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Charlie Criss: Guts and Elbows Basketball, 1977

bobkuska
Oct 22, 2021
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[In the pantheon of NBA players short of stature, Charlie Criss still stands tall more than 30 years after sinking his last jump shot with the Atlanta Hawks. The 5-foot-8 Criss spent all or part of seven seasons in the NBA. Not bad for a guy who didn’t take his first NBA jump shot until age 28.

For Criss, his belated start had everything to do with break…

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