Former Los Angeles Clippers coach Kim Hughes is used to helping players, but it was players who stepped up for him in his time of need.
In September 2004, while he was a Clippers assistant, Hughes was diagnosed with prostate cancer. His doctor told him that he could wait a few months for surgery, but the team was preparing for training camp and he didn't want to miss a chunk of the season recuperating. So Hughes went for a second opinion and found a doctor that would do the surgery a week later.
"But he wasn't covered under my insurance plan," Hughes told ESPNLosAngeles.com. "We had a certain group of doctors we could go to. So if I elected to use him, it'd be out of my pocket.
"[The Clippers] didn't talk to me directly about it. They told, I believe my agent, that the reason they couldn't pay for the surgery is if they paid for mine, if anybody else had a problem -- head coach, secretary, assistant coach -- if they paid for mine, the onus would be on them for everybody else.
Then coach Mike Dunleavy, who had recommended the new doctor, mentioned Hughes' plight to some players.
Several players on that team -- including Corey Maggette, Chris Kaman, Elton Brand and Marko Jaric -- offered to help.
And the traditon of excellence continues at the best high school in the Chicago Catholic League. The governor of Illinois, the only heisman trophy winner from the state of Illinois and the blogging king of the Chicago are just a few of our famous alumni. Now you can add NBA hero to that list.
I mean Maggette could have told the assistant coach to buzz off, like Clipper's owner Donald Sterling did. But he isn't a cheap, racist, asshole like Sterling, who has more money than God and still didn't offer up a penny to help.
Karma will catch up to this dickbag, I just hope its soon and involves AIDS.
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