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Willis Reed
The Captain has passed. In my high school days I was out of my mind over basketball. I don't watch basketball like I used to. Those Knicks teams epitomized ball movement and team defense. I miss those days.
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It's a different game. We don't have Willis and Wilt pounding on each other anymore. I miss it too, Bob.
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For many of us New Yorkers, arguably the best Knicks lineup ever...
RIP Captain...
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He also coached at Creighton U. back in my hometown in the early '80s.
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Sad. Arguably the best NY Knick ever.
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Willis was listed as 6'10" but was probably closer to 6'8". Back then it was a big man's game and what he lacked in height he made up for in pure toughness and will. He only played 10 seasons with the last few slowed by injury. I saw some pix of him a couple of weeks ago and he looked frail. As a New Yorker the image frozen into my memory forever is Willis, ball in left hand, right shoulder buried into Wilt or Unseld or Kareem, getting ready to clear them out.
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Sorry to hear about the passing of Willis. May you rest in peace. The Knicks teams from that era were great. They were all all-stars, Earl the Pearl, Clyde Frazier, Bradley, DeBushere, Phil Jackson, Dick Barnett, Cassie Russell.
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It’s weird I was never a Knick fan - I was always a Willis Reed fan, a Walt “Clyde” Frazier fan (wore Puma Clyde’s for years - didn’t help!), an Earl the Pearl fan (although that started when he was a Baltimore Bullet), and a Bill Bradley fan. I never saw anyone do anything tougher than Willis playing with a torn thigh in game 7 of the 1970 finals and willing the Knicks to the title. I was 10 (just a few days shy of turning 11) when he did that, so I’m sure I didn’t FULLY appreciate what he did, but I never forgot it either…
RIP Willis, -Ray
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Saw a lot of those guys. I still remember watching that Game 7 on TV. When Willis Reed game out I was thinking, "this don't look good". |
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Haha. It wasn't good, but not just because of Willis. Frazier went for 36-19-7 with a load of steals which weren't recorded then.
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Walt Frazier had the game of his life that night. My favorite game of that series was game 5 when Willis got hurt and DeBusschere and Stallworth somehow kept Wilt in check. What a squad! Oy, I'm getting all verklempt!
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Very sad about the passing of my favorite big man... I play center my whole life when I played ball, as a kid you would call out who you where before the game....If I could still play I'm still calling I'M WILLIS MF REED stay out of the paint or I'll throw your chit back.
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