"I think it would be good for the franchise to have a Carolina basketball player here, especially someone the fans can relate to since they have seen them play the last few years," May said Monday. "What other great person can that be besides me?"
I think that last bit was sarcastic given the number of Tar Heels that could potentially be drafted.
(Charlotte Coach Bernie) Bickerstaff insists he's looking only for the best available players. But when pressed if having a local tie would give a player an edge, he relented.
"All things being equal, I would say 'Yes,' " Bickerstaff said. "That's the intelligent thing to do. But they would have to be equal."
Michael Jordan and Dean Smith will help select the USA Olympic basketball team as part of Jerry Colangelo's committee.
Jordan : "I think what we need to do here is to get some of the basics taught
back to kids, to where the emphasis is not so much on the highlight
film. Yes, it's a part of it. We have some very good athletes. But if
they're shooting 35% from the free throw line and can't make a
three-pointer, a zone can really bother them. We can't compete, when
(international) guys are very versatile. We have to re-evaluate our
approach."
He's absolutely right. If you bothered to watch Olympic
basketball last year, you know that too much highlight-style individual
play was the downfall of the American team. That and the fact that no
one but Allen Iverson a) wanted to play or b) cared. AI ought to be on
that 2008 team, in my opinion. Who would you pick?
