Magic Johnson, And Other Basketball Players

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11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

If Cagney and Lacey had a love child:

3rd Ensign Red Shirt, ST or maybe TNG.

Beamed down, never came back.

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Kay MacBeth, the last surviving member of the Edmonton Grads, known as Canada’s most successful basketball team in history, having lost only about 20 of their more than 400 games between the late 1920s and 1940, has died.  She was 96.

 

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-kay-macbeth-last-surviving-member-of-edmonton-grads-dies-at-96/

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Barbara Kennedy-Dixon, the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time scoring & rebounding leader who later became a long-time Clemson administrator, has died. She was 58.

 

http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/24177518/acc-all-leading-women-scorer-barbara-kennedy-dixon-dies

 

 

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'Jumpin' Johnny Kline, whose vast sporting accomplishments included a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters in the 1950s, has died.  He was 87.

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/2018/08/08/wayne-state-globetrotters-legend-jumpin-johnny-kline-dies-87/938759002/

 

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On 12/01/2016 at 17:34, Gooseberry Crumble said:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14556988/andrew-smith-butler-center-final-four-teams-dies-age-25?ex_cid=espntw

 

American Basketball player Andrew Smith,butler center dies of cancer aged just 25

 

The widow of former Butler basketball player, Andrew Smith, announced in a blog post Friday that she has remarried and is pregnant.

Samantha Michael-Smith says she met Nick “at the lowest points” in her life and they quickly became friends.

Ahh yes, the 'met person X when they were down in the dumps' rebound.  Quick marriage.  Yup, seen it.
Odds on the baby being named Andrew?  I got 3:1
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Bob Bass, a former general manager of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Charlotte Hornets, has died.  He was 89.

 

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/08/18/former-san-antonio-spurs-gm-bob-bass-dies-89

 

 

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On 19/08/2018 at 06:35, alt obits guy said:

Bob Bass, a former general manager of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Charlotte Hornets, has died.  He was 89.

 

http://www.nba.com/article/2018/08/18/former-san-antonio-spurs-gm-bob-bass-dies-89

 

 

Not a good month for the San Antonio Spurs

Don Newman, an assistant coach who served on the staff of a pair of Spurs championship teams, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 60.   Newman was a member of coach Gregg Popovich’s staff from 2004-2012, helping the Spurs win titles in 2005 and 2007.   He left the Spurs in 2012 to become the lead assistant under Randy Wittman in Washington, where he remained until 2016.
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Jay Smith, a legend in Michigan basketball circles, revealed publicly this week that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in June.

Smith had surgery on Thursday and the recovery period is expected to be four to six weeks.

Smith said he plans to be back in time to coach his Kalamazoo College men's team, of which he's led since 2016. He said he found out about the diagnosis during his annual physical, so doctors are hopeful they caught it early.

Smith, 57, has coached college basketball since 1984, and was head coach at Division II Grand Valley State from 1996-97 and Division I Central Michigan from 1998-2006. Smith coached the Chippewas to an NCAA Tournament appearance.
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Dan Ayala, who owns the highest winning percentage among UNLV women’s basketball coaches, died Monday in hospice care. He was 82.

Ayala coached the Lady Rebels from 1975 to 1980, going 109-23 for an 82.7 winning percentage. The next closest coach is Jim Bolla, who won 71.4 percent of his games (300-120) from 1982 to 1996.

UNLV made four regional appearances in the five seasons Ayala was coach.  UNLV won at least 20 games four times under Ayala, including going 26-5 in his first season and the program’s second. The only time UNLV failed to reach 20 victories was when it played an 18-game schedule in 1976-77 and went 14-4.

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Former Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers and Kansas City Kings coach Jack McKinney, whose career was almost derailed by a devastating bicycle injury, has died, St. Joseph's University confirmed.

He was 83.  McKinney was a protege of Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay and succeeded Ramsay as basketball coach at St. Joseph's, his alma mater, from 1966 to 1974 before leaving to become an assistant coach in the NBA.  McKinney was named to his first NBA head-coaching job with the Lakers in 1979. He was the Lakers coach for 14 games, but suffered serious head injuries in a bicycle accident and was replaced by Paul Westhead, who went on to take the team -- with a rookie named Magic Johnson -- to the NBA title.  McKinney continued to suffer from memory loss and other neurological issues throughout his life.

He was fired by the Lakers after the 1979-80 season and was named coach of the Pacers shortly after. He won Coach of the Year honors after leading the Pacers to a 44-38 record and the playoffs that season. But he was fired by the Pacers after the 1983-84 season, having compiled a 125-203 record.
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Art 'Hambone' Williams, who won an NBA title with the Boston Celtics in 1974, has died.  He was 78.

 

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/nba/sd-sp-sports-hambone-williams-nba-death-20180927-story.html

 

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Tex Winter, a Basketball Hall of Famer and former Chicago Bulls assistant coach credited with creating the triangle offense, has died.  He was 96.

 

https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/former-bulls-assistant-coach-tex-winter-dies/

 

A 'List of the Missed' entry, having been picked in the DDP in 2017 and, possibly, before.

 

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Longtime Fairmont State University men’s basketball coach Joe Retton, whose name is on the university basketball arena, has died.

He was head men’s coach for the Falcons from 1963 to 1982, with a record of 478-95 in 19 seasons, 12 West Virginia Conference regular-season titles and eight tournament championships.

He was twice NAIA National Coach of the Year, in 1969 and 1976.

