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The NBA’s War on ABA, 1970

When superstar Connie Hawkins jumped from the American Basketball Association to the National Basketball Association, it was hailed as a major triumph for The Establishment (NBA) over the Young Rebels (ABA). Actually, it was a strategic move motivated by expediency and economy.

Big Lew—Already Great, 1971

Fast or slow, the game is usually Alcindor’s. He leads the NBA in scoring with 31-plus points a game, he ranks one-two in shooting accuracy, and he is among the leaders in rebounding. There really isn’t anything he can’t do.

The Unbearable Pressures Facing Lew Alcindor, 1970

Milwaukee will not win a pennant or championship this season. But next season or the season after, the Bucks will be boosted to the top by the first truly dominant force to move into professional basketball in a decade.

Two Witnesses to a Cheap Shot, 1969

Darrell Imhoff spun away, and Lew Alcindor cracked him hard with a long swing of the right elbow, catching him behind the left ear.

In NBA Rookie Race, It’s Lew 145 Votes to One, 1970

Opposing centers who tried vainly to stop Alcindor find it hard to believe how he could improve any further on his hook shots.

Flynn Robinson, 1970

There are few better than Flynn Robinson at what he does.

‘Earl, Earl, Earl The Pearl,’ 1975

It’s difficult to describe the bedlam he generates in the arena. Little kids scream. Mothers and fathers forget their dignity and roar their delight over a sweating individual in short pants. The Pearl becomes their bauble.

Three Days in the Life of Walt Frazier, 1971

Dribbling and driving, dancing and defending, passing and penetrating, Frazier is the equal of any guard in the NBA. Stealing the ball, he has no equal. He has the fastest hands in the East . . . or in the West.

Is Pro Basketball Getting Too Rough? 1964

Wilt Chamberlain might object to this observation, but a lot of the excitement and color of pro basketball lies in the bruising body contact between big men in action.

Did Jerry Lucas Outsmart Himself? 1963

Seldom in the history of American sports, and certainly never in the history of basketball, has so bright a student and so brilliant an athlete faced so uncertain a future as Jerry Ray Lucas.