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RIP Wes Unseld - lex24 - 06-02-2020

He and Bill Walton perhaps the two greatest outlet passers that I’ve ever lived. Wes was a hell of a player. Can’t imagine what running into one of his picks felt like!

RE: RIP Wes Unseld - triangle2 - 06-02-2020

(06-02-2020, 06:49 PM)lex24 Wrote:  He and Bill Walton perhaps the two greatest outlet passers that I’ve ever lived. Wes was a hell of a player. Can’t imagine what running into one of his picks felt like!

I have this stray memory of watching a Golden State game in the 70's where Charles Johnson ran into a perfectly clean Unseld pick and bounced off like he was a pinball hitting a live bumper. Looked at the sideline and Al Attles was laughing into the arm of his suit jacket.

RE: RIP Wes Unseld - PVTree - 06-03-2020

I was a big fan of the Washington Bullet teams in the late 70s. Really liked the Big E, Elvin Hayes, Unseld, Dandridge, Grevey, Kupchak, Ballard, and their coach, Dick Motta, who had previously coached DA Bulls.

Unseld was a mountain of a man. Not the tallest, but appeared to be the most solid (unmovable if he didn't want to move). Didn't fully appreciate his passing ability then as I do now since I thought that was normal for a center after a rebound.

RIP, Wes.

RE: RIP Wes Unseld - Mick - 06-03-2020

(06-03-2020, 05:55 AM)PVTree Wrote:  I was a big fan of the Washington Bullet teams in the late 70s. Really liked the Big E, Elvin Hayes, Unseld, Dandridge, Grevey, Kupchak, Ballard, and their coach, Dick Motta, who had previously coached DA Bulls.

Unseld was a mountain of a man. Not the tallest, but appeared to be the most solid (unmovable if he didn't want to move). Didn't fully appreciate his passing ability then as I do now since I thought that was normal for a center after a rebound.

RIP, Wes.

I don't know if this is apocryphal, but supposedly Unseld was recruited -- not very hard -- by Adolph Rupp of Kentucky, who hadn't had an African American player to that point.  Unseld chose to go to in-state rival, Louisville instead.