Paul Silas: Shrewdness in Seattle, 1980

[Up next is an article on Paul Silas, winding down his long NBA career with the world-champion Seattle SuperSonics. Seattle-based writer Steve Ellis penned the piece, which appeared in Zander Hollander’s The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball, 1980.]

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A few weeks before training camp began for the St. Louis Hawks in late summer in 1964, Lyndon B. Joh…