You Tube Gold: Spud Webb Thrived In The NBA Despite Being Just 5-7

LANDOVER, MD - DECEMBER 06: Anthony ‘Spud” Webb #4 of the Atlanta Hawks during a NBA basketball game against the Washington Bullets at the U.S.Air Arena on December 6, 1995 in Landover, Maryland. | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

And he was a blast to watch.

When assistant Tom Abatamarco took Jim Valvano to Texas to meet his latest discovery, Valvano later said he turned to Abatemarco and told him: “you’re fired.”

He was joking after the fact, but why would he say that?