Artie Wilson and Maurice Lucas both passed away yesterday. I have met both of them and spent a little bit of time with Artie. Artie Wilson was 90 and Maurice Lucas was 58. I will write more about them this evening.
Wow. <Mo was the first basketball player who I really thought was a tough guy (on the court at least). He seemed like one tough dude. I later found out he was, but he was also one great guy off court. Too young, so sad.
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Wow. <Mo was the first basketball player who I really thought was a tough guy (on the court at least). He seemed like one tough dude. I later found out he was, but he was also one great guy off court. Too young, so sad.
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