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An NBA chess playing athlete lottery pick?
How Cal star’s life off the court makes him perfect NBA pick By Zach Braziller June 22, 2016 | 9:54pm Jaylen Brown is a Renaissance man. A projected top-10 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft at Barclays Center, Brown...
Similarities between chess and basketball
Daryl Morey, the Rockets general manager, is an avid chess player. Daryl Morey makes many moves but has one goal: a titleGM Morey thinks several steps ahead in building a winnerBy Jenny Dial CreechOctober 23, 2014 | Updated: October...
Chess moves in the NBA
Mark Cuban adds to the Spurs’ analytics departmentby Jon Styf LEAD WRITER Sports are getting more sophisticated by the day, and those Billy Beane and “Moneyball” get all the credit in baseball, basketball’s stat-heads and analytics leaders are a...
Chess at NBA Cares Learn & Play Center
Spurs Help Open Learning Center at Elementary SchoolUpdated: Friday, June 6 2014, 09:39 PM CDTBy: Robert Price Imagine sitting down to play Jenga with George Gervin or a game of chess with Matt Bonner. Friday students got the chance...
The Connection Between Chess and Basketball
POINT GUARD, A GAME OF CHESS Eric Patten, Clippers.com12/24/13 There is an innate similarity between a chess prodigy and a point guard: precision, calculation, recognition, visualization and timing among other qualities. Perhaps the two are both visionaries within their...
The Four Horsemen
Photo Credit: © Sports Illustrated Kids / Photo by Peter Read Miller Peter Read MIller photographed Cleveland Cavaliers basketball player LeBron James for a Sports Illustrated Kids cover.LeBron James’ entourage: young, smart, loyalBy MICHELLE KAUFMANMcClatchy Newspapers MIAMI — Sonny...