Sublime

“You watch Kobe Bryant and you don’t see special,” said Rob Babcock, Minnesota’s director of player personnel. “His game doesn’t say, ‘I’m a very special talent.’” “I think it’s a total mistake,” said Jon Jennings, the Boston Celtics’ director of basketball development.

The early black college teams operated on shoestring budgets in the dangerous climate of segregation. They achieved success despite a culture that made travel nearly impossible, with no public restrooms, drinking fountains, restaurants, or hotels available to them. “A simple trip from one school to another was like plotting your way through a minef