Basketball from a fans perspective

Comparison 
The late Manute Bol was a semi-novelty on the basketball court.  His son Bol Bol is a player, dad all 7-6 would block shots and would become a good 3-point shooter. The son can do that and more as he moves gracefully around the court at 7-2 215 pounds.  This I believe will be a “Kobe” comparison, remember Kobe’s game was light years better than Joe Bryant.  

After Manute retired from the NBA his family moved to the metro Kansas City area.  Bol Bol’s talent would first be demonstrated at Bishop Miege High School in metro Kansas City. He’s now enrolled at Mater Dei in Santa Ana (CA) and is the number 7 prospect in the Class of 2018.  There are 12 schools on the trail on this youngster including Mizzou.  The only issue one of the others is John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats.  

New logo
As indicated earlier this year the Pistons are moving into Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit in the fall.  They decided to adopt a new logo which was revealed on Tuesday.  I checked it out expecting “new and improved” version and was disappointed in what I saw.  You need to look at the logo and formulate your own opinion. It looks remarkably similar to the one the team utilized from 1979 through 1996.  Check out a photo of the new logo on the net, see for yourself if you agree with me.    

Conspiracy theories
This is written Wednesday morning after the lottery was held.  We are there already accusations the FIX was in.  The Lakers with the possibility of losing the pick won by securing a top three pick. On the surface consider this fact; the last three seasons have witnessed 26, 17 and 21 wins. The Lakers have missed the playoffs four consecutive seasons.  The lottery has become a regular part of business every May during this time period.  

The NBA as with any pro sport desires its teams to be successful on the court or field.  Is the fix in allowing the Lakers to secure a top three pick?  I’m sure the possibility exists however the down side is being caught.  Your sport goes right into the toilet no one I mean no one is interested in following your sport.  Why risk such a path which could allow devastating results if uncovered?  I’m actually okay if you hate the Lakers I’m not okay if you believe the NBA is going to allow the Lakers to WIN the lottery.  

Thanks but no--thanks!
John Madden now retired might have been the first.  He’d been a highly successful coach of the NFL Oakland Raiders but he gave it up.  Madden served as an analyst for such a long period of time I’m sure there were youngsters who only knew Madden in his television role.  Later Bill Cowher would do the same give up a successful NFL coaching career with the intent to return to coaching and never looked back; he became comfortable in his role as a television analyst.  

In basketball the college game analyst are former coaches Dick Vitale, Bill Raftery and Fran Fraschilla, providing insight to the NBA game are ex-coaches Hubie Brown, Jeff Van Gundy, Mike Fratello, Kevin McHale and Doug Collins.   These coaches gave up coaching for television and appear to have no desire to return to the dog eat dog world of coaching.  Other than Van Gundy do you ever hear their names mentioned regarding coaching changes?  A number are older now and probably wouldn’t be considered but they probably would say thanks but no thanks.