Utah Flash’s Bennet Davis, left, trims teammate Orien Greene’s hair in a laundry room at The Grove Hotel before their game against the Tulsa 66ers Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Players in this league can only earn a maximum of $25,500/year.

Tribune reporter Ross Siler and I spent some time with Utah Flash assistant coach Mark Madsen the other week during the NBA D-League Showcase in Boise, Idaho. A member of two Los Angeles Lakers championship teams in 2001 and 2002, Madsen was willing to start climbing the coaching ranks from one of the lowest rungs […]

…not really. The whole thing was a hoax by Flash owner Brandt Andersen. The much touted match between Bryon Russell and Michael Jordan never came to be. Instead fans watched a skit with Russell and a Michael Jordan impostor. Needless to say, the fans were not amused. You can read more about the hoax HERE, […]