Always a student of the business side of the game, Bing had become a voracious reader during the long road trips NBA players must endure. During his offseasons, instead of devoting himself to golf or other recreational pastimes, he worked in Detroit for a bank, the Chrysler Corporation, and a small steel company, teaching himself finance and deal-making. In 1989 the city of Detroit announced plans to cancel all sports programs in public high schools as part of a budgetary-crisis cutback. As it turned out, Detroit voters approved tax increases, but Bing still had the money turned over to the schools, no strings attached. You psych the other guy.
Some men talk.
Other guys push. It's not to get you riled, not to hurt you. It isn't a test of manhood, not to me. Just a test of skills. Some nights, when things go well, then it's beautiful.