Former Cats in the NBA
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Is that 3 Wildcats as head coaches in the G league?
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So is it better to be the GLeague head coach or are NBA assistant? Just curious.
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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Just different. Guys like Quin Snyder and Nick Nurse were G League HC's.U.P. Zona Fan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:03 pm So is it better to be the GLeague head coach or are NBA assistant? Just curious.
Being a top assistant is closer to a HC, but if the choice is low level assistant vs G League HC, I don't think there's a huge difference.
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Will Bynum charged in healthcare fraud with 17 other former NBA Players
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/18 ... e-n1281022
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18 former NBA players arrested by federal authorities in alleged health care scam
Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who won an NBA title with the Boston Celtics, and former high school sensation Sebastian Telfair are among the defendants.
Eighteen former NBA players were charged with attempting to defraud the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of nearly $4 million, officials said Thursday.
The defendants include Terrence Williams, Alan Anderson, Anthony Allen, Shannon Brown, William Bynum, Ronald Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Christopher Douglas-Roberts, Melvin Ely, Jamario Moon, Darius Miles, Milton Palacio, Ruben Patterson, Eddie Robinson, Gregory Smith, Sebastian Telfair, Charles Watson Jr., Antoine Wright, and Anthony Wroten.
Allen's wife, Desiree Allen, was also named as a defendant.
Those charged face a count of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. By midday Thursday, 16 of the 18 accused players had been taken into custody, officials said.
“The defendants’ playbook involved fraud and deception," U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss told reporters. "They will have to answer for their flagrant violations of law.”
Strauss called Williams, a 34-year-old Seattle native who spent four seasons in he NBA, the "scheme's linchpin," submitting false claims to the league's health care plan, federal prosecutors out of New York City said.
He would allegedly supply false invoices to support the fraudulent claims in exchange for kickback payments that totaled at least $230,000, authorities said.
The players submitted $3.9 million in fake claims and $2.5 million was paid out, officials said.
The scheme was allegedly uncovered, in part, due to the sloppy work of the defendants, according to authorities.
For example, Smith, who played for the Houston Rockets, submitted claims for IV sedation, a root canal and crowns that he allegedly received during a Dec. 20, 2018, dental procedure in Beverly Hills, prosecutors said.
"Travel records, e-mail and publicly available box scores showed that he was playing professional basketball in Taiwan that week and did not receive root canals in Beverly Hills as represented in the claim form he submitted," Strauss said.
At the time, Smith was in Taiwan's Super Basketball League and he scored 11 points for Bank of Taiwan on Dec. 21 in an 84-76 loss to Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology (KKL).
And several players didn't bother comparing notes to see they were raising red flags by putting in for the exact same dental procedures on the same days, Strauss said.
For example, Davis, Allen and Wroten filed for root canals, all allegedly performed on the same six teeth on the same day of April 30, 2016, the prosecutor said. That trio also put in for payments for crowns done on the same six teeth, also on the same day of May 11, 2016, according to Strauss.
Wroten and Allen filed for root canals done on the same 13 teeth on the same day of Sept. 6, 2018, Strauss added.
Several of the fake invoices and medical necessity forms stood out because “they are not on letterhead, they contain unusual formatting, they have grammatical errors,” according to the indictment.
Michael Driscoll, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office, said cases like this alleged NBA fraud, have a damaging trickle-down impact on consumers.
“This (health care) industry loses tens of millions of dollars a year to fraud,” he said. “These costs are then passed down to business and customers. That's a fraud we take very seriously.”
Davis was among the most well-known of the defendants.
At 6 feet, 9 inches tall and 289 pounds, he was a fan favorite and member of the last Boston Celtics world title team in 2008.
Telfair, the cousin of longtime NBA player and Chinese basketball icon Stephon Marbury, was famous before he even set foot on the pro hardwood. He was one of his era's biggest high school players and the 13th overall pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft.
It wasn't immediately clear by late Thursday morning if any of the players had hired defense attorneys.
Last month, former NFL players Clinton Portis, Tamarick Vanover and Robert McCune pleaded guilty for their roles in a nationwide health care fraud scheme and could face years in prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Portis, Vanover and McCune admitted to defrauding an NFL program set up to reimburse medical expenses not covered by insurance for retired players and their families, the Justice Department said.
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Another thrill for Will.
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Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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That is utter nonsense.
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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I don't believe in god but I fear one might exist and hate me mercilessly. This is more evidence.
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As a Lakers fan...please, Sarver, please keep screwing this up!
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This was a no brainer with no way to screw or up
Sarver = Robbins
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Seeing if someone else offers him the max and then match? Wait and see how he plays the first few weeks of games? Or are they seeing someone available to replace him with? James Jones just said there havent really been any real negotiations
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Ayton will be a Knick or Laker and will be kicking in the Suns’ teeth for years to come and they will 100% deserve all the ridicule that’s to come.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Well, if the reasoning (per James Jones in the Athletic) is that you can't acquire more than two players on rookie max extensions due to the CBA, I say horse shit. If you can only have two, then your second should be Ayton. I realize I'm a Wildcat, but how do you think the Suns made their run last year?
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Holy shit!
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Is Aaron is just giving TJ that layup?!!!
That is a really cool pic
That is a really cool pic
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21 points 8 rebs last night for TJ. Looked amazing
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Had no idea SJ was out of the league already.
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Who would have ever thought that TJ Mc would have a more productive NBA career than SJ?
Such a hard worker that got into a couple of good situations. So happy for him.
Wish SJ the best as well, super talented.
NBA is fickle.
Such a hard worker that got into a couple of good situations. So happy for him.
Wish SJ the best as well, super talented.
NBA is fickle.
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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Not sure if you all are on TikTok but RJ’s feed is amazing. He recently told a story about popcorning his own car.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Terrible Woj Bomb
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Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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the hair is incredible
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Any sufficiently advanced troll is indistinguishable from a genuine kook.
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Artis Gilmore more like…
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I must be getting senile... I don't remember Artis Gilmore being a 'Former Cat'.
On the other hand check out the picture here: Old School Notes: Bob Elliott, Herman Harris Want More Recognition at McKale For Fred Snowden
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I never said he was. It was a hair reference dude.RichardCranium wrote: ↑Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:13 pmI must be getting senile... I don't remember Artis Gilmore being a 'Former Cat'.
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My hope is that AG has taken Zeke under his wing.
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Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
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Stanley started tonight in the Laker win
31:54 min 9 pts, 5 reb, 2 assts, 1 stl
A lot of fans want to see him signed for the rest of the season
31:54 min 9 pts, 5 reb, 2 assts, 1 stl
A lot of fans want to see him signed for the rest of the season
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Just don't give him the ball for the last shot of the game.
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