Former NBA All-Star helped McClymonds begin a run that saw the Oakland school go 110-1 over a 5-year stretch.
Oakland’s Paul Silas, who ushered in the most dominant high school basketball era in California history on his way to becoming a three-time NBA champion, has died, his family announced Sunday. He was 79.
He took four of those teams to the playoffs, winning exactly 400 games — 387 in the regular season, 13 more in the postseason. Silas’ death comes less than five months after the death of NBA legend Bill Russell, another former McClymonds star. Silas’ star-studded McClymonds teammates included 6-foot-10 Jim Hadnot , Joe Ellis , Wendell Hayes and Aaron Pointer .
“My dad, obviously, he was my No. 1 mentor, someone who I could lean on, ask questions and he asked questions of me,” Stephen Silas said in a 2021 documentary produced by the Rockets about his coaching journey. “He really valued my opinion, which was kind of weird to me, me being so young and not having much experience.”
“I coached LeBron for two years, his first two years, and LeBron was unbelievable,” Paul Silas said. “At 18 years old, he knew about Bill Russell, he knew about a lot of players who came through that most players his age don’t even know. And he understood the game. I made LeBron a point/forward because I didn’t have one when he first started. He didn’t say a word to me. He just took over the game and we did well.
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