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Letter of the Law: The NBA From A to Z

A to Z.It sounds like the 1952 NBA All-Star Game, which featured Paul Arizin and Max Zaslofsky.It sounds like the 1971 champion Milwaukee Bucks, who had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Zopf.It sounds like the history of Lithuanian centers, from Arvydas Sabonis to Zydrunas Ilgauskas.It also sounds like a good way to take a...

Tip-Off Timer: The 50 Greatest Players ... Time to Make Some Substitutions

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Monday, there are 50 days remaining.Back in 1996, the NBA asked a group of basketball experts to come up with a list of the 50 greatest players in the history of the league. It was the 50th anniversary of the NBA, after all.It was an...

Background on Paul Arizin

Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9, 1928 – December 12, 2006), nicknamed "Pitchin' Paul," was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the third highest career point total (16,266) in NBA history, and was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History upon its 50th anniversary in 1996. He was a high-scoring forward at Villanova University before being drafted by the Warriors of the fledgling NBA.

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