They remember Detroit Pistons scout Maury Hanks falling through the attic floor of his house, crashing into a bedroom and fracturing his back. They remember him leaving a college scouting assignment in Charlotte, North Carolina, a driver running a stop sign and T-boning his car. Through it all, the NBA's scouting fraternity remembers a cantankerous, caustic Maury Hanks walking back into the gymnasium, voice booming, busting chops and chasing stardust. "The ultimate survivor," said longtime friend Scott Howard, a scout with the Denver Nuggets. read more https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28960807/the-nba-pulling-beloved-pistons-scout-maury-hanks
