But he also made a personal request: He wanted Johnson on his basketball team. “We’re basically the Globetrotters.”The only team that wins as often as Saban’s basketball team is his football team. The pickup basketball league, like everything associated with Alabama’s football team, has Saban’s fingerprints all over it. “Kirby can play a little bit,” said Georgia assistant Glenn Schumann, who was part of Saban’s pickup game until he left with Smart. He can still recall what happened when someone on Saban’s team hot-dogged on defense.

Source: Wall Street Journal December 31, 2017 15:43 UTC