I don’t like the 3-point shot. Don Nelson does
Click here to read my Sunday column on the 3-point shot and Don Nelson.
On the meaning of the past as seen through Don Nelson
My best professor at Stanford, the one who made the whole thing worthwhile, told me people think incorrectly about the past. Most people think the past is over, fixed, closed, he explained. He said the past is as open as the future. I knew what he meant. He didn't mean [...]
Don Nelson: the column
Here is the opening to my column about Don Nelson which will run in the PD tomorrow: OAKLAND At the end — before Joe Lacob fired him — Don Nelson, the winningest coach in NBA history, was edgy, tired, burnt out. He doesn’t remember it that way, but he was. [...]
Don Nelson’s opinions
I just finished my Wednesday column on Don Nelson. Some stuff didn't get in because the column got pretty long. Here are a few interesting out-takes. After he retired as a player, Nelson was a ref in the summer league and wanted to be a ref until the Bucks hired [...]
Don Nelson sighting
The Warriors have set up a media lunch in Oakland today with Don Nelson in preparation for his induction into the Hall of Fame. I will be there and will write a column about Don for tomorrow. The Warriors certainly know how to do public relations.
Don Nelson into hall of fame
Don Nelson finally got elected to the basketball hall of fame, known as the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. It says a lot about him that he got elected and it also says a lot about him that it took this long. He is a controversial guy, which means some [...]
Chris Mullin and Don Nelson
I am sitting here writing a column on Chris Mullin who gets inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday. I interviewed him with two other writers the other day. One of us asked if Don Nelson will be at the ceremony. Mullin said he doesn't know. They have [...]
Bye Bye, Nellie
It's looks like it's bye bye, Nellie. Lots of reports he's stepping down Monday and assistant Keith Smart will take over -- I will write my Sunday column about Nelson, but a few quick thoughts. He was toxic for the Warriors at the end. He was bored, tired, uninterested, hardly did [...]
