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Bob Cousy: A Frenchman from Long Island, 1953
Today, Cousy is the hottest thing in basketball, a ballhandler who does unbelievable things with a pair of unbelievably big hands with which he manipulates a basketball as if it were a ping-pong ball.
Red Auerbach: ‘The Tweet’ Makes Red See Red, 1967
Exit Red Auerbach, just as he entered. With a growl.
The Agony of West and Baylor, 1968
Can 80 percent of the old Baylor and an injury-haunted Jerry West revive a budding dynasty?
Dutch Dehnert: The Pivot Play, 1946
Probably the greatest guard who ever lived, from 1917 to 1936, Dehnert was the biggest name in pro basketball
George Gervin: Icing Down the NBA, 1978
“Everybody thinks I shoot the jumper funny,” Gervin said. “But I’ll tell you what, I think they shoot it funny.”
Paul Silas: Shrewdness in Seattle, 1980
“In order to stay in this league for any length of time, you’ve got to be excellent at something,” Silas said. “Rebounding was my specialty, and I just worked at it.”
Larry Johnson: What Else Can I Do? 1993
Certainly not much more than Johnson accomplished in his first NBA season with the Charlotte Hornets, becoming the team’s top scorer and rebounder, becoming the foundation of the franchise for the foreseeable future and the Rookie of the Year by a wide margin.
Muggsy Bogues: Looking Out for the Little Guy, 1997
I had seen Tyrone too many times to be fooled. I knew from the beginning that he would be a force wherever he went.
Bob McAdoo: Big Mac Attack, 1976
McAdoo does miss sometimes. But it’s no accident that he is probably the finest shooting big man pro basketball ever has seen.
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