With Lovie, JW had a middle man, Ron Turner. He got Lovie via his connection with Turner. Who are some of Whitman's other connections from which we can maybe draw some lines?
You don't develop a relationship like the one Whitman has with Ron Turner in 10 months.
The only relationship Whitman has like that that's at all related to the basketball world is - gird your loins - Ron Guenther.