

Pat Riley is the real man behind Cookie Monster’s costume.Dwyane Wade told a wild story on the “Underground Lounge” podcast about former Heat teammate LeBron James throwing a fit over Pat Riley taking away his cookies on the team plane.

It was a moment that gave Wade pause about James’ future in Miami.“This was the first moment that I had an inkling that LeBron may not be back,” Wade said.“One thing you don’t do is f–k with LeBron’s cookies.

This is serious.Like, he loves chocolate chip cookies.

Chocolate chip cookies and ice cream, he loves.“So when he gets on the plane, LeBron walks on the plane with two bags of food.

One bag is all cookies, and the [other] bag is what his chef has prepared for him to eat because he eats a certain way.He don’t eat what’s on the plane… So we get on the plane, and we play cards at the front of the plane, and at some point, LeBron’s gonna be like, ‘Hey, bring me those cookies.’ And one day, he said, ‘Hey, where are my cookies?’ And this one day, they had to come up and whisper in his ear and tell him that there were no more cookies on the plane.”That’s when things took a turn.“That motherf–ker sat back away from the game.

He pushed them cards back he sat there quietly, his head like this [nodding].He didn’t play cards no more.

It’s serious.It was too much micromanaging at that point,” Wade said.

“You’re talking about a team who is four Finals in a row.You don’t need to micromanage us.

I felt that ‘Riles’ went a little too far with his micromanaging at points like that.He’s a grown man; you don’t take the cookies away from him.”James famously announced his intention to join the Heat in the infamous “The Decision,” which aired on ESPN on July 8, 2010, declaring he was taking his “talents to South Beach” — a choice met with much vitriol, especially from Cavaliers fans.The Heat, with James, Wade and Chris Bosh, went to four consecutive NBA Finals from ...