Rubin said he had heard rumors that his job was in jeopardy, but what man with a record of 4-47 would not hear rumors?
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Jerome Kersey: Diary of a Dunker, 1988
“I have two dunks that I really remember,” Kersey said. “Well, maybe four or five.”
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.
Enjoying the NBA Action at Portland’s Paramount Theater, 1980
Other teams have broadcast games on closed-circuit theater TV, but only during the playoffs. The Blazers are the only team in the NBA, probably the only sports team in the world, to pipe every regular-season home game to a closed-circuit location.
Portland Trail Blazers: The Dismantling of Camelot, 1980
Jack Ramsay had always conditioned himself to take nothing for granted, never to live in the past, but he says he never dreamed it could be over so quickly.
Shawn Bradley: Philly’s Big Gamble, 1993
“Sometimes I think, ‘Man, I’m really jumping in deep,’” said Bradley.
The Cautionary Tale of Billy Ray Bates, 1982
People wanted to be seen with him. Billy Ray Bates was invited to parties, chased by women, clutched by hangers-on.
Bob McAdoo: Was He a One-Man Basketball Revolution? 1975
McAdoo is dangerous near the basket, but he also gets a lot of points on 15 and 20-foot jump shots, which he unleashes with a noticeable snap of the wrist, rather than a pushing maneuver.
Fred Hetzel: Class of 1965
Now, it’s Fred Hetzel’s turn to haunt the Warriors for making him expendable.
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