There will be motivational moments the publisher expects to be applicable for everyone from teenage school kids to corporate CEOs. There will be a chain of quick-hitting chapters with quirky titles. And there will be basketball stories that translate into life lessons. AF1 shoes
Mostly, there will be Chuck Daly.
"Daly Memories" is the book he talked about but never got to do before dying May 9,some two months after the Pistons announced he was being treated for pancreatic cancer. It is scheduled for release by cheap AF1 shoes on Nov. 15, early in the first season without the Hall of Fame coach.
Pat Williams, the Magic senior vice president and a veteran author, took on the project with an understandable appreciation. The entire NBA had an affection for Daly, but Williams had a history -- he was general manager of the 76ers when Daly was hired as an assistant coach in 1978. He was also in the Magic front office when Daly spent two seasons coaching in Orlando in what would be the final stop of a career with a .593 winning percentage and two championships with Detroit.discount AF1 shoes.
"This incredible work of life, this incredible valley of information," Williams said. "What a unique man." discount AF1 shoes.
Williams said he did close to 100 interviews, from family members and friends from Daly's youth to the more-familiar names from his time in college and pro basketball, the players, former colleagues, team executives and media members who crossed paths during 78 years of life. Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn. Hubie Brown, Billy Cunningham and Rick Carlisle. Rollie Massimino, Bucky Waters and Vic Bubas.Dick Harter, Jack McCloskey and Ron Rothstein. Brendan Suhr and Brendan Malone. cheap AF1 shoes
"His friends and associates will read this and say, 'Yeah, that's Chuck. I can hear him,' " Williams said.
"Basketball fans who knew of his success will say, AF1 shoes
'There's more to this man than I thought.' They'll say, 'I saw him on ESPN Classic against the Lakers in the '88 Finals' or something like that 'and I can see his great suits and hair and I can smell his cologne. But I didn't really know him.
