TheSultan
10-15-2013, 10:14 AM
From Paint Touches:
http://painttouches.com/2013/10/15/the-origin-of-paint-touches-under-buzz-williams/
The money quote:
“When I got the job here, our (center) was Dwight Burke. (He was) 6-6, terrible. We had to get it to the paint. Jerel McNeal was going to take bad shots. Wesley Matthews wanted to prove he was a better player than Jerel McNeal. Dominic James couldn’t shoot, so he had to get it to the paint. We would play red-light, green light. The light is red until the ball touches the paint. When the ball touched the paint, then it’s green. That’s literally how it started, the little kid game. It’s just evolved and evolved.”
http://painttouches.com/2013/10/15/the-origin-of-paint-touches-under-buzz-williams/
The money quote:
“When I got the job here, our (center) was Dwight Burke. (He was) 6-6, terrible. We had to get it to the paint. Jerel McNeal was going to take bad shots. Wesley Matthews wanted to prove he was a better player than Jerel McNeal. Dominic James couldn’t shoot, so he had to get it to the paint. We would play red-light, green light. The light is red until the ball touches the paint. When the ball touched the paint, then it’s green. That’s literally how it started, the little kid game. It’s just evolved and evolved.”