Farewell to Dr. Jerry Buss

Jerry Buss

I was sitting here in the Stanford Mens basketball office preparing for a coaches meeting when our Video Coordinator shared with me the news:  Dr. Jerry Buss had just died of cancer in Los Angeles. I had the great privilege of playing for Dr. Buss’ Lakers team from 2001-2003 and cannot say enough about the … Read more

Brian Shaw, LeBron James and the Cavs

Brian Shaw

My old teammate and fellow Bay Area native Brian Shaw is rumored to become the new head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. If the current Cleveland Cavaliers owner (Dan Gilbert) does sign Brian Shaw then I believe the chances of LeBron James staying in Cleveland will go up dramatically. Brian Shaw has instant credibility having … Read more

NBA players with Twitter.com Accounts

Twitter, NBA Players, Expression, It's Public, Communicate with people

Last weekend I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal talking all about the new website: Twitter.com. NBA players are constantly in hotel rooms resting and sometimes watching CNN, Foxnews, or NBC. As a group, I must say that NBA players are *extremely up on current events and what’s going on in the … Read more

What is a flop?

Shaq, Flop, Fake, Floppers, Flopping, Los Angeles, NBA, Timberwolves

There is a term in the National Basketball Association that some more casual fans do not know. The term is “flop” and some NBA players have perfected the skill into an art form. Some of the old battles between two great players (Shaq and Vlade Divac) included some pretty convincing flops by Vlade. Now, the … Read more

Shaq has landed in Minneapolis

Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Nash, Amare Stoudamire, NBA

Most of our shoot around practice this morning covered how we were going to contain Shaq, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire. The early part of this season was frustrating to say the least because we were ahead in many of our games going into the 4th quarter and then it seemed like somehow we disintegrated … Read more

Shaq has landed in Minneapolis

Shaq, NBA, Mean Streak, Terry Porter, Minneapolis

Most of our shoot around practice this morning covered how we were going to contain Shaq, Steve Nash and Amare Stoudamire. The early part of this season was frustrating to say the least because we were ahead in many of our games going into the 4th quarter and then it seemed like somehow we disintegrated … Read more

Dusting off the Keyboard

Timberwolves, Kevin Love, UCLA, stitches , tooth popped, Shaq, Shaq

This past monday we had a bunch of the Timberwolves players in town all together to finally play some pickup ball together with a lot of the new guys. Yes, this was the first time that I got to meet Kevin Love. The man who used to terrorize my Stanford Cardinal basketball team in his … Read more

Miami Heat in Town

Shaq, Garnett, Miami Heat, Miami Uniform,, NBA

Tonight we play against the Miami Heat once again here at home. They key to beating Miami is trying to find a way to slow down Shaq. I use the term “slow down” because there’s no way to stop Shaq from having an impact on the game. He is too talented of a player. Tonight … Read more

Derek Fisher comes through……

Derek Fisher, Don Nelson Basketball Camp, Injury, Lakers, Utah Jazz, Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Oakland

Warriors versus Utah Jazz Playoff Series I played with Derek Fisher for three years while playing for the Lakers and he is one of the most professional people I have ever met in any field. When I got to the Lakers Derek was going through a very serious foot injury and was on the injured … Read more