Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts and opinions on UCLA and Mick Cronin, the NBA All-Star Game and LeBron James.

what was Mick Cronin all about? Did he let me do things I shouldn’t have been doing just ’cause I was scoring points for him? Or, did he sit me down and try to change my ways as a man?

Three-and-a-half seconds before the final buzzer sounded Sunday, coach Mick Cronin ... for him?'” Cronin asked. “‘Or did he sit me down and try to change my ways as a man?’” ...

Coach Mick Cronin lamented a game that played out exactly how he feared it would. Facing a Badgers team that thrives on perimeter shooting, UCLA found itself in a matchup problem that Cronin saw ...

what was Mick Cronin all about? Did he let me do things I shouldn’t have been doing just because I was scoring points for him? Or did he sit me down and try to change my ways as a man?’ ...

After UCLA men’s basketball choked a 17-point lead against Minnesota at Pauley Pavilion, coach Mick Cronin was quick to point the finger at himself. But it didn’t stay in that direction long.

He has the uncanny ability to coach toughness into overachieving teams. He also has the audacity to publicly humiliate them. He wins games, one Final Four and two Sweet 16 appearances in his first ...