Bob Reyer

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4,192 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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Comic Book Podcast | Talking Comics · Talking Comics Podcast: Issue #758: The XXX-Men · 17 Jun 2026 podcast

And when Connie's name turned up in connection, the New York district attorney grabbed this 19-year-old kid from Bed-Stuy out of college, brought him back to New York, and sequestered him for two weeks, not even allowing him to call his mother. voice-verified

And this is pre-Miranda. voice-verified

Under pressure, he confessed to fixing games, even though as a freshman back then, he wasn't allowed to play in any games. voice-verified

The NBA declared him ineligible for the draft and then for years declared him ineligible, even when his college career was graduated. voice-verified

So Connie drifted through two smaller leagues, MVP in both of them, by the way, with four years in between them playing for the Harlem Globetrotters. voice-verified

Until the lawyers for one of his teams he played for filed suit to have the NBA restore his eligibility. voice-verified

All the while, NBA players knew how great Connie was. voice-verified

They played him in the Rucker League summer tournaments. voice-verified

Some of those players, like Don Nelson from Iowa, testified on Connie's behalf as to what kind of player he was and why the NBA should have let him in. voice-verified

Now, Connie entered the NBA at age 27 on bad knees from years on inferior courts. voice-verified

And he led the second-year Phoenix Suns from 18 wins to the playoffs in the game that clinched the playoffs for him. voice-verified

Connie Hawkins scored 44 points with 20 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 block shots, and 5 steals. voice-verified

10 of those rebounds in the fourth quarter. voice-verified

And they almost beat the imposing LA Lakers of Jerry West, Elgin Bale, and Will Chamberlain in a seven-game series. voice-verified

Connie was first team All-NBA, averaging 25 points, 10 boards, five assists that year, and would make the All-Star team four straight years. voice-verified

With all that, an entry into basketball's Hall of Fame followed many years later, but he got in it. voice-verified

But it's said by many knowledgeable coaches, writers, historians, that if Connie Hawkins had the chance for his NBA career to have begun as it should, which would have been about 1963, he'd be thought as one of the top five players of all time. voice-verified

So the people who lost out, Connie certainly did. voice-verified

He had no bitterness about it, even as far back as his book and whatever. voice-verified

But we fans lost out on something special. voice-verified

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