Stephen Silas Proves He's His Own Man

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- When Stephen Silas realized he wanted to be just like dear old Dad, to coach basketball players at the highest level and make the game he loved part of his daily life, he had a decision to make.



Would he opt for the glass-is-half-full approach, realizing that being Paul Silas' boy would come with a few fringe benefits and a lifetime pass to the hoops library that is his father's brain? Or would he take the rebellious route, resenting the perception that always surrounds the kids of prominent figures and deciding to go it alone?



As he saw it, it was hardly a tough choice.



"There aren't a lot of people who have that kind of resource," said the 37-year-old Silas, a Golden State assistant coach (above left) whose father was 355-400 in 10 seasons as an NBA head coach with the San Diego Clippers, Charlotte and New Orleans Hornets and Cleveland. "But I was the coach's kid, so I just had to work and work and work to the point where that perception that I was just the coach's kid was shifted to it being just me."

 

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