Basketball Daily Card Press
From the court to your collection - the complete story of basketball greatness!
SCORING CHAMPION SETS NEW STANDARD
Rony captured the most improved player in the league award in 1989-90, and it was not surprising. Seikaly improved his stats in every major category in his second NBA season. Rony's rebounding totals placed him sixth in the NBA. Seikaly, who left Syracuse as the Orangemen's all-time leading rebounder, led all rookies in rebounding in 1988-89.
Laettner, one of the most celebrated players in NCAA history quickly translated that success to the NBA. He ranked among the top five rookies in PPG, AST and REB, while tossing in a team BLK leadership for good measure.
B.J. played a valuable role as backup point guard for Bulls in 1990... Scored season-high 20 points against Philadelphia 12/23/89... Finished college career as lowa's all time leader in assists (517)... Led Big Ten in assists in 1989 with 6.1 per game... Shot .443 from three-point range (136-for-307) over four seasons.
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Bob has earned the title, 'Mr. Pro Basketball'. He consistently amazes everyone with his ball handling wizardry, play making ability and high scoring. Last season he led the Celtics to the Championship and topped the N.B.A. in Assists. In 10 playoff games, he averaged over 20 points.
BASKETBALL TRIVIA
Q: What was Mack Calvin's scoring avg. in '69-70 Playoffs?
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Q: Which 76er has a brother who's a Major League pitcher?
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Veteran Satch held his own on a team loaded with front court talent. Sixth Celtic in scoring (11.2), third off boards (574 rebounds), while spending much time guarding rivals' high scorer.
Tom likes to teach kids the fundamentals of basketball.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT
Per minute, O'Neal ranked in the top 1% of the NBA in REB... NBA Rookie of the Year... Only player to rank in top 10 of 4 stat categories (PPG, RPG, BPG, FG%)... set Magic records in each.
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VINTAGE SPOTLIGHT
The most prolific scorer in the history of college basketball, Pete broke the record for most points scored in a career formerly held by Oscar Robertson and became the first to top the 3,000 point mark. A unanimous All-American and the nation's leading scorer the past three seasons, he bettered the 50-point mark 26 different times in his varsity career.
Pete's coach at LSU was his father.
Seeking a skilled veteran to help them reach the next level, the Kings acquired DeRozan in the summer of 2024. With a career 21.2 scoring clip, the guard has repeatedly shown he can get it done in crunch time. He placed top three in voting for the Clutch Player of the Year award each of the past two seasons.
Phil is one of Knicks' key players in their full-court press which has been effective in causing turnovers by the opposition. His long arms enable him to play center at only 6'8".
Phil pitched semi-pro baseball in South Dakota.
The tallest player in the ABA last season, Artis won First Team All-Star honors for the 5th consecutive year. He enjoyed his best season as a pro statistically, winning his 4th rebounding title in 5 years and finishing 4th in the league in scoring. He was named MVP of 1975 ABA Championship Series.
How To Play Basketball: To receive the ball, the player should move his body toward it as it reaches the hands.
RETRO CORNER
Lew had a superb rookie campaign last season as he made the NBA All-Rookie team, the NBA Second All-Star team and was voted as the NBA Rookie of the Year. He led UCLA to an unprecedented three straight national championships and three times he was voted the outstanding player in the NCAA championship tournament. He first gained prominence leading Power Memorial High School in New York to a 95-6 record in four years, including a 71-game win streak.
Lw's hobby is playing the conga drums.
Carl is probably the finest all around man in the league. In 7 of his 8 years, he's led the squad in scoring and last year he was N. Y. king in assists and foul shooting. Carl owns the Knicks mark for a single game with 47 points, and was voted on the Ali Star East Squad 5 times.
Each year analysts write off the Spurs as being too old and every year, Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker prove the skeptics wrong. Led by Ginobili's great shooting from the outside, San Antonio marched through the Western Conference playoffs and into the NBA Finals for the fourth time in 11 seasons.
Wayne had a game-high of 22 Points for the Jazz in 1980-81. His statistics included 52 Assists, 18 Steals and 51 Blocked Shots. Wayne led New Orleans to Sunbelt Conference Title as a senior and was Player of Year.
Wayne was twice named MVP of New Orleans as a collegian.
MODERN ERA
Is Nets all-time leader in assists (2,116), in just four NBA seasons. His 9.4 assists per game in '94-'95 was second only to the assist master, John Stockton (12.3). Average Assists Per Game...7.8.
Angela was one of six players involved in a trade between Minnesota and Phoenix in October 1999 before being selected by the
Storm in the Expansion Draft.
Rich has super ability in getting the ball out quickly on the lead pass to trigger the fast break. He had 222 assists in 1971-72 & led Chaparrals with 182 in 1970-71. Rich joined club during 1969-70 playoffs.
Rich's wife is niece of basketball magician Marquis Haynes.
80s-90s ERA
Often compared to Michael Jordan because of his acrobatic slams, Ron hasn't lost a step despite major knee surgery in 1990. In his first full season back (1991-92), Ron didn't miss a single game.
High Flyer Ron Harper
"Guarding him is like lifting weights." complains Nets center Jason Collins of Shaq, who has been an NBA All-Star 12 times.
Finally made eligible for NBA, Connie is Suns' answer to Lew Alcindor. He was ABA's leading scorer and MVP in 1967-68. Last season he was scoring runnerup with 31-pt. average despite knee operation.
Last season Connie scored 30 or more points in 16 consecutive games.
A proven forward, Lou moved his talents to guard last season as a result of his outstanding play in the 1968-69 playoffs. The switch enabled him to defend against smaller guards and gave him more shots. As a result he enjoyed his finest scoring season and helped the Hawks reach the Western Division finals. Lou made the NBA Second All-Star team in 1969-70.
Lou missed much of 1967-68 because of military obligations.
CLASSIC vs. MODERN
CLASSIC ERA
Was starter on 1972 Olympic squad. Named All-American at Hawali. Drafted: #1-1974 by Atlanta.
MODERN ERA
Last season, Derek become only the second player in NBA history, besides Isiah Thomas, to reach 15,000 points, 6,000 assists and 1,800 steals in a career.
The Bulls expect Tom will eventually rate alongside those other super big men - Russell and Chamberlain. Came up with fine rookie season, sweeping 889 rebounds, averaging 9.8 points.
Tom is the best developed player ever to play at Tennessee.