I think the only person who ever called Mullin "Mully" (or at least wasthe first) was Raftery, who also called him Chrissy. Looie called him Mo at times.
On that account Raftery admired SJU and Looie and sent flowers to the wake.
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On that account Raftery admired SJU and Looie and sent flowers to the wake.
Hard to determine for certain. Getting rid of Bellamy, who hoisted a ton of shots, and moving Reed to center also helped a ton. Throw in the maturation of Bradley and Frazier, making Cazzie a 6th man, the comeback from heart surgery of Dave Stallworth, and the off the bench production of Phil Jackson, and things came together quickly. No doubt, though, the DeBusshere was the missing piece of the puzzle who fit perfectly.
In 1968, the NBA franchises still persisted in not having all black teams, so the Knicks threw Howard Komives into the Bellamy-DeBusshere swap.
Jim Bad News Barnes was the #1 pick in the 1964 draft, Willis was taken by the Knicks in the second round.
Barnes was later traded in a package deal to Baltimore to obtain Walt Bells.
The Bad News nickname was also tagged later to Marvin Bad News Barnes of PC.
Okay you guys got me going down a rabbit hole looking at late 60s NBA playoff brackets. Was only five when the Knicks won in 1970 but know my history about that team (tomorrow the 55 anniversary of The Willis Reed game). Anyway in looking at the brackets The one seed played the three and the two seed played the four. Anyone know why ? I remember seeing this at Wimbledon in the late 70s early 80s and assumed just a weird British thing. Now I am really confused.
I vividly remember Coach Looie approaching Chris M when we made the Final Four saying: Mo we’re going!!!!
Great visual remembering the joy exchanged between the two of them.
Strange #2 gets the #4 and #1 gets #3---Larry O'Brien must have had too many beers when they managed that crazy seeding matchup.
I remember Bruce Beck calling him Mully during his years as host on the weekly Lou Carnesecca Show. Also PJ Carlesimo during 1992 Olympics.
Looks like this was the format from 1967 through 1971 when conferences went to two divisions
Thought may have been to try and get two more competitive series.
And the great Minutemen led by Mike Riordan. Coach Holzman would bring them in for a spark, or give a foul, or give the starters a quick rest.
Every now and then Red Holzman would sub out maybe 4 or even 5 players, sort of like a complete second string lineup, give all 5 starters a rest at once. Never see that today.
That was also my thought
Actually when the Knicks had a 9 man rotation last year Thibs would often do that at the start of the 2nd quarter leaving just one starter in. Like Red, he didn't do it for very long.
He was a member of the Atlantic Beach Club circa roughly 1978-1983 as was my family. I spanned the ages of 3-8 in that period. I have hazy little kid memories of him humoring some of the dads playing pickup and toying with them.
Does Keving Garnett fit the same mold?
He lived on Hampton Rd in Garden City. If I got an early train I'd sometimes catch him, always with a 6 pack that he could finish by Jamaica. He was Knicks president when we got the lucky frozen envelope for the #1 pick in the 85 draft.
On the way to work or home?
Nope.
In today’s world Duncan would never play the 4. But he sure spent a lot of time there when he was playing.
