NBA Rumor: Jack McKinney Death
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6 years ago – via New York Times
Jack McKinney, who brought the up-tempo style of play that came to be known as Showtime to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 but lasted only 13 games as their coach after a bicycle accident put him in a coma, led to his firing and left a haunting “what if” over his career, died on Tuesday at a hospice in Bonita Springs, Fla. He was 83. His daughter Susan McKinney said the cause was complications of the brain injury.
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6 years ago – via New York Times
“If he hadn’t had the accident,” Riley told The Los Angeles Times in 2006, “he might have won five or six titles for the Lakers in the ’80s.” McKinney felt that his short tenure with the Lakers precluded him from having a part in the franchise’s folklore. “I just put in some ideas that were accepted, and the rest was up to Paul and Pat and some great players,” he said.
6 years ago – via New York Times
“I think the effects of the head injury made it too stressful — he had so many balls in the air as a coach — and it became too much,” his wife, Claire (Cranny) McKinney, said by telephone. “He came home one day and said, ‘I’m going to retire but don’t tell anyone.’ ” He left coaching — although he harbored hopes that he might get a job as an assistant coach — and worked for a company selling sportswear to Philadelphia’s professional teams and running coaching clinics around the world. He spent the 1993 season as a Philadelphia 76ers television analyst.
6 years ago – via Twitter MagicJohnson
Magic Johnson: Rest in peace Coach Jack McKinney. Thank you so much for teaching me about the NBA game. God bless the McKinney Family.
6 years ago – via NBA.com
McKinney was selected the NBA’s Coach of the Year for that season, surpassing San Antonio’s Stan Albeck in the voting, 27-25. His next two teams dropped to 35 and 20 wins, however, as Nassi liquidated the roster to curb financial losses. McKinney’s team improved to 26 wins during the first year of ownership for Mel and Herb Simon, but he was replaced after that season by George Irvine. Martinsville native and Purdue grad Jerry Sichting, who played all four seasons for McKinney, once said he didn’t believe McKinney every fully recovered from the head injuries suffered in the bicycle accident. “He was great in how he treated people and his knowledge of the game, but he was forgetful with names and stuff like that,” Sichting said. “You couldn’t do anything but feel sorry for him when those things came up. He also had trouble concentrating when it got really loud in the arena. I…learned a lot from him, but there’s no question that bicycle wreck had an impact on him.”
6 years ago – via Indianapolis Star
Jack McKinney, who coached the Indiana Pacers from 1980-84, died Tuesday. He was 83. McKinney earned NBA Coach of the Year honors in his first season, when the Pacers went 44-38 and made the playoffs.
6 years ago – via Indianapolis Star
McKinney was named the Los Angeles Lakers’ coach in 1979, but he went on leave after 14 games after suffering serious head injuries in a bicycle accident that left him in a coma for three days. The Lakers, led by Paul Westhead, went on to win the NBA title, and he retained the job. Neurological issues stayed with McKinney the rest of his life.
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ClutchPoints: Which Canadian is most likely to get a tech at the Olympics? 🤣 SGA: “Dillon Brooks.” Jamal Murray: “Dillon Brooks, he can’t wait to get a technical.” Andrew Nembhard: “He’s got a problem.” DB: “Me. I’ve gotten like 4 already in FIBA.” (via @cbcsports)pic.twitter.com/cV2MsCN55z
Which Canadian is most likely to get a tech at the Olympics? 🤣
SGA: “Dillon Brooks.”
Jamal Murray: “Dillon Brooks, he can’t wait to get a technical.”
Andrew Nembhard: “He’s got a problem.”
DB: “Me. I’ve gotten like 4 already in FIBA.”
(via @cbcsports)pic.twitter.com/cV2MsCN55z
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 23, 2024
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— Austin Krell (@NBAKrell) July 23, 2024
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Paul George on vibe he got for signing with Clippers: 'I'm on the B team'
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“I think initially, coming back to LA that was home. But it’s not the same love. Because when I was in LA, they said, ‘you should’ve been a Laker.’ That’s all I was hearing… I’m on the B Team. That’s how the vibe and the love felt.”
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) July 23, 2024
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