Sam Lacey: Time Passages, 1981

[In 1981, Kansas City and Portland met in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Steve Kelley, a reporter with the Oregonian, penned this brief profile of Sam Lacey, Kansas City’s hard-working center who helped lead the Kings to victory in the short series. It’s a nice piece heralding a mostly unsung NBA veteran. So nice, in fact, Basketball Digest decide…