In Bill Libby’s book, “The Walton Gang,” written in 1974, came across an interesting quote from John Wooden on pg 170. “Young men are not as coachable today. There’s a rebellion against supervision.”
Wooden retired in 1975.
Bryn Forbes of the San Antonio Spurs…
If I had to pick my favorite part of basketball at the offensive end of the floor, it would be the assist. To me, there’s nothing like sharing the ball. On this date back in 1990, Scott Skiles of the Orlando Magic dished out an NBA record 30 assists in a 155-116 win over the Denver Nuggets.
Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics:
“You don’t have to touch the basketball every single play down to be effective. You can be effective doing the little things.”
“It’s unfortunate we couldn’t keep statistics on screens. That’s one of the most important things he does for a team and that tells you a little bit about who he is and what he’s about; to try to make somebody else better.”
9 time, All-NBA Defense 1st team…
Keep in mind this photo is from a practice session.
Wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Here’s a Christmas memory from back in the day.
I am 6 years-old. It’s a little after 7 on a cold morning. Everyone in my family is sleeping.
Santa Claus brought me a Voit basketball. I reached down and pulled it from under our Christmas tree. Ripping the ball out of the box, I started dribbling in our apartment, mom woke up screaming at me.
“GO TO THE FUCKING SCHOOLYARD!” She shouted.
I did as I was told.
Got dressed, walked across 9th avenue, down Windsor Place, hung a right on Howard Place.
Straight to the yard. Taking turns dribbling with my left hand and my right.
212 steps. I know because I counted them.
I had the yard to myself. It was empty. People walking to church were looking at me like I was crazy. The schoolyard became my “Paved Paradise.”
Looking at the kids passing by with their parents, I was like, “yeah, that’s right, you go to your church, I’m at mine…”
Been in love with the sport ever since.
Merry Christmas everyone!
-Coach Finamore
Hoops135@hotmail.com
From the summer of 2014:
“He was all business. That’s what stood out the most. He’d get there early, work on his game, practice hard, get in the weight room. You can tell he’s hungry.”
PLAY THE RIGHT WAY 