Well, the Lords of the NBA weighed the pros and cons, with the Board of Governors giving the three-point field goal a one-year trial.
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Pistol Pete’s Last Shot
Now Maravich arrives at the moment Bird ascends. A star is born; a star descends.
‘Nobody Can Guard Me! I’m Unstoppable!’ Lloyd Free
“The only reason I got a reputation as a gunner is that I came from a small school, and guys from small schools aren’t supposed to shoot like that,”
George Mikan: How I Play the Pivot, 1952
If you are a big, tall fellow who plays the pivot in basketball, your job is to score.
Russ Meets Wilt, October 14, 1959
This is the saga of the $81,000 needed to refurbish the Minneapolis Armory to make it into a major league basketball playing site.
Wilt vs. Russell: The Rivalry Begins
When Wilt the Stilt Chamberlain was unveiled last summer against a backdrop of the NBA stars against whom the seven-footer will play this winter, only one word described him: Fantastic.
Highlighting the NBA’s Early Sharpshooters
There are so many sharp shooters coming out of the colleges every year, and so few rookies who can make the NBA, that the pro game, almost by definition, is loaded with sharp-eyed “gunners.”
The Night Baylor Scored 71 Points
Baylor, in this game, dropped in a world record of 71 points to become the first man to hit such an astronomical figure—and came off the court to say: “There ain’t no limit to how much a guy can score in this game!”
The High School Kid Who Could Play Pro Right Now, 1955
One coach, of some repute and conservative mood, says Wilt is as good as George Mikan was last year or the year before that. Another coach, of equal repute but more courage, says he’s better.
‘That’s How Segregated Things Were Back Then Living in Washington’
An interview with Dave Brown, who was Elgin Baylor’s high school basketball coach in the early 1950s.
From Way Downtown 