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Cyril Baptiste: The Destruction of a $450,00 Basketball Player, 1973

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Cyril Baptiste: The Destruction of a $450,00 Basketball Player, 1973

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Mar 27, 2022
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Cyril Baptiste: The Destruction of a $450,00 Basketball Player, 1973

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[In the early 1970s, the NBA still had a no drug problem. Or so, league officials contended. But the league could point to a few embarrassing outliers, top prospects who let illicit drugs scuttle their once-promising pro careers. That included the young Cyril Baptiste, a 6-foot-9 forward-center who attended Creighton University. 

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