Talk:Kevin McHale (basketball)

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His "official biography" on the Timberwolves official website lists five children, not two: Kristyn, Michael, Joseph, Alexandra and Thomas.

http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/wolves/basketball_operations.html#vp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.253.166.252 (talk) 18:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

+60, +80...
That's not the first time I see the claim that McHale was the first player to score at least 60% of his field goals and 80% of his free throws in the same season. It is not true: the feat was first achieved by Dave Twardzik in 1976-1977. See. And yes, I have no life. Mrbluesky 14:10, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

This article devotes too much time to the history of the Celtics. A lot of that information belongs on the Celtics page, not here.Bsharvy 23:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

New head Coach of Timberwolves
Somebody change the article (70.171.25.208 (talk) 17:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC))

Requested move (2010)

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The result of the proposal was not moved. No evidence whatever provided supporting the move—not even an assertion that sources have been surveyed. A quick look at Google news archive indicates the basketball player is the primary topic with 24,400 results verses 488 using <"kevin mchale" basketball> and <"kevin mchale" actor>.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 10:21, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Kevin McHale → Kevin McHale (basketball) — I feel that the actor is also very notable in addition to a footballer player JDDJS (talk) 02:30, 16 October 2010 (UTC)


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News
Could someone please change the article to reflect the most recent news?

--ILikeWatchingFights (talk) 12:59, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Categories: update
Could someone please update the list of categories at the bottom of the article to reflect the latest news?

--ILikeWatchingFights (talk) 21:11, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Weak opening
The NBA considers McHale one of the greatest players of all time, he is on the 50th anniversary team, he played on three championship teams, was an all-star multiple times, and the one thing that dominates the ludicrously weak opening paragraph is the fact he was fired as coach from the Timberwolves? Give me a break. That is similar to glossing over Magic Johnson's playing exploits in the opening in order to detail his lackluster coaching career. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.155.6 (talk) 18:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Fix it then Hot Stop talk-contribs 18:22, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved because I hate the Celtics er, I mean the consensus is that there's no primary topic. Jenks24 (talk) 19:39, 13 September 2012 (UTC)

– It doesn't matter if Google can say that the basketball contributor (coach) is more popular than the actor. Even Google includes some harmful and unreliable sources. Matters are research abilities of readers in Wikipedia. Actor article is more viewed than the basketball article. Two years ago was unsuccessful. I am saying the same reason from two years ago because same thing happened to Anne Hathaway. George Ho (talk) 15:14, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Kevin McHale → Kevin McHale (basketball)
 * Kevin McHale (disambiguation) → Kevin McHale
 * Support based on Wikipedia page views. Seems that neither is truly a primary topic anymore; having the bare name point to the disambiguation page makes sense in such a case. oknazevad (talk) 04:31, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support the numbers don't lie. Even over 90 days, the actor is still more popular.   Hot Stop     (Edits)   04:42, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. I'd have an issue with making the actor "the" Kevin McHale, mainly due to questions about staying power (the actor gets more WP views because he is on a current hit show, whereas the basketball player is retired - but what happens after Glee goes off the air?). But this proposal makes sense.  I can support "Kevin McHale" becoming the disambiguation page. Rikster2 (talk) 12:17, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
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Assessment comment
Substituted at 21:10, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Yugoslav
His mother's maiden name is Starcevic, and he has said to be of Croatian descent on that side. His maternal grandparents were born in 1907/1908 in Austria-Hungary (probably in the region that would become Yugoslavia) according to census pages, John and Anne. Curiously John Starcevic born in 1907 is listed as Negro. Why is that? Was he gypsy? http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/Indiana/John-Starcevic_20bbxl — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.174.189 (talk) 18:41, 1 January 2017‎ (UTC)

never mind, he is listed as white here: http://www.archives.com/1940-census/john-starcevic-in-26129603 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.174.189 (talk) 18:44, 1 January 2017‎ (UTC)
 * All of that is vaguely interesting, but is the sort of low-level trivia that isn't needed in the article. -- Jayron 32 11:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

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Needs clarity
"Boston finished McHale's rookie season with a league leading record of 62 - 20" Located as the last sentence of the first paragraph for Coming off the Bench, the "Sixth-Man" under NBA playing career heading. Enough information is already provided throughout the paragraph, repeating the phrase "McHales rookie season" sounds redundant and unnecessary. The sentence also makes it seem as if Boston finished McHale's season as if they were opponents. Possible suggestion: With the help of McHale's supporting play, the Celtics finished the season with a league leading record of 62-20. Malibootay (talk) 02:49, 20 June 2024 (UTC)