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 Lew Alcindor and the New York Nets --what might have been.
Back when two basketball leagues were battling over the best players, the Nets won a coin flip with Houston for the chance to draft Alcindor, the UCLA star. The other teams in the ABA would help the Nets sign him.
"We don't know what he is asking. We agreed this man is valuable. So the league will put up a fund to make sure he gets his money," said ABA Commissioner George Mikan.
The Times ran an Associated Press story that made it sound downright possible Alcindor would turn aside potential NBA destinations Milwaukee and Phoenix: "Alcindor, however, reportedly wants to play in his native New York if he decides to play in either league."
-- Keith Thursby |
Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul Jabbar, was ultimately drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks & played 6 seasons with them, then on to the Lakers where he completed a 20 year career posting many NBA career records, many of which still stand including most points (38.387).
Posted by: A Scanner Darkly | February 19, 2009 at 02:15 PM