Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Pat Riley, OK, but what about Adrian Dantley
September 6, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under Detroit Pistons, NBA Basketball
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Adrian Dantley guarding Larry Bird
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Wow! That is all you can say about a Hall of Fame class including Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Pat Riley.
But for me there is a double Wow for Adrian Dantley.
Pat Riley had this story about Adrian Dantley and it says it best.
Dantley was playing for the Los Angeles Lakes in the late ’70s, and Riley was the traveling secretary.
It was Riley’s job to assign seating on planes, and he always sat Dantley next to the reticent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Dantley always wanted …read more
Knicks add Patrick Ewing
August 30, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball, New York Knicks
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
You know if this news came out years ago, the Knicks fans would be going bonkers.
The news this time is dealing with Patrick Ewing Jr. not Senior.
Ewing Jr. hasn’t shied away from his father’s legacy. He started his collegiate career at Indiana before transferring to Georgetown, where his father led the Hoyas to three Final Fours and the 1984 national championship.
The 24-year-old Ewing averaged 6.1 points and 4.2 rebounds last season, winning the Big East Sixth Man of the Year award.
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Ewing Senior
Patrick Ewing Sr. dominated basketball, …read more
