NBA Quiz: 1) Who are the only two to shoot at least .900 on
their free throws, career? [min. 1,200 made] 2) Who is the top 3-
point shooter, career, in terms of percentage? [min. 250 made]
3) Top field goal percentage, career? [min. 2,000 made] 4) Who
are the only two with 20,000 rebounds, career? 5) Name the
only three to play in 1,500 games. Answers below.
[Posted earlier than normal due to travel.]
[For Friday]
Veterans’ Day
In 1847, Theodore O’Hara served as captain in the U.S. army
during the War with Mexico. He wrote this poem to honor those
Americans who fought and died in the Battle of Buena Vista. It
remains a fitting tribute for all Americans who have given their
lives in war.
“The Bivouac of the Dead”
The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat
The soldier’s last Tattoo;
No more on life’s parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame’s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumour of the foe’s advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind.
No vision of the morrow’s strife
The warrior’s dream alarms;
No braying horn, nor screaming fife,
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow;
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle’s stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shouts are past;
Nor war’s wild note, nor glory’s peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight;
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That sweeps the great plateau,
Flushed with triumph, yet to gain,
Come down the serried foe;
Who heard the thunder of the fray
Break o’er the field beneath,
Knew the watchword of the day
Was “Victory or death!”
Long had the doubtful conflict raged
O’er all that stricken plain,
For never fiercer fight had waged
The vengeful blood of Spain;
And still the storm of battle blew,
Still swelled the glory tide;
Not long, our stout old Chieftain knew,
Such odds his strength could bide.
Twas in that hour his stern command
Called to a martyr’s grave
The flower of his beloved land,
The nation’s flag to save.
By rivers of their father’s gore
His first-born laurels grew,
And well he deemed the sons would pour
Their lives for glory too.
For many a mother’s breath has swept
O’er Angostura’s plain,
And long the pitying sky has wept
Above its moldered slain.
The raven’s scream, or eagle’s flight,
Or shepherd’s pensive lay,
Alone awakes each sullen height
That frowned o’er that dread fray.
Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the heedless air.
Your own proud land’s heroic soil
Shall be your fitter grave;
She claims from war his richest spoil,
The ashes of her brave.
Thus ‘neath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field,
Borne to a Spartan mother’s breast
On many a bloody shield;
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The heroes sepulcher.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave,
No impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave.
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While fame her record keeps,
For honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
You marble minstrel’s voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanquished age hath flown,
The story how ye fell.
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter’s blight,
Nor time’s remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory’s light
That gilds your deathless tomb.
—
Jersey Boys
There’s a new musical on Broadway garnering rave reviews,
“Jersey Boys,” inspired by the story of the Four Seasons. Unlike
the other jukebox musicals, this one actually has a story behind it
and I thought it was a good time to reprise the group’s tale.
Granted, I’ve used this piece twice before but we have new
readers all the time and I promise it’s the last time you’ll see it
this decade. Plus I added a new bit.
🙂 _]
Legendary DJ, Bruce Morrow (“Cousin Brucie”):
“When you talk about some of the great American vocal groups,
you’ve gotta talk about the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons.
The Beach Boys were for the West Coast suburban kids with T-
Birds and money to spend foolin’ around in the sunshine. But
the Four Seasons were urban, they were East Coast – they were
New York rock!…When I hear the Beach Boys I think of getting
tanned and surfin’ and summer love and all that crap, but when I
hear the Four Seasons belting ‘Rag Doll’ or ‘Dawn, go away I’m
no good for you,’ man, I picture smokestacks, dirty streets,
tenements in the Bronx, and poor, tough kids that are survivors.”
And a survivor is what Frankie Valli was. Born Francis
Castelluccio on 5/3/37 in Newark, NJ, Valli was a tough kid who
cut class and hung out in pool halls. He says of his childhood,
“It was West Side Story time…I saw a lot of my friends fall by
the wayside and get wasted; found in a car with their heads
blown off or in the city dump in the trunk of a car. I’m not
(b—s——-) you.”
