Author Archives: bobkuska

Is Larry Bird the Greatest Ever? 1987

There’s Bird’s seemingly unlimited shooting range—with either hand. There’s his blind, behind-the-back bounce passes on a fastbreak. There is his knack for ruining an opponent’s three-on-one attack with one perfectly timed swipe of the hand. The list could stretch for miles. 

Hakeem Olajuwon: The Game I’ll Never Forget, 1990

I had passed up several easy shots in an effort to get those last two assists, and it paid off. I had accomplished something that only Nate Thurmond with Chicago in 1974 and Alvin Robertson with San Antonio in 1986 had done.

Diary of the Jim McDaniels Affair, 1973

Was there any appealing to Mac’s sense of loyalty to his teammates? To the rest of this season only 25 games away? To a season that was finally turning around to favor us making the playoffs? There was none.

Bill Walton Has a Long Way to Go, 1978

Walton sits in front of his dressing stall and stares down at the floor, treating his chronically aching feet with ice. Reporters surround him and lean forward to hear him speak. However, the words don’t come easily, and when they do come, they are few and far between.