The Short Player is Doomed!
[Earlier today, the blog ran a 1949 profile of NBA pioneer Eddie Gottlieb. Now fast forward just one year. Gotty offered this bold prediction in the 1950 Dell Basketball Magazine: the demise of the 5-foot-11 and under player in basketball. Yes, the end of those scampering Lilliputians who once called the (set) shots in pro basketball. Gotty’s perspectiv…