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ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS – THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT DOMINIQUE WILKINS, AND IN ALLTHE RIGHT WAYS. There were guys before Wilkins like “Chocolate Thunder” Darryl Dawkins and Julius Erving (“Dr. J”) that attacked the rim with intense aggression and players of his era like Michael Jordan and Clyde Drexler that soared through the air in an acrobatic style with grace, but none of them combined all of it into one like “the Human Highlight Film”. From 1982 to 1999, Wilkins elevated the game building a Hall of Fame career. Beckett got to celebrate the Atlanta Hawks’ great at the 2025 National Sports Collectors Convention. BUILDING AN EVERLASTING LEGACY IN THE PEACH STATE After being a 1979 McDonald’s All-American out of Washington High School (Washington, N.C.), Wilkins took his talents to…

ROSEMONT, Illinois – Given the perception of the modern era athlete, what Kevin McHale did in the 1980s may seem like a farfetched tale drafted by a Hollywood screenwriter. The third overall pick in the 1980 NBA Draft, McHale spent his first five seasons with the Boston Celtics coming off the bench. Keeping with the perception of a “bench player” in the case of McHale, he is one of the top 50 players ever in the NBA. A record-setter for points (1,704) and rebounds (950) at the University of Minnesota, McHale (6-10, 210) found himself in a unique position once in Boston. The Celtics got power forward Larry Bird on the roster in 1979, drafted in ’78, and had another beloved player at small forward in Cedric Maxwell. Bird, as…

Since the Chicago Stags topped the Philadelphia Warriors for basketball supremacy in 1947, as the last piece of celebration confetti hits the floor, fans ask the simple question: Can they do it again? The Oklahoma City Thunder are the reigning champions with the proverbial bull’s eye on their back. The question arises again… can anyone catch the Thunder? League history suggests a repeat is not likely with just 13 teams winning titles in consecutive seasons. But unlike many teams before OKC, the Thunder are back with the core group of their championship team. Another reason the Oklahoma City Thunder are the odds-on favorite (+220) to hoist a banner in 2026, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA). The build up for Gilgeous-Alexander’s 2024-25 season was six NBA years in the making. The 11th selection…

Among the talk of the disrespected and oft forgotten players of yesteryear, Adrian Dantley is a GOAT. From his beginnings in the NBA, even the way players guarded him at the time, Dantley was not given respect due. The last laugh was an invitation to the Hall, but he’s still left out of conversations about all-time greats. If the disrespect line seems like another unsupported rant, I have a trivia question for you. Who was the first NBA Rookie of the Year winner to be traded the following season? ANSWER: Adrian Dantley. Dantley was a two-time first team All-American at Notre Dame (1975, 1976) before the Buffalo Braves selected him sixth overall in the 1976 NBA Draft. During his rookie year, Dantley averaged 20.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game.…