Ray worked with D. Howard

[David Van De Griek]

According to Wikipedia:

After his playing career, Ray worked as an assistant coach with the 
Dallas Mavericks. He also coached in the Continental Basketball 
Association, where he landed his lone head coaching job with the Fort 
Wayne Fury, replacing former teammate Rick Barry as head coach at the 
end of the season. Later, he worked as a New Jersey Nets assistant 
before returning to Golden State as an assistant coach. He had also 
worked as an assistant coach with the Orlando Magic.

In his post-playing carer, Ray has worked with many NBA big men, 
including Chris Webber and Ben Wallace. As an Orlando Magic assistant, 
he was responsible for the development of Dwight Howard. In May 2006, 
Ray was signed by the Boston Celtics to work with big men Kendrick 
Perkins and Al Jefferson.[1] During the off-season, Ray and former 
Celtics great Robert Parish conduct a Big Man Camp in Bradenton, 
Florida, where they work with many big men improving their game. [2]

Also, of unrelated, but interesting:

In 1978, Ray was in the news for an entirely different reason: he helped 
save a dolphin's life. At Marine World in Redwood City, California, 
during maintenance in the tank of a bottlenose dolphin named "Mr. 
Spock", the dolphin swallowed a sharp screw. The veterinarian was 
unwilling to perform a risky operation while the screw was still in the 
dolphin's first stomach, just inches beyond his reach. His frustrated 
suggestion that he needed longer arms led someone to ask local star Ray 
(whose arms are 3 feet 9 inches, or 114 centimeters, long) if he could 
help. With gloves, lubrication, and guidance, he was able to reach down 
Spock's throat and retrieve the screw before it could cause more 
damage.[1] In December 2006, Bao Xishun, the world's tallest living man, 
saved the lives of two dolphins in the same manner as Ray.



gene kirkpatrick wrote:
> When he left Orlando, Howard's father was upset because of the development Dwight had made under Ray.  Their loss is our gain.  Gene
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