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Senior writer, https://nitter.cf/t.co/3l7cVNS0qP. Photo-bombed Wilt, '97. Raised KG from a Timberpup.
Joined April 2010
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A scrum to be preserved years later in avatar fame on social media... nitter.cf/NBAHistory/status/8335…
Even 24 years after retiring from the @NBA Wilt Chamberlain commanded a huge media presence at #NBAAllStar (1997, @NBA at 50, Cleveland)
Haha. No man is legendary to his valet.
Or his wife.
Thank you, Raymond. Means a lot coming from the 🐐
"Legendary" is a good adjective to describe @AschNBA career....what a run! Thanks for all you did to grow our game and league.
Steve Aschburner, legendary Wolves and NBA writer, retires in style sports.yahoo.com/articles/st… via @YahooSports
Wouldn’t be the first thing I’ve jinxed. Good. Luck.
Maybe now the Wolves will Thrive, #aschycyrse, we still miss you in Minnesota
Had some fun yesterday w. the “Scarface” clip. The reactions it triggered confirmed what I’ve believed all along – this business is all about the people, the friends, colleagues, subjects, sources and readers who made parts or all of this ride so terrific. …
Can’t be anything but grateful & humble after wrapping a career that cut across so many sports (MLB, NFL, NBA) in so many roles (beats, features, columns) from so many places (Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago) for newspapers when they dominated to outlets in this digital world. …
Another factoid about the late, great Bob Pettit, who passed away Wednesday at age 93:
He was 1 of only 2 MVPs to be chosen from sub-.500 teams. He won the very first MVP with the St. Louis Hawks (33-39) in 1956 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it with the Lakers (40-42) in '76.
Happy 90th birthday to Bob Pettit, HOFer/Top 75 legend.
Eleven-time All-Star.
2X MVP.
2X scoring champ.
4X All-Star MVP.
Career 26.4 ppg (8th highest all-time), 16.2 rpg (3rd).
1955 ROY.
1958 NBA champion vs. Russell-era Celtics.
World-class gentleman.
nba.com/news/history-nba-leg…
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“Bob made ‘second effort’ a part of the sports vocabulary.” Bill Russell
Always found it interesting that Bob Pettit handed Bill Russell his only NBA Finals series defeat. I know Russell was limited
Game 6 of the 1958 Finals he scored 50 points, including 19 of the Hawks’ final 21 points
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Trickle, a Wisconsin Rapids native, took issue with a snarky, no-nothing column I wrote re: auto racing right out of college for Beloit (WI) Daily News in 1978.
He was peeved.
Offered me a ride-along with him.
Cowardly I declined.
C’mon, this was in the days before adult diapers.
So I went looking for an old feature story or Q&A I did with Bob Pettit in recent years. Tremendously underrated and overlooked power forward and Hall of Famer. RIP.
What popped up in my search was ... well, let's just say this A.I. stuff still has a few bugs.
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Only three NBA rookies have ever averaged 30 points per game. Oddly, they did it in consecutive seasons:
Wilt Chamberlain 1959-60
Oscar Robertson 1960-61
Walt Bellamy 1961-62
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In January 1965, Wilt Chamberlain spoke out after being traded from the San Francisco Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers:
On advising against the trade:
"I told Ike Richmond, who is my lawyer as well as the 76ers counsel, that it could be a bad trade. I have no agreement with Philadelphia to play next season. I might retire, which means that the 76ers may have given up a lot just to have me for three months."
On Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli:
"I'm a businessman and I had an inkling that something was coming. Frank never consulted me and that's the only thing I know of that's against him."
On his arrival timeline in Philly:
"I have a lot of girls to say goodbye to in San Francisco."
Lobbied in print repeatedly until Artis made it into Naismith 🏀 Hall of Fame.
Also once gave him a lift from downtown Chicago to O’Hare, folded into the passenger seat of my Altima. Damn near needed to open the sunroof to fit him.
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Happy 77th birthday to the great Artis Gilmore. 🎂🚂
One of the greatest players and one of the best centers to ever play the game.
🏆 ABA Champion
🏆 ABA MVP and ROY
🏀 Hall of Famer
With ABA stats, Artis stands among the top 5 rebounders and top 10 blockers in hoops history!
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Maurice White had been the drummer for the legendary Ramsey Lewis Trio, as well as a session drummer at Chess Records, when he decided to form Earth Wind & Fire.
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Wilt Chamberlain after breaking Bob Pettit's record to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer in 1966:
"This means more to me than anything, even more than scoring 100 points. The scorers are getting better and better and I think someone will score 100 points, or maybe more...
But this one may stick around for a while. And this means a lot because it means a sustained performance over a long time."
