Donnie Walsh

Knicks Trade Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford

November 21, 2008

When Donnie Walsh arrived in the New York, he did one thing that all of his predecessors refused to do–make a gameplan for the future and execute it. Step 1 Hire a coach. A well-respected one at that and one of the best in the league. A coach whose style will attract free-agent players and players [...]

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Kevin Johnson vs Reggie Miller

November 14, 2008

A week ago Tuesday, two basketball loving men were elected as the first African-American to their respective offices.  The first, of course, was Barrack Obama, who will be our nation’s first African- American president.  The second man is the former Phoenix Suns great point guard, Kevin Johnson, who will be the first black mayor of the city of Sacramento.  [...]

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Two Diverse Training Camps

October 7, 2008

I mentioned in a previous post how important training camps are in setting the tone for the season.  I want to talk about a couple of training camps I was involved in to validate my point. After the merger of the ABA and the NBA, I was a player on the Nuggets for our first [...]

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Bad News Knicks

October 1, 2008

Another year and the same old story for the Knick players. Just when the New York fans thought they had something to cheer about with a new coach and new management, the same old Knick players showed up with their antics. No wonder Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni are trying to rid themselves of this [...]

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Walsh talks on importance of Shot-Blocking

July 21, 2008

While watching an NBA summer league game between the Knicks and the T-Wolves on NBA TV last night, the announcers brought on Donnie Walsh for an interview. Donnie is a very good friend of George and the family is considered one of the smartest basketball minds in the NBA. Anytime he is interviewed or speaking I listen intently and [...]

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