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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.