If you haven't yet, you should probably go read Jesse Dougherty's profile of Syracuse temporary and future basketball head coach Mike Hopkins. The story, which tells how Hopkins ended up as SU's head coach-in-waiting, ran in Monday's edition of The Daily Orange and is full of compelling Hopkins anecdotes. Below, you can find a few of them.
My personal favorite comes from the middle of the story. Hopkins once motivated Gerry McNamara by implying J.J. Redick was a better shooter. And he did it creatively:
"Gerry McNamara stretched out his arms and legs, picked up a basketball and started walking toward the basket on the far side of Syracuse's practice court.