RIP Al Attles

[HanSenSE]

So I'm watching this. Good gawd. No score bug, on screen clock or shot clock. No 3-point line, of course. Center jump to start every quarter. Mussburger and Oscar Robertson sound like they hadn't seen a Warriors game all season, and the matching leisure suits are worse.

Crazier, Mussburger gave an update on the Indy 500, which would be shown on delay ... on ABC!

But ya gots print reporters covering the game from the floor, where they belong.

 

[DanOregon]

This is how Mieuli usually appeared in public. Like Sherlock Holmes turned hippie.

 

[da man]

A true beacon of dignified sportsman not only for the NBA, the Bay Area, and the Warriors, but all of sports.

When he went after Riordan, that was awesome (I'm old enough I actually saw it on TV live).

He went after Riordan and got Unseld. Not a great trade.

 

[da man]

Anyone here remember the annual NBA GUIDE from The Sporting News?

In the front would be a page for each team. With pictures of the owner, GM and head coach.

On the Golden State page, it was always just Attles - who was usually dressed like Superfly - and whatever coach who was about to get fired.

I loved Attles immediately.

What I remember about that book was the players’ pages were in alphabetical order, and people (other than me) were often surprised to see who was first: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Most people expected him to find him in the Js.

 

[qtlaw]

He went after Riordan and got Unseld. Not a great trade.

His nickname was “The Destroyer”, bad draw for Unseld.

 

[HanSenSE]

Bump.