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Sean Cunningham: Former Folsom HS star Jordan Ford has agreed to a training camp deal with the Sacramento Kings. After a productive season with G League Stockton & a stellar outing in summer league, league sources say Ford has a good shot to secure a two-way contract with his hometown team.
Ford and his team conducted 44 interviews in total, 41 of which are used in the series. Those interviews include Chamberlain’s living sisters (Selina Chamberlain Gross and Barbara Lewis), longtime friends such as Sonny Hill, and basketball teammates and opponents including Billy Cunningham, Jerry West, Pat Riley, Rick Barry and Wali Jones. Chamberlain author Gary Pomerantz gets prominent time, as do longtime basketball journalists such as Bob Ryan and Jackie MacMullan, who have Boston ties and go deep on the Bill Russell-Chamberlain relationship. The filmmakers had hoped to get Russell for the project, but he was unable to do the interview for health reasons (Russell died in July 2022). There were other iconic figures the filmmakers attempted to get but were unsuccessful for multiple reasons, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"I know that my partner Jeff Schwartz has Jason Kidd. I told him about Jason Kidd, and the coach was excited. I called Jeff and said, 'Give me him.' He said, 'No, he [Jason] is not interested. He is older. But take Deron Williams.' "I have to say I have never heard of Deron Williams," Raznatovic continued. "I closed the phone and said like, 'I am asking him for Lamborghini, he is offering me Ford.' But okay, let's check this guy. I take a look at his profile, wow. 25 points per game, multiple All-Star. I call coach, 'Hey, Jason Kidd said no, but I have another one.' A reaction was not so good but three minutes later, his reaction was a copy-paste of my reaction. I was like, 'Let's bring him.' "So, we brought the guy. I met him in Istanbul, a great guy. Even though he stayed for only two months, he left there a lot, grew everything up here. At the end of the day, they [Besiktas] won the Turkish championship. Nobody ever expected that before the season."
Chris Mannix: Rick Carlisle says Chris Ford was “instrumental” in guiding his coaching career. Calls Ford a “special guy, great basketball guy.” Says he remembers post-practice pickup games in Boston with Ford and John Havlicek.
Rick Carlisle says Chris Ford was “instrumental” in guiding his coaching career. Calls Ford a “special guy, great basketball guy.” Says he remembers post-practice pickup games in Boston with Ford and John Havlicek.
— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) January 18, 2023
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When Sam Smith died in his modest home on the east side of Indianapolis, he died a man who not long before had swallowed his pride and made a phone call to ask for gas money. He died a man who had to make a call to ask for help with funeral expenses for his daughter. He died a man who was an American Basketball Association player, a pioneer who blazed the trail for what the NBA is today. But basketball ended for Smith. After winning an ABA championship with the Utah Stars, he got a job as a security supervisor at the Ford assembly plant in Indianapolis. Years passed. Times got harder. More years passed.
These former ABA players are in their late 60s, 70s and 80s. Some are homeless, living under bridges. Some die alone with no money for a gravestone. Others can't even afford dentures or a new suit to go to church. Smith considered himself lucky compared to his former teammates. At least he had the health insurance from Ford. But $2,000 a month would have been a windfall for the family, said Smith's wife, Helen. "It would have been life-changing," she said. "Because we were living. We were getting everything paid, but we couldn't do a lot more."
If everyone is interested in going to Paris for two weeks in the summer of 2024, will anyone be equally drawn to making yet another trip across the Pacific Ocean to south Japan, the Philippines or Indonesia, where the World Cup will be held? “If Steph is healthy and wants to play, I’m pretty sure I could convince Grant and (USAB official) Shawn (Ford) to put him on the roster,” Kerr joked Monday.
Keith Smith: The LA Clippers have waived Jordan Ford. Ford was signed and then waived in order for LA to get his Affiliate Player rights for the Aqua Caliente Clippers of the G League.
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Detroit Pistons forward Jerami Grant has been working out daily at a facility in his hometown of Washington, D.C., and eagerly wanted to make the roster. Coming into the week, Ford had let Grant know he was one of three or four players being considered for the last spots after Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden withdrew because of a hamstring injury. Colangelo called Wednesday morning with the official offer, which Grant immediately accepted. When he told his mother, Beverly, that he had made the Olympic Team, her tears quickly followed. A factor in the choice was Durant and Lillard lobbying Popovich on Grant's behalf, sources said.
We're told when officers arrived on the scene, they found McLemore and his crashed Ford truck ... and conducted a field sobriety test. Sources say the 28-year-old, though, passed all their tests and did NOT appear to be drunk. We're told McLemore explained to officers he had accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes and crashed into a gate arm. McLemore -- who had no injuries -- was not arrested and not issued any sort of ticket, we're told.
Diamond Leung: Zion Williamson granted stay by FL judge in Gina Ford suit. Attorneys wrote Ford's continued claims Zion should not be considered a student-athlete "seek to embarrass" him. Ford had subpoenaed NCAA for docs related to investigation into Zion's eligibility be turned over April 1.
Daniel Wallach: NEW: The judge overseeing Gina's Ford's lawsuit against Zion Williamson has disclosed that his son may be "financially connected" to the case because he is a partner of the law firm representing Ced Johnson, who was allegedly promised a 5% cut for intro'ing Gina to Zion's family.
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