John Egan – From Way Downtown

The Old Days When the Cleveland Cavaliers Were Funny, 1971

The coach looks back on that first season today and says, “By the end of it, we were not the worst team in basketball, even though we had the worst record.”

Ed Ratleff: Easy Does It, 1975

Coach Johnny Egan says Ratleff’s presence in the Rocket lineup “became a great stabilizing factor. He is the complete team basketball player. Offensively, he is totally unselfish. He just does whatever it takes to win.”