Tag: Don Nelson

A Farewell to Barnes

This week, Matt Barnes officially announced his retirement from the NBA.  Barnes’ retirement announcement was his typical defiant self: “Love me or HATE ME, I DID IT MY WAY!”  Barnes wasn’t really a good enough player to merit our usual…

Nellie Revisited

It’s only been about two months since Don Nelson stepped down as Maverick coach and retired.  At the time, I had wanted to go through his long and interesting career.  The hassles of everyday life prevented me from really going…