Tips From An All-World Scout
April, 1985
You hear a lot about mambas, hippos, rhinos, even terrorists and Commies, but I say Africa takes a bad rap. Africa gives you tall people. And in basketball, you can't win without that guy who can wheel and deal in the paint, work on top of the iron, fill it with baby hooks. When I can't find a good prospect in Africa, I look in Yugoslavia, Sweden, Germany, maybe Russia. The Dominican Republic comes through now and then. A scout never knows where he'll have to be. But I always start in Africa. Th...
