Unsung NBA heroes
Non-star stars
I know David Stern wanted the league revolving around stars, but to me that has always missed so much. As a Lakers fan in 1979, a newly minted teenager who watched tape delay games on CBS at 11:30pm et, I knew the story of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could not be written without healthy doses of Jamaal Wilkes (Silk!) and Norm Nixon. For years I tried to shoot like Norm Nixon as I imagined battles against Maurice Cheeks.
I watch a HUGE number of NBA games. 28 this week, plus more than a dozen college and G-League games. And frankly, I notice a lot of elite play from players who don’t make headlines. I want to salute these under-the-radar killers.
