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There is the notion NBA players were less athletic in the 1960s than today's game. Many fans feel the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell and Elgin Baylor would struggle against the likes of ...

FILE - Wilt Chamberlain, of Philadelphia, shoots in an NBA playoff game against the Boston Celtics, March 19, 1960. The 1960s was the decade Chamberlain scored 100 points, the Celtics-Lakers rivalry ...

"Will you all look at Russell's little pinky?" - How Red Auerbach motivated the Celtics before Game 7 of the 1960 NBA Finals originally appeared on Basketball Network. In the 1960 NBA Finals, the ...

The year was 1960, early in his career as a professional player for the Philadelphia Warriors in the NBA. Just as he was ...

On these yearbook pages, the 1960s NBA is still a rumor; crew cuts, crisps collars, and futures hiding in plain sight. Before signature moves and championship banners, the greats were homeroom ...

Chet Walker—a Hall of Fame forward for two NBA teams in the 1960s and 1970s—died Saturday, according to a Saturday evening report from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that cited the NBPA. He was 84. One of ...

BOSTON (AP) — Sam Jones remembers the NBA landscape in the 1960s being only marginally different from what he had experienced growing up in America’s segregated South. “There was a quota for Blacks ...