To his teammates and NBA opponents, Rodgers ranks right up at the top of the list with Cousy and Robertson when it comes to passing and dribbling ability.
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Red Auerbach: Welcome to the NBA, Patrick Ewing, 1985
The point is, if the Knicks think they’re getting a finished, polished ballplayer, they’re crazy. I just hope they don’t expect too much too soon.
Jack Ramsay: On Clyde Drexler, 1994
Drexler, like the Energizer battery bunny, still is going . . . and going . . . and going.
Wilt Chamberlain vs. Bill Russell: A Decade of Battle, 1969
Russell or Chamberlain? How do you like your steak—rare, medium, or well done?
Bernard King Takes New York, 1985
King has forged a good life for himself back home and, in the process, given New York basketball the transfusion it desperately needed.
Lenny Wilkens: A Pro’s Pro, 1973
Wilkens doesn’t fool anybody anymore: Everybody knows he’s a ballplayer.
Jim Haderlein: Rookie Camp at St. Leo’s, 1971
How could I forget the Floridians? How could I forget St. Leo’s College. Or Coach Bob Bass?
Cazzie Russell: Cazzie’s Corner, 1969
It’s Cazzie’s Corner now, and the Knicks brass is so impressed that they are even experimenting with Bill Bradley in the corner.
Hubie Brown: How to Watch the NBA, 1994
Let’s go inside the game in the 1990s NBA.
A Tribute to Bob Cousy, 1962
Basketball is an endless search for the “open” man today. An orthodox pass will never find him. Cousy has practiced the no-look feed so expertly, there have been movements to frisk him for mirrors.
