Cleveland Cavaliers – From Way Downtown

Elmore Smith: The Other Big E: 1972, 1977

Everything seemed to be fine at first for Elmore Smith in Buffalo. Then it was Los Angeles. Then it was Milwaukee. Now it is Cleveland. Elmore Smith has been an enigma no matter what the team.

Kevin Johnson: Thoughts From a Setting Sun, 1997

When you come to the end of your career, you realize how much you love this game and how special it is.

Gary Brokaw: Potential for Magic, 1974-78

As a youth, Brokaw tried to pattern his play after Walt Frazier and Dave Bing. Little did he know that several years later, it would be Frazier and Bing that would be his workaday opponents.

Brad Daugherty: Battling the ‘Goliath Syndrome,’ 1991

Daugherty says: “A million a year, three million a year? It all sounds so incredible to me. I’m not hung up on making more money than this guy or that guy. I also know that if you give all the money to one or two guys, then the salary cap means you can’t pay everyone else, and you don’t have a good team.”

Austin Carr: He’s Number One, 1971

But Carr isn’t just a gunner. He is the complete offensive ballplayer. He rarely commits a ballhandling error and says that he likes to play without the ball, too.

Mark Price: The Price is Right, 1991

Price has become the player who makes all the other Cavs better. His value can’t be measured strictly in numbers.

Lenny Wilkens: A Pro’s Pro, 1973

Wilkens doesn’t fool anybody anymore: Everybody knows he’s a ballplayer.

Boston Celtics: Something Old, Something New, 1981

Brown’s acquisition of the NBA‘s most-celebrated franchise was viewed from the start as a damnable irony. His meddlesome ways were strange to Chaney, who spent nine of his 11 pro seasons in the Celtic backcourt, and even stranger to Red Auerbach.

Danny Ferry: Will His Ship Come In? 1994

Take a guy with a bum knee and bad defensive habits and put him at small forward—well, it just didn’t work.

Jim Chones: Learning to Live with the Pressure

“I always wanted to get a degree. I’ve been going back to school every summer to get my degree in philosophy. I don’t know what good it will do me, or if I’ll ever use it. But it’s something I want to have.”