TEMPE, Ariz. -- Twelve-year-oldBobby Hurley III walked into his dad's office at The Weatherup Center, perfectly at ease in his surroundings. As he planted his sneakers firmly on the floor to greet an unfamiliar reporter, it was easy to see the footprints of family all over his dad's new job.
Sun Devils men's basketball coach Bobby Hurley has talked candidly and exhaustively about his battle to find purpose again after a car accident and massive injuries robbed him of the NBA career he had dreamed about since boyhood. Like the reverse trajectory of a jump shot, basketball has healed a man it once nurtured and then spit out, but it was family that provided the guidance and support to steer Hurley back to the game he loves.