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Jack Sikma is hands down my favorite Seattle athlete. The original stretch-5. He was a big part of Sonic's winning the ‘79 title and larger than life to me, the 7 year old kid watching him at the time. His teammates Freddy Brown, Dennis Johnson, Gus Williams and Paul Silas gave me a lot to cheer about cause’ our other Hawks and M’s teams stunk it up back then!

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Did you make it to the championship parade as a kid? When the Sonics come back, I hope the franchise will invite these guys back to celebrate them for bringing the first pro championship to our city.

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Lenny Wilkins really had some muscles for a player of that era.

Re: Gus Williams, I've never heard of a player being Comeback Player of the Year before when what had derailed him was a contract dispute. But I guess Le'Veon Bell shows how even a voluntary absence can be hard to overcome.

It looks like Comeback Player of the Year hasn't been awarded in the NBA since 1985-1986, otherwise Michael Jordan's return from baseball would have made for an interesting question. But Jordan probably would have been insulted by such a lowly award! With his return to the Wizards, I guess he could have won it twice.

I find Shaun Alexander a prince of a guy, too, in addition to having enjoyed his style and accomplishments.

Kam Chancellor that high surprises me. My view of him, probably off, was that he was kind of one-dimensional.

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Another cool thing about Lenny is that he's remained in the Seattle-area and hasn't been hidden from the public eye as he regularly appears for and with the Seattle basketball community.

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