In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Golden State Warriors attempted to compete with a fun, high scoring, perimeter-oriented team, affectionately nicknamed Run TMC, a pun on the popular old rap group Run DMC. In this case the, “TMC”…
Category: FAQs
The COY Curse?
In 2013, Nuggets coach George Karl won Coach of the Year and responded as follows: “Coach of the year? I’m not sure I want that legacy. Have you seen what happens to guys who win coach of the year?” Karl…
The Hawk FAQ
Last week, the NBA lost another legend in Connie Hawkins. Hawk’s story is well-chronicled but bittersweet. In a nut shell, Hawkins was a New York playground legend who was very loosely implicated in a point shaving scandal. Despite no hard…
The George Karl FAQ
George Karl’s controversial recent book has brought him back into the focus of the NBA. First, he wrote in an excerpt from the book about some issues in Denver with Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony and blamed any problems with dime store…
The Tim Duncan FAQ
What can be said about the recently retired Tim Duncan that hasn’t already been said? The story is fairly clear. Duncan comes to Wake Forest from the Virgin Islands and immediately excels and has a storybook NBA career with the…