From Way Downtown Blog
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Welcome to From Way Downtown, the pro basketball blog that goes way, way downtown to bring a forgotten magazine and newspaper articles to the web for the perusal of historians and old-school hoops junkies alike. Operating the way-back machine are author Bob Kuska and Ray Lebov, who heads Basketball Intelligence.
From Way Downtown Blog
11h ago
There it stood until less than two minutes remained to be played. Fred Lewis hit from way out to clinch the game, and Klier completed the scoring for the night on a foul by Bob Tough. ..read more
From Way Downtown Blog
11h ago
During two years of watching Robinson serve his naval commitment, watching Robinson in the 1988 Olympics, watching Robinson do color commentary for the networks, watching Robinson play service ball, the Spurs could only wait and dream. And lose. ..read more
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11h ago
At 35 years of age, Barnett doesn’t have much time left in the game. It has been only in the past four years that he has really made decent money, and he hates to give it up so soon. ..read more
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6d ago
“It’s a business,” he shrugged at a 3 p.m. news conference in the Sonic office. “I’m ready to go ..read more
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1w ago
On this day at North Dade, Jabali slides through the milling children as they head home. A little girl holding a pickle. Gives him a hug and moves on. ..read more
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1w ago
“Warren plays like he was 6-foot-6 or 6-foot-7. It’s not all jumping ability, either. He can jump with anybody, but [when] he gets around the ball, he’s got timing and he’s strong ..read more
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3w ago
All of the time, Williams had been regarded as the consummate pro, a man who tried to make the best of a bad situation ..read more
From Way Downtown Blog
3w ago
Daugherty says: “A million a year, three million a year? It all sounds so incredible to me. I’m not hung up on making more money than this guy or that guy. I also know that if you give all the money to one or two guys, then the salary cap means you can’t pay everyone else, and you don’t have a good team ..read more
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3w ago
He is 34 years old now. He has won the NBA title. If things go according to plan, 1985 will be his final season. It’s a cause for concern inside the game ..read more
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1M ago
By August, Erving was able to run again, working himself up from a quarter mile to two miles. By the start of camp, he was so strong that he didn’t bother wearing those ugly braces on his once aching knees. ..read more