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Tim Hardaway, presented by Isiah Thomas (’00), Mitch Richmond (‘14), Chris Mullin (‘11), Yolanda Griffith (‘21), Nate Archibald (‘91) Manu Ginobili, presented by Tim Duncan (’20) Lindsay Whalen, presented by Dawn Staley (‘13), Charles Barkley (’06) Swin Cash, presented by Tamika Catchings (‘20), Teresa Weatherspoon (‘19), Tina Thompson (‘18), Isiah Thomas (’00), Geno Auriemma (‘06) Bob Huggins, presented by Jerry West (‘80), Rod Thorn (‘18) George Karl, presented by Roy Williams (‘07), Gary Payton (‘13), Bobby Jones (‘19)
Shams Charania: Michael Jordan will present Kobe Bryant in the 2020 Naismith Hall of Fame @Hoophall induction ceremony on May 15. Full list of inductees and presenters: pic.twitter.com/iD5r6EIxHF
Michael Jordan will present Kobe Bryant in the 2020 Naismith Hall of Fame @Hoophall induction ceremony on May 15. Full list of inductees and presenters: pic.twitter.com/iD5r6EIxHF
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 15, 2021
With Sue Bird’s intelligence and communications skills it’s easy to see why someone would want her on their staff, Geno Auriemma said. “She’s one of the smartest individuals I’ve ever come across so somebody really, really smart must’ve thought she would be a great addition,” Auriemma said. “I don’t think there’s any job in the market that if you said ‘We’re going to put Sue Bird in charge of part of that,’ that you would go wrong or you would ever regret doing it. She’s just incredibly bright and she has a great way with people. She knows the game, she knows people, she knows how to interact with adults, the front office, players, it doesn’t really matter.”
Auriemma and Bryant, Philly guys, met at the 2012 London Olympics. A friendship started with, no surprise, Auriemma busting chops, telling Kobe he once got the better of his father, Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, who played in the NBA and coached in the WNBA. “I told him, 'When I was in high school I locked up your dad,’” Auriemma said. “I said, ‘Remember Rose Playground?’ He said, 'Oh, yeah.' I said, ‘Well, suddenly it was me and your dad. It was a switch and I guarded him one possession and he didn't freaking score.’”
Kyrie Irving appeared on the premier episode of Geno Auriemma’s podcast this week. The UConn coach gave Kyrie another opportunity to talk about his Flat Earth thoughts which were supposedly just a joke to make you think. But also, he’s kind of serious because who knows really? Via Boston.com: “The whole intent behind it, Coach, it wasn’t to bash science,” he said. “It wasn’t to like have the intent of starting a rage and be seen as this insane individual. When I started seeing comments and things about universal truths that I had known, like I had questions.” “When I started actually doing research on my own and figuring out that there is no real picture of Earth, not one real picture of Earth — and we haven’t been back to the moon since 1961 or 1969 — it becomes like conspiracy, too.”
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Gary Washburn: Among those in the house at #Celtics training camp in Newport, RI: UConn's Geno Auriemma and Rhode Island coach Danny Hurley.
Auriemma has unquestionably asserted his team’s dominance over the sport. NBA executives have taken notice, and sources tell Sporting News that the feeling is mutual. “Geno’s a great coach, he knows players and he knows Xs and Os,” one source with knowledge of Auriemma’s thinking said. “I think he’d like to try the NBA eventually, either head coaching or part of a staff at first. Not tomorrow, but I think it is a matter of when and not if. Coaching is coaching, and the guy can coach.”
Zach Lowe: He has said publicly he would have interest in being a high-level NBA assistant coach. twitter.com/SeanDeveney/st…
Then there was UConn coach Geno Auriemma who said Cuban shouldn't waste his draft pick on June 27. "I think it would be a sham," Auriemma said Wednesday. "The fact that a woman could actually play right now in the NBA and compete successfully against the level of play that they have is absolutely ludicrous." "If Brittney Griner tries to make it to an NBA team, I think it would be a public relations thing," Auriemma said on a Final Four teleconference with reporters. Cuban is a financial genius, Auriemma said, but "his genius would take a huge hit if he drafted Brittney Griner."
Cuban reiterated his interest in Griner on Wednesday. "We evaluate every draft eligible player on the planet," Cuban told USA TODAY Sports in an email when asked to respond to Auriemma's comments. "The chance of any college graduate selected at the end of the draft making a roster is very, very small. We wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't consider everyone. "As I told the media (Tuesday), she would have to excel in workouts to get drafted. I have no problem giving her that opportunity. I hope she gives it a shot. "Nothing harms an organization or company more than a closed mind."
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A woman who works as an NBA security official has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit saying she was removed from an assignment to the 2012 Summer Games in London after she spurned an advance from Connecticut and women's national coach Geno Auriemma.
Kelley Hardwick filed her suit Monday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, naming Auriemma, the NBA and USA Basketball as defendants. Auriemma called her account "beyond false'' and said he would defend himself "to the fullest.''
A female security official for the National Basketball Association said in a lawsuit on Monday that Geno Auriemma, the coach of the United States Olympic women’s basketball team, followed, grabbed and tried to forcibly kiss her at a hotel during a basketball tournament in Russia in 2009.
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