The story of basketball cannot be told without Doug Collins. He was the skinny kid from small-town Illinois who became the first pick in the 1973 NBA draft. The shooting whiz who deserved gold at t… ...

Former NBA coach Doug Collins on how Michael Jordan’s 2001 NBA return with the Washington Wizards wasn’t a ceremonial ...

For Collins, there was an unforgettable photo back then in which MJ appeared as if he was Jesus, and everybody was vying to get close to him. "It's almost scary when you go on the road to see the ...

First Citizen finalist: For Coach Collins, it's about getting kids on right path. ... One of Doug Collins' earliest and most important life lessons came from a basketball game he never played in.

"You always wonder if your kids are listening," said Doug Collins, now coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, "and I almost got tears in my eyes. So much of what he was saying ...

Collins leaves the head coaching position with a record of 110-120. It's been mentioned that Collins has never lasted more than three seasons with any team, and that now includes the Sixers.

Doug Collins’ face said it all on Thursday afternoon. There’s nothing like seeing your kids succeed. Collins has done it all in the world of basketball as a player, coach and analyst. But ...

“Doug Collins’ basketball accomplishments are special,” said Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf. ... But it’s truly special for the two-iron thin summer corn stalk of a kid, ...

Doug Collins and Tony Daniel have led Lanphier girls basketball for 25 years. ... “It's never about fame and popularity, it's always about the betterment of the kids,” Collins said.

He smiles at hearing his storytelling described. “I do have a photographic memory, and that helps tell a story,” he says. He liked to write […] ...