The temperamental side of McDermott’s personality made him a forerunner to the Billy Martins and Bobby Knights, although Buddy Jeannette, his outstanding backcourt mate with the Pistons, noted, “Compared to Mac, Bobby Knight is a saint.”
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Who Is John Brisker? 1972
He’s worth knowing. He plays mean basketball but, in his soul, there is no meanness.
‘That’s How Segregated Things Were Back Then Living in Washington’
An interview with Dave Brown, who was Elgin Baylor’s high school basketball coach in the early 1950s.
Quality Transcends Time
Had he lived in another era, Buddy Jeannette would have been a household name.
From Way Downtown 