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04-10-2011, 11:26 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/sports/10assistants.html?_r=1
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charles Oakley, one of the toughest guys ever to play in the N.B.A., does not want to talk about his excruciating back pain.
“I’m good,” Oakley, a Charlotte Bobcats assistant, said recently before brushing off further questions.
Yet one quick look at Oakley shows he is not. He has not returned to the bench since being carried from the court before a game in San Antonio last month with a sciatic nerve problem that made it difficult to walk.
“He’s not doing too good right now,” Bobcats Coach Paul Silas said Thursday.
Oakley, 47, is another example of an N.B.A. coach walking the fine line between teaching from the sideline and hands-on instruction.
Other harsh examples include Patrick Ewing, who broke his foot, and Nate McMillan, who ruptured his Achilles’ tendon. Michael Jordan, the Bobcats’ owner, ices his knees after practicing with his team.
Full article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/sports/10assistants.html?_r=1)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charles Oakley, one of the toughest guys ever to play in the N.B.A., does not want to talk about his excruciating back pain.
“I’m good,” Oakley, a Charlotte Bobcats assistant, said recently before brushing off further questions.
Yet one quick look at Oakley shows he is not. He has not returned to the bench since being carried from the court before a game in San Antonio last month with a sciatic nerve problem that made it difficult to walk.
“He’s not doing too good right now,” Bobcats Coach Paul Silas said Thursday.
Oakley, 47, is another example of an N.B.A. coach walking the fine line between teaching from the sideline and hands-on instruction.
Other harsh examples include Patrick Ewing, who broke his foot, and Nate McMillan, who ruptured his Achilles’ tendon. Michael Jordan, the Bobcats’ owner, ices his knees after practicing with his team.
Full article (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/sports/10assistants.html?_r=1)