"Riles" proved that you don't need to be an excellent player to become one of the best coaches and executives in NBA history. Oh yeah, and his Armani suits were a thing of beauty as well.

We didn’t know it at the time, but March 11th would become the last time NBA coaches wore suits to work ... it’s kind of a shame that the era of Armani and Hugo Boss is dead and buried.

One perk of having coached for his home country means Arizona assistant coach Riccardo ... suits courtesy of Armani, the world-renowned sponsor of the Italian basketball federation.

Fashion among basketball ... who regularly wore a coat and tie while coaching U.C.L.A. to 10 national championships in the 1960s and ’70s. Even in an era when coaches were expected to wear ...