The Court Reporters: Saluting the General

 
As the commercial suggests, seeing Kevin Durant light it up for the Sonics is even more rewarding to those of us who saw him develop his game at the University of Texas, Oak Hill Academy and Montrose Christian. With that said, it came as a shock to me that Coach Bobby Knight resigned from his post at Texas Tech yesterday, passing on the head coaching responsibilities to his son, Pat Knight. [link]

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