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Luther Rackley: Reserve Power for the Knicks, 1972

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Oct 04, 2021
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[Heading into the 1969 draft, most scouts had soured on Xavier University’s senior center Luther Rackley of Xavier University and his seemingly sweet 17 points and 14 rebounds per game. As they liked to point out, the kid Rackley wasn’t featured in Xavier’s offense, a bad commentary on his undeveloped post play, and he looked stiff and could lost out th…

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