Dominique Wilkins – From Way Downtown

Tree Rollins Still Has to Defend His Game, 1986

Rollins sensed coaches didn’t see him as the next Wilt Chamberlain, so he quit even thinking about scoring big.

Mark Aguirre Flourishes Under New Regime, 1988

Aguirre has seemed happier on the court this year and has certainly been happier off it.

Chuck Person: The Indiana Years, 1986-1992

Chuck Person admits he’s not in the same class as Atlanta’s Dominique Wilkins. Person would never underestimate his own talent that way.

Chuck Person: Person-al Touch, 1988

After every game, Person leans against his locker, ice bags hanging from all extremities. Although he’s got good size at 225 pounds, he invariably wears black-and-blue marks like merit badges.

Charlie Criss: Guts and Elbows Basketball, 1977

Criss became known as “The Mosquito,” and it was not a phony alliterative or geographical title invented by a P.R. man. It was a high sign to Criss that even though there were guys on the playground nobody ever heard of, many of them could hold their own with the best in the NBA.