He did it once again
Jason Whitlock Fox Sports.com columnist, he chose as his topic of discussion the Rutgers Eddie Jordan hire. Maybe you’ve read the story, the short version after the fact it was discovered Jordan did not obtain a degree from Rutgers. This was contrary to his resume and the information released by the university. The school probably moved rather quickly after the Mike Rice fiasco. Did they do an adequate background check it certainly appears they didn’t? Why they failed the due diligence background check only the school administration truly knows. What I find interesting Whitlock lays all the blame on Jordan for this issue.  Of course Jordan was responsible for obtaining a degree but the columnist makes this far worse than it is.   

In fact he says; *I couldn’t imagine being 58 (Jordan’s age) and have Jordan’s financial wherewithal and no college degree.” In defense of Jordan he states he took courses later and “assumed” he qualified for his undergraduate degree. The biggest offender to this story is Whitlock. He’s taken another story involving basketball twists it to fit his perceived evil of the sport. Interesting he seems to find more fault with Jordan over that of Rutgers. The university hired Jordan didn’t they do a background check including his education at the school? One more question for you Mr. Whitlock, short of his degree is Jordan qualified to serve as head coach?  With Jordan's extensive coaching background I find it interesting you chose to omit or ignore that area.  *Jason Whitlock Fox Sports

The choice is made
The decision was made, not THAT DECISION! The LeBron James decision is history I’m referring to the decision made by the number one high school prospect in the Class of 2013 Andrew Wiggins. This 6-7 small forward made his college choice known, his choices (in no particular order) were North Carolina, Florida State, Kansas and Kentucky. Everyone had an opinion on his choice only he and his family knew ahead of time where he was headed. My speculation was Florida State base on the fact this was mom and dads school. I believed Wiggins would pass on Kansas and Kentucky for a simple reason; both schools have outstanding incoming recruiting classes. ESPNU ranks Kentucky number one and Kansas number two in the nation. My best guess prior to his decision was Florida State; I missed on this one, he chose Kansas.

We see his value
I had written earlier I thought the Thunder would emerge as Western Conference Champions. Of course it was written prior to point guard Russell Westbrook’s injury; he is talented and valuable to his team however I still consider him a knucklehead!

Who’s the better coach?
The Nuggets have several good players nevertheless they came up short once again this time against the Warriors. It’s my view the Nuggets came up short (once again) because Mark Jackson out coached George Karl. Should we view NBA Championships a barometer of a coach’s success? You be the judge on this one, in 29 years of coaching at several stop Karl’s teams have missed the playoffs only one time. There are few NBA coaches (past or present) who could claim a similar record.

Karl teams have won 1,887 games with him as head coach. His 1995-96 Sonics team faced off against the Michael Jordan Bulls for the NBA Championship. The Bulls were to prevail in the championship series 4 games to 2. The downside to Karl’s coaching success other than ’95-’96 few of his teams have made it out of the first round. In fact his teams have been bounced out in the first round of the playoffs 14 times including 2012-13. Karl was named Coach of the Year by a wide margin over several other candidates who teams are still playing. I guess we could conclude the award is for regular season and not playoffs. (dates, history Wikipedia)

A story with legs????
I’m sure you are reading the same Phil Jackson stories I am. Not the stories involving him coaching---its front office. Jackson’s health issues and it’s a guess he has no desire for the NBA travel grind once again. President/Director of Basketball Operations or some other front office position is the Jackson goal. Even more interesting are reports Jackson has developed a friendship with prospective Seattle owner Chris Hansen. We thought the Sacramento-Seattle move was resolved however the Hansen group raising the purchase price has caused chaos to reign once again.