Once a kid shook Frankie down in high school so the next day
Valli walked in and whacked the bully with a baseball bat. He
could have killed him but the guy came into school the next day
with a bandage wrapped all around his head, along with 18
stitches.
Valli was befriended by a country singer, Texas Jean Valley,
who heard Frankie sing “White Christmas” at a school play
(the name “Valli” was a result of this relationship) and,
encouraged by her advice, he began singing in his mid-teens with
a group called the Variatones. The group, which included Frank
Majewski and the DeVito brothers, later changed its name to the
Four Lovers and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 with
the song “You’re The Apple Of My Eye.”
Then the Four Lovers changed their name to the Four Seasons.
The boys had been playing local spots in Newark and Passaic but
they came up with the name as a result of some gigs at the Four
Seasons Bowling Alley in Union. Now it may be hard for some
of you to imagine performing at such a spot, but the Four
Seasons had a cocktail lounge called the Branch Room.
[Update: See a story I added down below about this chapter in
their lives. It’s in dispute with the VH-1 Rock Encyclopedia
which says the boys played here.]
In 1960 producer Bob Crewe joined the team, to be followed by
songwriter Bob Gaudio. But the Four Seasons couldn’t hit the
big time (they actually changed back to the Four Lovers for a
spell) and Valli nearly quit because of lack of success.
That all changed in 1962 when Gaudio wrote a tune in 15
minutes, originally labeled “Jackie” as a tribute to the First Lady.
The song was then re-titled “Sherry” and the rest is history. Soon
the group performed it on American Bandstand and the record
company received requests for 180,000 copies. In 4 weeks
“Sherry” was #1, eventually selling 2 million discs domestically.
[For those of you from New Jersey, before the release of
“Sherry” in the summer of ‘62, the Four Seasons were playing
Martell’s Sea Breeze in Point Pleasant. Oh to be there then.]
They followed up “Sherry” with “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and
“Walk Like A Man,” both also hitting #1, making them the first
group to score consecutive #1’s with their first 3 singles.
It’s always interesting to learn how someone comes up with a
song. From Timothy White’s “Rock Lives,” Bob Crewe
describes the background behind the second hit.
“After ‘Sherry,’ we didn’t know what the hell to follow it up
with. I was up late one night in my apartment, worrying and
watching a dreadful movie, I think it was with John Payne and
some blonde bombshell. I had been drinking out of desperation,
and I was drifting in and out of sleep. I woke up at one point,
and Payne was smacking the blonde across the face and knocked
her on her bottom. He said something like, ‘Well, whadda ya
think of that, baby?’ She gets up, straightens her dress, pushes
her hair back, stares at him, and says, ‘Big girls don’t cry!’ and
storms out the door. I ran and jotted down the line. The next day
Bob (Gaudio) and I knocked out the song in no time.”
The story behind the Four Seasons 4th #1 hit, 1964’s “Rag Doll,”
is a little different. Gaudio recalls:
“Back around 1964, there was one particular place on Tenth
Avenue, I think, in New York City where there’s a long traffic
light; it must have been forty-five seconds long. I’d go by there
a lot, and there were little kids around it that would come up and
offer to clean your car windows while you were waiting. You’d
pay them a quarter or fifty cents. One particular time this little
girl came over to me, and I had no change at all; the smallest
thing I had was a five-dollar bill, so I gave it to her because it
would have broken my heart to not give her anything.
“The look on her face – she didn’t say anything – stayed with me
for weeks. The description of the rag doll in the song was a
description of that little girl. I guess you could say the five
dollars was an investment.”
The Four Seasons managed to stay competitive, even during the
Beatles’ onslaught. “Dawn” hit #3 in February 1964, kept out of
#1 by the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “She Loves
You.”
In 1965, they recorded a Bob Dylan tune, “Don”t Think Twice,”
but used the pseudonym “The Wonder Who.” They actually
fooled more than a few people for awhile when it was first
released.
By the end of 1966, the group had 23 of its eventual 30 Top 40
hits. [Valli was to have 9 Top 40 solo efforts, including the #2
“Can”t Take My Eyes Off You.”]
