Basketball Intelligence Newsletter

Basketball Intelligence Newsletter

Share this post

Basketball Intelligence Newsletter
Basketball Intelligence Newsletter
Connie Hawkins' First Spin Around the NBA, 1969
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Historical Article Library

Connie Hawkins' First Spin Around the NBA, 1969

bobkuska
Jun 11, 2021
∙ Paid

Share this post

Basketball Intelligence Newsletter
Basketball Intelligence Newsletter
Connie Hawkins' First Spin Around the NBA, 1969
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Share

[In the 1972 book Stand Up for Something: The Spencer Haywood story, author Bill Libby spoke with Sam Schulman, owner of the Seattle Supersonics, about the latter’s frustration with the NBA’s status quo. Schulman’s frustration had hit a high simmer in mid-1969 when the NBA Board of Governors awarded the NBA rights to then-ABA star Connie Hawkins to the …

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Basketball Intelligence
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More