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Tex Winter Suffers Stroke

Tex Winter, Phil Jackson's longtime assistant coach and the father of the vaunted triangle offense, has been hospitalized after suffering an apparent stroke this weekend, according to the Los Angeles Times. Winters was in Kansas for a reunion at Kansas State, where he coached the men's basketball team to the 1958 Final...

St. Mary's Loses Patrick Mills, Game

St. Mary's looked like the best team in the West Coast Conference on Thursday night. At least for a half. The Gaels were rocking in Spokane, and it appeared that there might have been a changing of the guard right there in front of the Kennel Club.But then the game turned on Patrick Mills' right wrist. Literally. Mills...

Andrew Bynum Is Taking His Sweet Time Becoming the Greatest Center in the NBA

One of the most amusing compelling stories of the offseason has been the wait for Andrew Bynum to return to the lineup and destroy everything in his path in pursuit of his destiny as the best center in the NBA. Well, okay, the most recent wait . Ask anyone that's big on statistics, as most of the NBA scribes are, and...

NBA MVP Kobe Bryant

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded NBA Correspondent, brings his exclusive NBA reporting to FanHouse. Check back here regularly for more videos. It took 12 long seasons but NBA star Kobe Bryant in now the MVP of the NBA. In this video, we hear from Kobe, his teammate and friends. Around 3:30 into the video, we find out if Kobe's...

How the Triangle Works

Now, I like to think that I know a thing or two about the NBA. However, I'll confess to not having a comprehensive grasp on Tex Winter's triangle offense. Luckily, the immortal Forum Blue and Gold has done us all the great service of explaining it, once and for all. Renato Afonso gives us the basics, the roles, and most...