He was in the car late Monday afternoon, on his way to the game at the FedExForum, but his thoughts weren't on his Memphis Grizzlies' match-up with the visiting San Antonio Spurs that night.
Vitaly Potapenko was thinking about the deadly nightmare unfolding in his homeland of Ukraine.
"It makes me sad and concerned...and angry," said the Grizzlies' assistant coach who was one of the greatest, most colorful and embraced Wright State basketball players in history.