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RIP Wes Unseld

Not very tall, but Wes was a wide load and very strong in the paint.

RIP Wes
 
The old Baltimore Bullets... I lived in Maryland as a kid when he played.

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We were fortunate enough to be @ Capital Center for the conference semifinal between SA Spurs and the Wash Bullets.


George “Iceman” Girvin Was SA star at the time.
 
Unseld would make a large number of too-short to be NBA teams, the kind where Stephen Curry is too tall to be considered. Wilt Chamberlain said pushing Unseld was like trying to move a parked truck.
 
Unseld was marvelous in the paint.

He averaged almost four assist a game, an unusual number for a center.
 
Jack Hays said:
RIP Wes Unseld. A great player, a champion and a role model.


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[h=2]Wes Unseld was a giant by any measure[/h]
As a player and a man, the center led Washington in rebounds — and everything they don't have stats for.







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That's sad, back when pro basketball was really worth watching, this guy was really worth watching. His battles with clifford Ray and Rick Barry in the Golden State championship win was entertaining
 
jamesbyoung said:
Unseld was marvelous in the paint.

He averaged almost four assist a game, an unusual number for a center.
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Many of those resulted from his amazing outlet passes. That was probably one of his more famous skills. I never saw him play live, but highlights were impressive, and I remember seeing him on the sidelines through the 80s and 90s for Washington's teams.

Kevin Love is his godson, and he learned to throw outlet passes almost as well as Wes. LeBron and Kyrie were recipients of several of those passes from 2015-2018.

It is sad to see Wes passed, and prayers go to his family and those lives he touched inside and outside of basketball.
 
Rest in peace, Wes Unseld.
 
calamity said:
Back when Washington was the Bullets. I definitely remember seeing Wes play. Damn! I must be getting old.
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Fun fact: "Washington Bullets" had nothing to do with firearms. Name was a carryover from the previous location: the "Baltimore Bullets." That name in turn derived from a famous passenger train: the Baltimore Bullet.
 
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