1. Luke Walton, LA Lakers, is my early pick for NBA Coach of the Year. 2. Gregg Popovich, coach San…
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Scouting? Evaluation? When I was scouting a player for MY team, one of the top things on my look-for list…
So, the USA won the ‘medal count’ in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. That said, I need to…
The 1968 Olympic Games were held in Mexico City and are still remembered for the Black Power salute by US…
1967 was the last year the FIBA held the World Championships one year before the Olympic Games. Starting with 1970,…
In 1963 I became Freshman Coach at Michigan State, under Forrest ‘Forddy’ Anderson, in charge of recruiting under Anderson, who…
This post has nothing to do with my ongoing series regarding my connection with national basketball teams. It does, however,…
The 1964 Olympic Games were held in Tokyo, Japan. Before I come to that, I need to clear the decks…
As predicted, the USA rolled through the 1964 Olympics, going 9-0 and taking the gold medal. The Americans had a…
Pete Newell was not yet 45 years old when he retired from college basketball coaching in 1960. In fact, he…
This is a great idea by the NBA: get scientific with injury prediction and injury prevention … which may be…
In this piece by one Scott Harris, he says, more or less, that 7’2″ Wilt Chamberlain would be irrelevant in…