But did they make it any easier for his mom to say "my son Adolph"?
But did they make it any easier for his mom to say "my son Adolph"?
Yes, I think you may be alluding to the fact that Schayes was Jewish - the best Jewish basketball player in the history of the game! (And there were plenty of outstanding Jewish basketball players in the old days.)
Of course, he was born before Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, so don't blame his mother for the name "Adolph."