George Mikan: How I Play the Pivot

[When George Mikan signed with the Minneapolis Lakers in 1947, he was greeted by a team loaded with talent and a “firehouse” brand of basketball with no use for an old-fashioned post player like him. However, Lakers coach John Kundla soon came to his senses. “We started the season saying the game of basketball was outdated if the offense depended on a t…