In 1967, they started experimenting with psychedelia and the hits
began to dry up.
A little remembered fact concerning Valli was the severe
problem he had with his hearing. Back in ‘67, he was
performing when he couldn’t even hear the music being played,
though he could hear his own voice. He went to a doctor who
simply handed him a slip of paper, “You”re going deaf. You’ll
never hear again.” Then the doctor walked away.
Valli had a condition labeled ‘otosclerosis’ where excessive
calcium deposits built up in the ear. It bothered him greatly but
it wasn’t until 1976 that he had successful surgery on first one,
then the other ear. The reason why he didn”t get anything done
sooner was that it was a dangerous procedure and he was scared
he’d permanently lose everything.
And in 1973, a fellow by the name of Gerald Zelmanowitz
testified before a Senate subcommittee that the Four Seasons had
ties to organized crime, a charge he later retracted.
Meanwhile, the group attempted to recapture the magic, signing
on with Motown. But Berry Gordy sat on “My Eyes Adored
You” (a Valli solo) for almost two years before Frankie bought it
back and released it himself. All it did was climb to #1 in 1975.
The Four Seasons then completed the comeback with the #3
“Who Loves You” and their 5th #1, “December, 1963 (Oh, What
A Night).” In 1978, Valli scored his second #1 solo hit with
“Grease.”
In 1990, the original Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame, solidifying their place in music history.
*Update: Brad Parks of the Star-Ledger had a piece the other
day that adds a little more meat to how the Four Seasons took
their name.
The Four Seasons Bowling Alley, which opened in 1960, “was
the height of suburban entertainment.” In addition to the lanes, it
had this cocktail lounge with a California look and a waterfall.
“It was a real sharp-looking place,” said former manager Joe
LaGregor, now 70. The lounge, which seated about 100,
dropped $150 to $200 a night on live music, a large amount for
such a spot back in 1961 when Frankie Valli and the boys
stopped by for an audition. LaGregor had heard the group in
other clubs and was enthusiastic about them performing at his
place, but the owner of the Four Seasons said they were “too
loud.”
LaGregor said, “He was interested in creating a living room-type
atmosphere. He wanted a piano player, something that would be
soft and relaxing. And here comes Frankie and his guys, and
they were really blasting it out.”
LaGregor argued to no avail. But as Valli and his group
departed, they decided to take the name of the alley for their
name. The Four Seasons closed in 1989 and is now part of a
Costco parking lot.
[So did they really play there or what?! I’ll go with LaGregor’s
version.]
Racism in College Football
Sports Illustrated’s Alexander Wolff has a piece in the November
7 issue on southern college football and those blacks who
integrated the programs in the 1960s and 70s.
The first black to play SEC football was Kentucky’s Greg Page.
But after sitting out his freshman year in 1966 (frosh were
ineligible back then), he went to practice in August 1967. One
afternoon, the Wildcats ran a drill where all 11 defenders got a
shot at the running back. But after taking his turn, Page fell to
the turf and never got up. On a freak hit, he was paralyzed from
the nose down and died 38 days later. The next day, his
roommate, receiver Nat Northington, became the first African-
American to play in an SEC varsity game. [Northington, though,
left Kentucky shortly thereafter.]
The South’s schools were so slow to desegregate that in the 1968
draft, NFL teams chose 11 players from Jackson State. I have to
admit I read this and found it hard to believe, but, sure enough
that was the case.
One school that doesn’t come out looking too good in this era is
my alma mater, Wake Forest. Alexander Wolff writes:
“By asking Wake Forest freshman coach Joe Madden to stop
calling him ‘Willie,’ running back William Smith ensured that
he’d be called nothing but for all of the 1964 season – and
because Smith refused to answer to the name, every
communication between coach and player had to pass through an
assistant. A freshman game against Clemson, near his hometown
of Greenville, S.C., sealed the end of Smith’s brief career.
Members of Smith’s racially mixed Baha’i congregation had
driven over for the game, and before kickoff Smith fixed them all
with hugs. Furious, Madden refused to play Smith for weeks.”
Smith left the following spring.
