George Karl, the then bespectacled head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, stood from his chair and called a timeout.
It would be there, in that huddle, where Darvin Ham’s name would be etched into the basketball lexicon forever.
Karl preceded to draw up a play on the back of two observations:
1) the team’s vast collection of perimeter shooters and...
2) his stocky forward’s keen ability to make reads on the fly.
These were realizations that were informed rather than sheer hunches, but the execution and the effectiveness of his idea, however, were a gamble made in the dark.