June 2013
HURRY BACK DOUG COLLINS
Last night watching the finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat was painful to say the least. Could someone tell me how on earth the NBA could put together such a group. First, you have to listen to Mike Wilbon, Jalen Rose, and […]
May 2013
COACHES
This week, the Suns hired Jeff Hornacek as their coach, who is also their best shooter. Nowhere in any of the reports will you read about John MacLeod’s influence in the development of Jeff Hornacek. If it wasn’t for John’s patience, it could have been a close call. The year Jeff […]
Players and Coaches:
According to an article in the Daily News by Mitch Lawrence, http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/lawrence-brooklyn-patience-couuld-net-red-hot-hollins-article-1.1341359#ixzz2TyCLa3sC, Chris Paul’s preference is to stay with the Clippers but he would like a black coach. How dumb is that? Even if he was thinking that why in the heck would he come out and say it? So he now […]
In my previous blogs, I listed four of Scotty McDonald’s Defensive Commandments. I am going to list the remaining defensive commandments so you can look at some of the similarities that we talked about in an earlier blog. We will start with rule 5;
Rule 5: “Don’t let your man establish offensive center position against […]
Credit to the Philly Sportswriters
The sports writers in Philly who have recently covered the analytics should be commended for letting the fans know who they are, where they came from and just exactly what they do. Since they have infiltrated the NBA, they have been working undercover. Now, the fans can scrutinize them like […]
Marcus Hayes,” Daily News” Sports Columnist
I enjoyed reading your article of May 13 and the references to the number guys (nerds). I try to keep up with my old team via email whenever I can. If I may, let me give you some observations. Replacing Collins is not his most urgent […]