“Growing up in Greenville, Smith had watched one day as his
name came up on local TV during an interview with Clemson
coach Frank Howard. [Ed. note: Howard is a legend in these
parts.] ‘Coach Howard,’ the host said, ‘Wake Forest has
recruited colored people like Billy Smith, who they say is faster
than greased lightning.’
“Smith still recalls Howard’s response: ‘I’ll never have a nigra at
Clemson.’”
Then there is the story of the ACC’s first black player, Maryland
receiver Darryl Hill. He also remembers Coach Howard. It was
November 1963 when Maryland traveled down to play Clemson,
and Hill never forgot that during the warm-ups, Howard’s eyes
bore in on him.
“For nearly 10 unbroken minutes, arms folded and cigar
smoldering, Howard stood on the field at Clemson’s Death
Valley, steps from Hill, fixing him with a glare. Moments before
kickoff a Maryland assistant told Hill, a sophomore wideout and
kicker from Washington, D.C., that his mother was stranded
outside the stadium because no ticket taker would let her in. Hill
scurried under the stands to plead on her behalf, to no avail. He
was on the verge of changing out of his uniform to escort his
mother back home when Clemson president Robert Edwards
showed up and invited her to be a guest in his box. Hill used the
vapors of those indignities as fuel, catching a school-record 10
passes that day in a Maryland loss.”
[For his part, Robert Edwards is nominated for the Bar Chat Hall
of Fame.]
“Hill recalls subtle gestures of respect, even support, from such
white rivals as South Carolina’s Dan Reeves, Wake Forest’s
Brian Piccolo and Duke’s Mike Curtis.”
One man who comes out of this era looking good is Hayden Fry.
Back in 1966 he was the head coach at SMU (Fry later became a
legend at Iowa). Fry had recruited receiver Jerry LeVias from
Beaumont, Texas. LeVias, the first black scholarship player in
the Southwest Conference, proved to be one of the most exciting
players of his era, but at 5’ 8” and 160 pounds, he was an easy
target.
“LeVias met often with Fry to unburden himself of the abuse he
took, always late at night because his coach didn’t want other
players to think LeVias was being coddled. Over and over Fry
incanted a West Texasism: ‘If you don’t want ‘em to get your
goat, don’t let ‘em know where it’s hid.’ LeVias had developed
an understanding of Fry’s own predicament one day when,
waiting outside the coach’s office, he overheard a booster say, ‘If
you let that nigger play, I’ll never give another dime.’”
Stuff
–I forgot to mention last time that that was a terrific piece of
acting by Terri Hatcher at the end of “Desperate Housewives”
last Sunday. So far so good on the new season, in the estimation
of this junior critic. A bit disturbing, but certainly entertaining.
And this just in…Barry Bonds was fired from the show. Yes,
that fellow in the basement of Betty Applewhite’s (Alfre
Woodard) place, who bears a striking resemblance to Barry
Bonds, head all blown up by steroids and such, has been
dismissed for improper conduct on the set. No other cast
member is thought to be involved. Actually, they say his real
name is actor Page Kennedy, but you all know better. Bonds
will be seen for a last time on Sunday’s show.
–BCS Standings
Yes, it’s a lock…the dream match-up, USC – Texas. Neither
will stumble the rest of the way…it’s the Bar Chat Guarantee!
1. USC – .9802
2. Texas – .9765
3. Alabama – .8814
4. Miami – .8805
5. Penn State – .8136
6. Virginia Tech – .7540
8. Ohio State – .6632
9. Georgia – .6313
10. Oregon – .6272
11. Notre Dame – .6065
–And the editor puts his 7-7 record on the line with another three
“picks to click.”
Take USC, giving 19, vs. California
Take Alabama, receiving 2 ½, vs. LSU
Take Hawaii, giving 16 ½, vs. Utah St.
Remember, kids, always ask for your parents’ permission before
placing any bet over $6,000.
–And now for our irregular feature (actually this is the first
time)…
“Help me out on this”
New Jersey Nets center Jason Collins is earning $5.5 million this
season (and has a contract through 2008-09, escalating to $6.2
million, if I recall correctly). We’re talking one of the true bums
in the history of the sport. [Good guy, yes, but still a bum.]
