Read that book and many similar Keith ... *you* read FOUL! by Connie Hawkins? North Dallas Forty? Hate to call pro sports a cesspool but ... I doubt many fans have much of a handle on what's really goin' on ... in the 1970's it was one continuous coke-and-streetwalkers party in pro basketball. A couple-three really kewl athletes saved the NBA in the 1980's :- ) but ... has it slipped back halfway? I dunno.
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Brisker. You know Wayne Cody stopped by our junior high once. Memorable line: John Brisker would lead the NBA in scoring if he ever got the chance. ... but who is like Brisker these days and DOES get the chance? Carmelo, Iverson, pick yer poison...
Stephenson maybe is pretty similar in sheer personality. But the NBA (since Tomjanovich) does a good job (at least) of letting its players know, you throw punches, you're going to be out of the league.
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Nice to have a coupla guys to talk 70s sports with :- )