But the discussion soon returned to the present-day basketball team.
As a parting gift, Dr. Albright presented a basketball autographed by Michael Jordan to Mr. Kim, who turns out to be an ardent fan.
It also presented college basketball doubleheaders and, at the end of the season, the National Invitation Tournament, then considered on a par with, if not more prestigious than, the N.C.A.A. tournament.
One of my former players, Stevie Kerr, said he would love to see the effect you would have in present-day basketball, and seeing you coach big guys like Pau and Howard," referring to Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard, "because the game today is basically screen, roll and 3-point shooting".
Miami Heat golden boy Dwyane Wade started off his NBA All-Star Weekend by reaching out to his fellow dads and presenting a basketball court to a school -- all while looking super fly in a double-breasted Versace suit.
Basketball presents many of the same kinds of problems.
The site has gone on to be one of the better N.B.A.-related blogs and last year produced the book "Free Darko Presents: The Macrophenomenal Basketball Almanac".
Keeping with the company's penchant for using unusual spaces, "Lysistrata" will be presented on the basketball court at the Judson Memorial Church Gymnasium.
I went to the Garden, both old and present, to see a basketball game and nothing else.