In his first four seasons, Collins has a career average of 5.6
points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game. In 52 playoff
games, his averages are 4.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg.
On Monday night against a Shaq-less Miami, Collins played 32
minutes and had 4 points and 1 rebound. The Nets lost a
heartbreaker by one.
So what am I missing here?
–From the Charlotte Observer, Tuesday, following the
weekend’s festivities involving two of the Charlotte Panthers
cheerleaders.
“Take cheerleaders – dude, two of them! – reports of sex and
bathroom fights, and the raving imaginations of heterosexual
guys, and you get a Monday morning with little work done.
“In work cubicles around Charlotte and across the country, the
lascivious tale of the arrest of two Carolina Panters cheerleaders
was catapulted from water-cooler talk to Internet phenomenon.
“The story ranked among the top three most-viewed in
Charlotte.com’s nine-year history. On ESPN.com, more people
e-mailed it to friends Monday than any other story. The
Panthers’ Web site, which features photos of its cheerleaders,
bent under so many hits that it was shut down.”
Yes, it seems that Renee Thomas, 20, and Angela Keathley, 26,
were engaged in a little hanky-panky with each other in a Tampa
club. Ms. Thomas is a student at UNC Charlotte. My guess is
she’ll be viewed a little differently from here on by her fellow
classmates.
–So I glance at the Santiago Times now and then to get a fix on
Latin America, and I saw there was a whitewater rafting accident
the other day that claimed two lives.
“The day trip was meant to be an end-of-year celebration for
employees of the Santander Banefe bank…
“Two hundred meters downriver of the starting point…the three
rafts hit dangerous currents caused by a whirlpool. Two boats
flipped over, throwing all 14 passengers into the river.”
I did this once with a bunch of co-workers. They had a blast. I
was scared to death.
–Pete Rose Jr. pleaded guilty to charges of distributing drugs, a
case that has been in the works since his days with a Cincinnati
Reds affiliate in 2001, and before then on a broader scale…
Operation Batman’s Brew.
Little Petey was dealing in GBL, a steroid alternative that is
really “an industrial solvent commonly used for stripping wax
from wood floors.” [NY Times] No wonder drugs like this
affect your body as they do. An offshoot of GBL is GBH, the
date-rape drug, a k a Ecstasy.
Said Dr. Gary Wadler, New York University medical professor
and steroids expert, “(GBL) is not a minor league drug. This is a
bad, bad drug.”
[Just another reason to stick with the natural, home grown
goodness of beer…in moderation, of course.]
–Jets fans are still sick about the ending of receiver Wayne
Chrebet’s career following another concussion last Sunday.
After suffering a season-ending concussion last year, Chrebet
said then “I can’t believe how horrible I feel. You just hope it
goes away.” Sadly, that’s not likely to happen after this latest
one.
–Terrell Owens issued an apology to his teammates, coach and
fans on Tuesday.
“This is very painful for me to be in this situation. I know in my
heart I can help this team win the Super Bowl, not only being a
dominant player, but being a team player. I can bring that.”
But while Owens took no questions, his agent, one of the world’s
true a-holes (even more so than T.O.), Drew Rosenhaus, chimed
in:
“Terrell has received a lot of criticism, in my opinion, unfairly.
He did not come out and try to offend anyone….
“(But) the bottom line is I don’t believe the media has been fair
to us. There are players in the NFL who are arrested, who
violated the program when it comes to drugs or substance abuse
and they are not punished as seriously as he has been.”
No, Drew, all Owens did in the span of about 72 hours was once
again disparage the quarterback, the coach, ownership, and get
into a fight with the team’s ambassador of good will.
Rosenhaus then stonewalled when asked questions, such as:
Q: What have you done for T.O. other than getting him kicked
off the team?
A: Next question.
–Meanwhile, there’s a problem with another Philadelphia
athlete, pitcher Ugie Urbina who was arrested and held in
Venezuela on suspicion of murder. A few weeks ago, Urbina
allegedly was part of a group of men that attacked five workers
and poured gasoline on them in an attempt to set them on fire.
