The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

If you don't agree with me, I have two words for you: shut the fuck up.

But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.

You never know when true greatness is lurking around the corner. Just make sure you don’t forget the ones who already lurked.

The secret of basketball is that it’s not about basketball.

When the Lakers held Jerry West Night in March 1971, Bill Russell paid his own way to be there and said during the ceremony, “Jerry, I once wrote that success is a journey, and that the greatest honor a man can have is the respect and friendship of his peers.

When the Lakers held Jerry West Night in March 1971, Bill Russell paid his own way to be there and said during the ceremony, “Jerry, I once wrote that success is a journey, and that the greatest honor a man can have is the respect and friendship of his peers. You have that more than any man I know. Jerry, you are, in every sense of the word, truly a champion. If I could have one wish granted, it would be that you would always be happy.