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Boys’ basketball: Simon in Vegas

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
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Former Arizona star and assistant coach Miles Simon, whose contract was not renewed by Wildcats Coach Lute Olson in May, is helping to coach the Pump ‘N Run Elite team in the Adidas Super 64 tournament this week.

Simon said he did not have any leads on coaching jobs and declined to discuss his removal from the coaching staff at Arizona, the school he helped lead to a national title. ‘I don’t talk about that,’ he said.

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Well, at least he’s getting to coach some quality players while he’s searching for a new gig. Pump ‘N Run features Sylmar High star Tyler Honeycutt and Rancho Cucamonga Los Osos High point guard Kendall Williams, who has committed to UCLA.

‘Kendall’s just a pleasure to be around,’ Simon said. ‘He’s a great kid, so UCLA’s getting a quality individual.’

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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