Ford never has taken a nap on the basketball floor. Loose balls? He’d dive for them. Draw a charge? It didn’t matter if the player was 6-10, 300 pounds.
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Warbling Over Rookie Otis Birdsong, 1978
Almost half a season is gone, and the interesting thing is that Birdsong, while suffering with the team through its losing ways, already has achieved the playing confidence that makes him a potential force for changing the Kings’ ways.
Nate Archibald: The Tiny Touch, 1982
“If you let it happen, this game will pass you by,” Archibald declares in looking at his different roles with the Celtics. “They gave me a challenge, and I had to meet it.”
Ollie Johnson: For Ollie Does, 1975
When it comes to playing, Ollie can be easily overlooked by the fans. But he never has been overlooked by those who know the game.
Richard Washington and Andre McCarter: Kansas City’s Mr. Cool and Mr. Hustle, 1976
So there they are, Rich and Andre, two rookies from UCLA who are about as different as two guys could possibly be.
Sam Lacey: Time Passages, 1981
That’s Lacey. Nobody likes him, but nobody can find many bad things to say about him. Efficient, but anonymous
Jimmy Walker: ‘Look for the Jaguar with Two Flats,’ 1975
It was hard to imagine Walker, sitting relaxed and at ease in his home, pounding up and down a hardwood floor shooting baskets for the Kings.
The Kansas City Kerfuffle, 1976
Outside the arena, the remainder of the crowd laughed about the incident and gave one another eyewitness accounts.
Phil Ford: The Greening of a Star, 1980
Cotton Fitzsimmons was named NBA Coach of the Year. Jubilantly, he announced to the world that Phil Ford was the best point guard in the game and probably “the best of his era.”
Ken Durrett: The Great Dream Dies Hard, 1978
I had talent, a God-given talent, and I miss expressing myself. When they start naming the great forward of the game, I wanted to play against them.
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