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Mik Kilgore, a former West Philadelphia High and Temple University basketball standout, died Friday morning from complications related to a heart attack he suffered last week.  Mr. Kilgore, 48, was recently hired as the Girard College boys' basketball coach and was directing workouts at the school for the coming season when he was stricken. 

A 6-foot-9 forward at Temple, Mr. Kilgore scored 1,471 points in 124 games and played on three NCAA tournament teams for the Owls from 1988-92.
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Memphis Tiger’s basketball player and long lister Karim Sameh Azib has died aged 22. Would’ve been points galore had someone went for him next year...

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Gene Berce, the first 1,000-point scorer in Marquette University history and a pro basketball draft pick, has died.  He was 91.

 

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/2018/11/23/ex-marquette-basketball-star-gene-berce-died-91/2095676002/

 

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Ron Abegglen, the former Weber State men’s basketball coach who led the Wildcats to a pair of huge upsets in the NCAA Tournament, died late Wednesday at 81.

Abegglen coached Weber State from 1991 to 1999, posting a career record of 152-83 during his eight seasons. That stands as the third-most wins in WSU history.  His teams won 20 or more games in five of his eight seasons, and he led the Wildcats to Big Sky titles in 1994, 1995 and 1999.

However, Abegglen was best known for two NCAA Tournament upsets. In 1995, he guided the No. 14 seed Wildcats to a 79-72 win over Michigan State. The Wildcats lost by two points on a buzzer-beater to Georgetown in the second round.  In 1999, he coached the Wildcats to a thrilling 76-74 upset win over North Carolina.
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Fuckity fuck FUCK!  Goddamn sleeper -- taking the big nap.  Found this guy on some crowdfunding thing -- cancer of hip/pelvis ... course I didn't mention it.  

 

Former Georgia and NBA basketball player Tim Bassett has died (Dec 11) at age 67.  Bassett played for the Bulldogs in the 1971-72 and 1972-73 seasons after transferring to the university from the College of Southern Idaho. He was also one of the first African-American players to play for the Bulldogs. The Washington, D.C. native was one of the best players in the SEC his senior season, earning first-team All SEC honors as he led Georgia in scoring at 17 points per game and led the conference in rebounding at 14.2 boards per game.  His 368 rebounds in 1972-73 rank as the third-highest single season total in school history.  Bassett averaged 13.6 rebounds per game over the course of his time in Athens, making him No. 2 in all-time career rebounding average at Georgia.

Bassett played professionally with the San Diego Conquistadors and New York Nets of the American Basketball Association, winning the 1976 ABA title with New York. Following the league’s merger with the NBA, Bassett played with the New York/New Jersey Nets and San Antonio Spurs.
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Willie Murrell, a star on Kansas State’s 1964 Final Four basketball team, died earlier this month in Commerce City, Colo. He was 77.

Murrell attended Eastern Oklahoma A&M before transferring to Kansas State in 1962.  For two seasons, Murrell thrived in coach Tex Winter’s triangle offense, averaging a double-double in 1962-63 and 1963-64. In his K-State career, Murrell averaged 20.6 points and 10.7 rebounds.
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Larry Weinberg, a founder and original owner of the Portland Trail Blazers, has died.  He was 92.

 

 

https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/02/larry-weinberg-a-founder-and-original-owner-of-the-portland-trail-blazers-dies-at-92/

 

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On 10/04/2015 at 05:45, gcreptile said:

She's dead, Lauren Hill, that is:

 

http://local12.com/m/news/features/top-stories/stories/Lauren-Hill-1995-2015-113450.shtml#.VSepovmsV8F

 

So now the wait for the qualifying obit...

The 'basketball' awards don't seem to end -- even a few years later.

1998-2008 All-Decade Team

INDIANAPOLIS – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its all-decade team Friday afternoon, as Mount St. Joseph University's.....as Steve Matre ('10) and Lauren Hill were honored on the men's and women's teams, respectively.
"It's hard to fathom that a person who only played in four college basketball games (and scored 10 collegiate points) would be a member of this prestigious all decade team..."
You're fuckin-a right it is.
SMH
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On ‎02‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 22:42, alt obits guy said:

Larry Weinberg, a founder and original owner of the Portland Trail Blazers, has died.  He was 92.

 

 

https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/01/02/larry-weinberg-a-founder-and-original-owner-of-the-portland-trail-blazers-dies-at-92/

 

Mail QO if needed: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6555839/Former-Trail-Blazers-owner-Weinberg-died-92.html

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Former Minneapolis North basketball star Ben Coleman, who played for the Gophers from 1979 to '81 and went on to a 12-year professional career, died Sunday. He was 57.
Coleman had playing stints in the NBA and Europe. The Chicago Bulls drafted him in the second round (No. 37 overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. He played in 227 career NBA games, mostly with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets.

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At least a REAL tie-in with Magic Johnson, who is the name of this basketball thread.  

Former Michigan State basketball coach Gus Ganakas (pronounced Gu-NAH-kiss) died Friday morning. He was 92.

Ganakas coached the Spartans from 1969-76, going 89-84, and laid the groundwork to land Magic Johnson before he was fired and replaced by (the late) Jud Heathcote.

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Jumping Johnny Wilson, a high school legend in Anderson, Pennsylvania who'd later play for the Harlem Globetrotters, has died.  He was 91.

 

 

https://www.newsandtribune.com/indiana/news/anderson-legend-jumpin-johnny-wilson-dies/article_eb79d12f-5988-5c93-9024-5a1b96b5a604.html