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“With Coach [Jim] Calhoun, I knew that he cared about me as a person, not just as a basketball player,” Knight said (per the Hartford Courant).
“Even though he would yell, I always knew where I stood with him. Maybe I knew Coach Calhoun better. Maybe that’s why [coach Pitino yelling at his players] doesn’t bother the Kentucky guys so much. He yells at them, and they’re fine the next day.”
“It’s a fine line between motivation and insult,” he added. “It’s a very fine line.”
The former Husky wanted out, and got his wish in January of 1999, traded back to Los Angeles for Battie on this date; he would average 6.5 points and 4.9 rebounds per game as a Celtic.
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