Arnold was Iowa's overall leading average scorer and assist leader for the Final Four Iowa squad in 1980. McCollum is forever playing second fiddle to Damian Lillard, who you will see later on this list. Our guys rallied to win some big games that year to stay in contention. [3][4], At the beginning of his senior in high school, colleges had shown little interest, until University of Iowa coach Lute Olson and others began seeing his talents during his senior season. I'm glad he didn't like funny-looking trees. People seem to think that it is inevitable that Beal will leave Washington eventually, and he was talked about as a trade target before signing his new deal, worth around $127 million. “It’s a team game.
Carraro joined the Lakers' organization in 2000 after spending five seasons as manager of basketball operations with the New York Knicks. He was definitely tough. Iowa was the first school to show a big interest in recruiting me," said Lester. All rights reserved.
"[47], In the 1987-88 NBA season, Lester began working for the Lakers organization as a scout and later served as the team's assistant general manager through the 2010–2011 season. Lester was drafted in the first round of the 1980 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. "He lived in an area that probably not a lot of people wanted to go into and visit with him and his mom," Olson said in 2015, recalling his recruiting of Lester. He’s an elite shooter and scorer who has made four All-NBA teams already. Later in 2005, Lute Olson arranged for Arnold to be flown to Arizona to be examined and treated at the facilities where Olson's late wife Bobbi had once undergone cancer treatment.
He requested that the training room in Carver-Hawkeye Arena be named after longtime (1972-2012) Iowa athletic trainer John Streif, saying “John Streif has been a terrific friend to me for more than 30 years. Heat assistant general manager Adam Simon has decided not to pursue the vacant Kings head of basketball operations position, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link).. Simon joins current Pelicans GM Trajan Langdon in removing their names from consideration, with the Kings now narrowing their candidates down to Timberwolves executive VP of basketball operations Sachin … Westbrook was the last man standing in Oklahoma City, and he averaged a triple-double for three seasons in a row, something previously unthinkable. The Lakers officially promoted Glenn Carraro from general manager of the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the Lakers' D-League affiliate, to assistant general manager for the Lakers on Thursday. Iowa captured the Big 10 Championship and advanced to the 40-team 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, eventually won by Big Ten rival Michigan State with Magic Johnson over Indiana State with Larry Bird. However, he was a free agent last summer, and the 76ers knew they couldn’t keep everybody. It was his final collegiate play. I just couldn't do the things I did before. "[29], “It was frustrating getting hurt from the beginning and missing half my senior year,” Lester said of the Final Four season. Harden’s basketball philosophy melds perfectly with Houston’s. On June 10, 1980, Lester was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round (10th pick) of the 1980 NBA draft. [51] He also caught a lot of flak for gunning for a title by joining the Warriors juggernaut. Fields holds career averages of 6.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists. Obviously, any team would love to give LeBron as much money as possible. Playing alongside Artis Gilmore, David Greenwood, Reggie Theus, Larry Kenon, Orlando Woolridge and Ricky Sobers, Lester played in 75 games, averaging 11.6 points, 4.8 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 30.0 minutes. Few people can attack the basket like Kyrie, who makes around $34 million a year. The D-Fenders also had five players account for eight call-ups to NBA rosters last season. Lester played in 27 games, averaging 2.5 points, 2.0 assists in 8.2 minutes. After all, he’s 35 and won’t be a free agent until the summer of 2022. That’s what I’m most proud of — winning a Big Ten championship, going to the NCAA Tournament and going to the Final Four. "Ronnie's mother had brought him up in a high-rise near Comiskey Park in Chicago," Streif recalled.
[45], On October 2, 1986, the Lakers traded Lester to the Seattle SuperSonics for cash considerations. Select the fourth team from the drop down menu. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. ... which is why LeBron is making “only” $38 million per season with the Lakers. It was all about the team, it wasn't about individuals. Leonard was great, and he helped the Raptors win their first title. Lester averaged 10.7 points in the tournament, scoring 20 against the Virgin Islands and 14 against Cuba. Lester spent 10 seasons as assistant GM after working his way up the organization from being hired as a regional scout in 1987. Do you want to come help? The Clippers anesthetized themselves against failure before it happened rather than afterwards. The did hold on to Harris though, which meant he got a deal worth a whopping $36 million per season. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.
I didn't want to go somewhere where I sat and couldn't play the first year. [16], "It was a play in the open court," Lester recalled of his first knee injury.