In professional basketball, Oscar Robertson is what they call a made-to-order player.
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NBA Game of the Week: A Television First for Women with Microphones, 1974
The executives at CBS Sports regrouped and sent Jane Chastain to Portland today for the NBA Game of the Week.
The New Wilt Chamberlain Fights the Old, 1968
In the turbulent existence that is Wilt Chamberlain’s life, his actions have frequently been influenced by others.
Nate ‘The Great’ Thurmond, 1968
Second billing is nothing new to Nate Thurmond.
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.”
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