Hopper
Banned
I'll start. Anybody remember the Bed-stuy homeboy, and Rucker Park regular, Connie Hawkins? He ROCKED!
"As a result of the investigation, despite not being charged or arrested, Hawkins was expelled from Iowa. No other college--either in the NCAA or NAIA--would offer him a scholarship. NBA Commissioner J. Walter Kennedy let it be known that he would not approve any contract for Hawkins to play in the league....With the major professional basketball league having effectively blacklisted him, Hawkins played one season for the Pittsburgh Rens of the American Basketball League and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. When that league folded, Hawkins spent three years performing with the Harlem Globetrotters....
Connie Hawkins hit the ground running in his first season with the Suns, 1969-70, where he played 81 games, and averaged 24.6 points per game,10.4 rebounds per game and 4.8 assists per game. In the final game of his rookie season, Connie had 44 points, 20 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks, and 5 steals. The Suns finished third in the Western Conference, and were knocked out by the Los Angeles Lakers in a great seven-game series, in which Connie Hawkins carried the Suns against a team that had Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West. Connie Hawkins averaged 25 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists per game....Despite being unable to play in the NBA when he was in his prime, his performances in the ABL, ABA, and NBA helped him get inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
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"As a result of the investigation, despite not being charged or arrested, Hawkins was expelled from Iowa. No other college--either in the NCAA or NAIA--would offer him a scholarship. NBA Commissioner J. Walter Kennedy let it be known that he would not approve any contract for Hawkins to play in the league....With the major professional basketball league having effectively blacklisted him, Hawkins played one season for the Pittsburgh Rens of the American Basketball League and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. When that league folded, Hawkins spent three years performing with the Harlem Globetrotters....
Connie Hawkins hit the ground running in his first season with the Suns, 1969-70, where he played 81 games, and averaged 24.6 points per game,10.4 rebounds per game and 4.8 assists per game. In the final game of his rookie season, Connie had 44 points, 20 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks, and 5 steals. The Suns finished third in the Western Conference, and were knocked out by the Los Angeles Lakers in a great seven-game series, in which Connie Hawkins carried the Suns against a team that had Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West. Connie Hawkins averaged 25 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists per game....Despite being unable to play in the NBA when he was in his prime, his performances in the ABL, ABA, and NBA helped him get inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
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