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Lamar Green: I’ll Be There, 1970

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Nov 26, 2021
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[In the 1969 NBA draft, the Phoenix Suns selected Lamar Green, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound forward from Morehead State. The selection drew a collective yawn, and the draft raced on to the next pick and yawn: Norm Van Lier. 

Nobody in their right mind thought Green, a top rebounder in college, had a prayer of sticking in the NBA. But stick he did for five seaso…

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