After Sloan died last Friday at the age …

After Sloan died last Friday at the age of 78, several obituaries resurfaced his classic quote about C.J. Miles: “I don’t care if he’s 19 or 30. If he’s going to be on the floor in the NBA, he’s got to be able to step up and get after it. We can’t put diapers on him one night and a jockstrap the next night. It’s just the way it is.” In a phone interview, Miles called the quote “hilarious.” He remembers that Sloan said it during his second season, by which point he had plenty of experience with the coach’s brand of candor. He remembers that people thought his feelings would be hurt.