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DeBusschere gave up playing baseball after his relationship with the White Sox soured. This allowed him to be present at the beginning of training camp, which helped him to get in full basketball shape as the campaign tipped off. That season, he became an All-Star for the first time, but the Pistons were even worse, with a record of 22-58. The Pistons picked some help in the draft in the form of Dave Bing, the All-American guard out of Syracuse University. Bing would go on to become a Hall of Fame player, but his career did not start smoothly. Bing was not given a spot in the starting five, and he couldn’t understand why. “He was not a good communicator,” Bing says of his early days playing for DeBusschere.
Kiyan Anthony is following in his father’s footsteps. He’s going to play basketball at Syracuse. Carmelo Anthony’s son – a highly touted shooting guard from Long Island Lutheran High – made it official on Friday, two years after the Orange offered him a scholarship.
"At the end of the day, only one could stay," Kiyan Anthony said on his father's “7PM in Brooklyn” podcast, with his mother La La Anthony seated next to him as well for the announcement. “And with that being said, I'll be committing to Syracuse University.” He put on a Syracuse cap, then hugged his parents. “Now we can get to working,” Carmelo Anthony said.
Kiyan Anthony commits to Syracuse
Dave McMenamin: Kiyan Anthony, on Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero’s 7PM in Brooklyn podcast, announces he will follow in his father’s footsteps and play basketball at Syracuse University. A huge commit for @CoachRedAutry’s program to lock in the 6-5, 185-pound wing
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Boeheim, who retired after last season at Syracuse, spoke to The News about Detroit's hiring of Williams, who signed the richest coaching contract in NBA history last week. Boeheim said he gives Pistons owner Tom Gores and general manager Troy Weaver "a lot of credit" for that record-breaking investment in Williams. "No nicer guy in the world," Boeheim said. "He knows the game and he's really good with players. He'll be really good with that team because there are so many young players. He'll be a really good communicator with those guys."
Boeheim is an icon at Syracuse, having coached the men's basketball team for 47 years. It's a span that's seen the Orange play the entirety of their Big East existence from 1979-2013 and 10 seasons since a landscape-shattering move to the ACC. It's a span that includes 35 NCAA tournament appearances, five Final Fours and the 2003 national championship featuring Carmelo Anthony.
After graduating from Syracuse University in 1995, Chris Hannan spent 24 years working his way up in the sports industry. He became an executive at Fox Sports and then Endeavor, the major agency. But two years ago, Hannan accepted a role as chief marketing officer for Hemp Hydrate, a startup that sells hemp-infused water and other products. He enjoyed his time there, although he missed being in a sports environment. Now, he is in a position that marries his experience in marketing, media, sports and upstart companies. Hannan recently was named chief executive of the BIG3, a three-on-three, halfcourt basketball league featuring numerous former NBA players. The league was founded in 2017 by famous rapper/actor/entrepreneur Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, a Harvard Law School graduate and veteran music and entertainment executive. Kwatinetz, the former CEO whom Hannan replaced, will remain heavily involved.
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That means either Grant or Waiters — depending on who wins — will be the first Syracuse University alumnus to appear in the NBA Finals since Marty Byrnes in 1980. Byrnes was scoreless in his Game 6 appearance, but his Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers to win the championship.
Carmelo Anthony knows what it is like to struggle. The Portland Trail Blazers forward grew up in West Baltimore with drugs and violence in the neighborhood. His father died of cancer when he was two, leaving his mother Mary to support her family with little means to do so. But Anthony found his safe place under the basketball hoop. Hard work, skill and determination earned him the opportunity to commit and eventually play at Syracuse University, where he emerged as one of the best offensive talents in the game. Now, the future NBA Hall of Famer, is using his presence to enact change. Anthony, an ambassador for Jordan Brand, helped named 32 Wings Scholars on Wednesday. Each student will receive a four-year scholarship to the university of their choice or any post-secondary education program.
“I think Kobe challenged everybody,” said Jim Boeheim, one of the team’s assistants and the head coach of men’s basketball at Syracuse. “He was like, ‘I’m going to defend the toughest guy on every team, I’m going to push everyone, so just come along with me.’ And he did that from Day 1.” For Colangelo, it was a window into greatness. The foundation for all of Bryant’s feats — the 81-point game, the scoring titles, the series-clinching jump shots, the three championships he had already won with the Lakers — was his work ethic and desire. The spectacular was rooted in the mundane, in the monotony of hard labor.
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