Basketball Digest back issues from May 2001:
A Dark Knight Falls in Lubbock.(coach Bobby Knight)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2001; ... BACK IN TEXAS, WHERE I WENT to school, high school football is big. You know the stories, you've read the books, you've seen the "60 Minutes" and "20/20" reports. I had a couple friends from west Texas, where high school football is real big, and when their home team, the Odessa ...
Iverson: In Search of The Answer.(Allen Iverson)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2001 ... "TALENTED ALLEN IVERSON works to improve his lousy image." "Allen Iverson Looks to Put the Ugliness Behind Him." "After alienating fans and players as a rookie, Allen Iverson is out to demonstrate that he really isn't such a terrible guy." Headlines from ...
The Fans Speak Out.(Letter to the Editor)
May 01, 2001 ... Be like Kobe I enjoyed your article on Kobe Bryant, my favorite player and also one of the best in the game today ["Interview," March 2001]. Kobe has come a long way from Lower Merion, Pa., and at the tender age of 22 has participated in three All-Star Games, been on the All-NBA ...
The Stat Sheet: NBA Playoffs.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2001 ... .00033 The winning percentage margin the Boston Celtics (272-189) hold over the Los Angeles Lakers (332-231) in all-time postseason play. .233 The all-time playoff worst 27-of-116 shooting by the Golden State Warriors vs. the Lakers on April 21, 1973. ...
Rising Star: Troy Bell.
May 01, 2001; ... AS A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IN Minneapolis, Boston College guard Troy Bell was an enigma in sneakers. Sure, he averaged 35.9 points to lead the state in scoring, but outside of Minnesota, who had ever heard of him? Not many, including Boston College coach Al Skinner. Bell was the ...
Franchise Snapshot: Milwaukee Bucks.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2001 ... * Bucks GM Ernie Grunfeld was Milwaukee's first-round pick (No. 11 overall) in the 1977 NBA draft. * George Karl's 50-6 record at the helm of the Albany Patroons in 1990-91 is the CBA's all-time best mark. * Assistant Don Newman was cut from Boston Celtics camp in ...
Grizzlies Roaring to Leave Vancouver.(Brief Article)
May 01, 2001; ... THE GRIZZLIES APPEAR TO BE on their way out of Vancouver. Owner Michael Heisley has spent the spring touring American cities that have shown interest in his team. Staying in Vancouver is "highly undesirable," according to Heisley: The Grizzlies never really established a strong ...
ABA Numbers Paint a Very Different Picture.
May 01, 2001; ... DR. J., JULIUS ERVING. RICK Barry. George Gervin, the Iceman. David Thompson. Artis Gilmore. That's a formidable starting five, but there is one way to contain it. Each player spent time in the ABA--and the NBA has put the ultimate defensive clamps on them by acting as if the ABA never ...
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Iverson.(Allen Iverson)
May 01, 2001; ... The NBA's smallest superstar and on/off problem child struggles to keep the focus on the court--and toward a brighter future YOU HAVE TO CATCH ALLEN Iverson when you can. If you think he's quick on the court, he's even faster off it. It doesn't take much insight to ...
Spirit of '76 ... er, San Antonio.(Philadelphia 76ers and San Antonio Spurs)(Brief Article)
May 01, 2001 ... WITH THE SHAQ-KOBE FEUD out in L.A. Lakers country, the Portland Trail Blazers' yearly spring implosion, and the bland ball played by the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz, the Philadelphia 76ers have snuck up on the NBA, ruling the regular-season roost pretty much from post-to-post. ...
Revenge of the Bland-Ballers.(Western Conference race)
May 01, 2001; ... In the loaded West, look for the traditionalist teams--the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz--to outlast the star power in Los Angeles and Portland THE RACE FOR THE WESTERN Conference title has never been tighter. With a handful of contests left in the season, only a few games ...
A Fab Five for Philly?
May 01, 2001; ... The Sixers' acquisition of Dikembe Mutombo left conference rivals with mouths agape and put the pedal to the metal in the 76ers' race to the city's fifth NBA title THERE'S NO GETTING AROUND it. The general perception is that the Eastern Conference simply isn't as strong as the ...
The German Bird.
May 01, 2001; ... Dallas's diamond, Dirk Nowitzki, might not yet be the best European NBA player of all time, but he's rapidly approaching that status "THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS trade Dirk Nowitzki for Robert Traylor." All night long, Bucks coach George Karl is tossing and turning in bis ...
SLAM DUNKS.(outstanding college players)
May 01, 2001; ... Among many outstanding collegians, five players stood far and away above the crowd SELECTING AN ALL-AMERICA team can get you into a long philosophical discussion or a bar fight, depending on your location. There are 100 different ideas about what qualities are most important in ...
Empty Promises, Unfulfilled Dreams.(basketball league management)
May 01, 2001; ... The CBA is six feet under, and despite their best intentions, the two remaining "major" minors--the IBL and ABA 2000--are in trouble THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAY NOT have had the same effect on the basketball world as Michael Jordan's retirement, but on February 6, 2001, after more ...
FAMILY FEUDS.(National Basketball Association quarrels)
May 01, 2001; ... The NBA's squabbles aren't for show, and there's no end to them in sight THE MALEVOLENT SNARLS. THE harsh words. The slapdowns. Everywhere in the NBA, it seems, there's a place for nastiness. The Detroit Pistons proved that when they were winning championships as the Nasty Boys ...
Harry Gallatin.
May 01, 2001; ... Tired and outmanned, the New York Knicks got a record-setting rebounding effort from a future Hall-of-Famer I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SIMPLE THEORY when it comes to rebounding: Most of the time, the player who wants the ball more will get it. Rebounding usually all comes down to making ...
NBA Postseason Records.
May 01, 2001 ... <Pre> NBA Postseason Records TOP 10 SINGLE-GAME BESTS IN THE NBA PLYOFFS PointsPlayer Game FG FT Pts. 1. Michael Jordan Chicago at Boston, April 20,1986 (20T) 22 19 63 2. ...
Quick Quiz.
May 01, 2001 ... 1. Five players have scored 30-plus pints in every game of an NBA Finals series. Can you name them? And can you name the player with the top scoring average in Finals play? 2. Nearly half of the 26 games of 50-plus points in playoff history have been accomplished by two players ....