HOUSTON — Former NBA coach Rick Adelman’s son was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident in downtown Houston. Police say 44-year-old Richard “R.J.” Adelman was not using a crosswalk to cross the street when he was struck and killed Feb. 2 by a minivan. He also was player personnel director for the Minnesota Timberwolves when his father coached there, and worked on staffs in Sacramento, Seattle and Portland. Adelman grew up in Oregon, where his father coached the Portland Trail Blazers to the NBA Finals. “Rick also helped establish the Trail Blazers team as a player during our first three years as a franchise.

Source: National Post February 09, 2018 01:58 UTC