All were hurt. Urbina denies he had anything to do with the
incident at his family’s ranch.
Last year, Urbina’s mother was kidnapped and held for a $6
million ransom before she was rescued. Her captors were drug
traffickers.
–Two British academics have concluded that “there could be a
limit to (athletic) performance and that world records will not
continue to rise….The results, of course, assume that athletes in
the future do not benefit from scientific engineering or drug use.”
For example, the two suggest the women’s world record in the
1500m run will never be broken. The record holder is Qu
Yunxia of China, 3:50.46, set in Beijing in 1993.
[BBC News]
–Here’s another item, buried in a pile, that I meant to note last
time.
“Rabid vampire bats have killed 23 people, including 18
children, and bitten hundreds of others in the Brazilian state of
Maranhao. The latest victim was Valice Santos, 20, who died
from a rabies infection….At least 300 attacks by the blood-
sucking bats have been recorded in the town. It is thought that
deforestation of their rainforest habitat triggered the attacks.”
[Agence France-Presse]
–For those of you who watch “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (another
great episode last week), Larry David is an authentic golf fanatic
and plays to a 13-handicap at Riviera.
–But speaking of Hollywood and golf, here’s a tale from Golf
Digest, as written by Tom Callahan, concerning Jack Nicholson.
“Nicholson is not always the friendliest guy on the course,
judging from one story. About 10 years ago, Nicholson and Joe
Pesci were playing at Lakeside with a prominent PGA Tour pro
who decided to give Nicholson a tip after Jack made another
futile pass at the ball on the long par-3 ninth hole.
“ ‘He was aiming his feet way right, aiming his shoulders way
left,’ recalls the pro, who wishes to remain anonymous. ‘He
wasn’t even close. I told Pesci I thought I could give Jack a tip
that would help, and Joe thought that was a great gesture. Jack
was sitting in his cart, so I went over to him and said, ‘Hey, Jack,
why don’t you get another ball, and I’ll give you a tip.’ And he
said, ‘I’ll give you a tip: Go f— yourself.’ I walked away with a
deer-in-the-headlights look. After I told Pesci what happened, he
and Jack got into a pretty heated discussion, then Jack went
straight to the parking lot and left.”
Even though this was 10 years ago, we hereby select Mr.
Nicholson for the “Jerk” category of the Bar Chat Hall of Fame.
Top 3 songs for the week of 11/11/72: #1 “I Can See Clearly
Now” (Johnny Nash) #2 “Nights In White Satin” (The Moody
Blues) #3 “I’d Love You To Want Me” (Lobo…Sheriff Lobo…)
…and…#4 “Freddie’s Dead (Theme from ‘Shaft’)” (Curtis
Mayfield) #5 “I’ll Be Around” (Spinners) #6 “Garden Party”
(Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band) #7 “My Ding-A-
Ling” (Chuck Berry…this double-entendre tune ended up being
Berry’s biggest commercial success) #8 “I Am Woman” (Helen
Reddy…us guys didn’t know how to handle this one, know what
I’m sayin’?)
NBA Quiz Answers: 1) Free-throw shooting, career: Mark Price
(.904) and Rick Barry (.900). [Steve Nash entered this season at
.892] 2) Top 3-point shooter, %, career: Steve Kerr, .454. 3)
Top field-goal percentage, career: Artis Gilmore, .599. 4) 20,000
rebounds: Wilt Chamberlain…23,924; Bill Russell…21,620. 5)
Most games: Robert Parish…1,611; Kareem…1,560; John
Stockton…1,504.
*Last chat I had a top ten scoring, career, list. I probably should
have noted this was NBA only. If you combine ABA stats, the
list would change slightly.
Moses Malone would drop from #5 to #6
Julius Erving would be added at #5
Dan Issel would be added at #7
#9 Dominique Wilkins and #10 John Havlicek would be dropped
entirely.
Next Bar Chat, Tuesday…from Amsterdam. If you don’t like art
history, you can use the time saved to do some light dusting.
