Dick Motta has a message for two of his prized pupils, the old coach still passing the good word.

To Jerry Sloan, whom he used as a rough-and-tumble guard during the blue-collar days of the Chicago Bulls in the 1960s and '70s: You still have a face made for hockey, friend.

And to Rick Adelman, whom he employed as a cerebral third guard and coach on the floor for one season with Sloan in the Windy City: Shave the darn beard. And use more of that 24-second clock, will you?