The third annual Basketball Without Borders Global Camp will be Feb. 17-19 at the New Orleans Pelicans’ practice facility as part of NBA All-Star 2017. Among the coaches will be the Pelicans’ Cheick Diallo; Pelicans assistant coach Fred Vinson; the Knicks’ Justin Holiday, brother of the Pelicans’ Jrue Holiday; and the Bucks’ Thon Maker, who[...]
The Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns recent game in Mexico City was made extra special for Mavericks assistant coach Kaleb Canales. Canales, who served as interim head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers after the departure of Nate McMillan during the tumultuous 2011-12 season, was the subject of a short ESPN feature, documenting his rise[...]
Expectations create challenges. When people anticipate you’ll deliver something, you kind of have to do it. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman made a career out of going beyond the norm, from making an Olympic team as a high schooler to playing in men’s leagues to coaching in the NBA. When she started a charity, she wanted[...]
Since retiring from the NBA in September, Kevin Garnett has become a fixture on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” where he regularly offers up his insight and analysis. But Garnett still has that desire to be a bit more hands-on with the NBA, which is why he has accepted an offer to become a consultant with the Clippers. Garnett will mainly be working in a[...]
The Houston Rockets honored Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Sam Cassell during a game between the two teams on December 30, 2016. Cassell played in Houston the first 3 seasons of his career, helping them earn NBA championships in his first 2.