HOUSTON — NBA legend Paul Silas, the father of Houston Rockets' coach Stephen Silas, died at the age of 79, as first reported by the Boston Globe Sunday morning. Silas played for 16 seasons in the NBA ...

Basketball taught Paul Silas how to be patient. As a player, he waited 10 years before winning his first championship. As a coach, he waited 15 years for a second chance at running a team. As a father ...

"The start of my journey in this league started with him" - When LeBron James paid tribute to his first NBA coach Paul Silas originally appeared on Basketball Network. LeBron James faced immense ...

Stephen Silas doesn’t deserve this. After 20 seasons on the NBA’s sidelines, concealing other coaches’ deficiencies and orchestrating the most efficient offense in the history of the league, the ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 ...

Stephen Silas has plenty of reasons why he wanted to coach for USA Basketball in the qualifying rounds of the FIBA AmeriCup tournament. Among them: his father. Recommended Videos Paul Silas died two ...

Paul Silas built his entire 16-year NBA career on toughness and grit. Despite being undersized at 6'7", Silas defied the odds and became a two-time All-Star, a five-time All-Defensive Team member, and ...