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Big influence: new-age Magic power forward Dwight Howard is taking his cues from old-school mentor Clifford Ray.(NBA)
It's late afternoon in Miami, and 19-year-old Dwight Howard is 10 feet from the basket, leaning back, sweating, feeling the ever-present forearm of 56-year-old coach Clifford Ray buried in his back. Ray is mumbling in Howard's ear, talking, talking, talking, much as he used to do during his 10-year NBA career, when Ray's animated on-court conversations with himself led opponents to think he was bonkers. Howard, a rookie power forward for the Magic, takes a bounce pass from assistant coach Paul Westhead, spins to his left and tosses up a soft, short jumper, He does not look to see if it goes in. (It does.)
Howard turns his back to the basket, in the same spot he ...
- Can Clifford Ray ignite passion?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Steinmetz, Matt October 26, 2000 700+ words
...passion could be lent, everyone would be borrowing from Clifford Ray. Ray, the starting center on the Warriors' 1975 NBA championship...needs to be some kind of obstacle between the ardent Ray and the basketball court. He played with an uncommon...
- Wizards dismiss Clifford Ray.(Sports)(Pro Basketball)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Hughes, Frank May 22, 1997 700+ words
...they failed to renew the contract of assistant coach Clifford Ray. Ray's dismissal comes one day after the Bullets fired assistant...was under guaranteed contract for another two seasons. Ray was dismissed a day after Staak because Wizards general...
- Ray gives Bullets a measure of what it takes to succeed.(Sports)(Nba)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Hughes, Frank November 19, 1996 700+ words
...ball, then-Nets assistant coach Clifford Ray discreetly began pulling at the hairs...couple of people in the arena saw Ray's tactics that night, and he certainly...appreciate. As fate would have it, Ray is now an assistant coach for the...
- Ex-Bull Ray has Howard on top of rookie crop.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 5, 2005 700+ words
...from a good, church family," said Clifford Ray, the Magic's big man coach who...coming fast, thanks, in part, to Ray, the former Bulls center who has...league leaders in 2004-05. When Ray went to the Mavericks, Nets and Wizards...
- Under Ray's tutelage, Bradley becoming a factor for Nets 7-foot-6 center blocks...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel D. ORLANDO LEDBETTER March 25, 1996 700+ words
...coach Butch Beard and assistant coach Clifford Ray, Bradley is starting to fulfill some...he'll be an all-star player," Ray said. "I can't wait to see him...is the anchor of a good defense." Ray, who has drawn the primary assignment...
- Hard-working Muresan sees a Ray of sunshine.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Wright, Ken November 29, 1996 700+ words
...work with assistant coach Clifford Ray. For Muresan, this is...differential, the 6-foot-9 Ray held up a broom trying...There are other things Ray is teaching so Muresan...in, day out," said Ray on working with Muresan...had precautionary X-rays taken to make sure Strickland...
- Bullets Add C. Ray as Assistant
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post J.A. Adande October 3, 1996 700+ words
...Washington Bullets yesterday hired Clifford Ray as an assistant coach to replace the...cruise this summer. The 6-foot-9 Ray, who played in the NBA for 10 years...because he has a great work ethic," Ray said. "I'm one of those guys that...
- C's take big step with Ray.(Sports)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Murphy, Mark May 19, 2006 700+ words
...Kendrick Perkins and Dwayne Jones. Clifford Ray, a former center who enjoyed a 10...one more assistant, though unlike Ray, that coach won't be a specialist...three years left on his contract. Ray also worked under Rivers in Orlando...
