Not that it matters, but in my opinion, the franchises most important players all pre-date you; they’re Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld and Bobby Dandridge. No one else yet has joined the franchise that match what they delivered in professional basketball to the area.
Agree on these with Bobby D being my all time favorite Bullet. On my list consider Phil Chenier also worthy of being a fourth cornerstone. So many key quality players on those Dick Motta and Kevin Loughery teams… fun teams that thrived on pressure.
Yeah unfortunate for Phil that his back injury took him out of the championship run period. At the same time, we were fortunate that his Cal Berkeley roommate Charles Johnson vitally replaced him (along with Grevey stepping up) in that role. Phil never regained his level of consistency from that point forward.
I agree with your opinion. Those players brought a championship to Washington and were on the most successful teams in franchise history. I’ve seen some great basketball during my time, but never anything to that level.
Wishing you good fortune.
Not that it matters, but in my opinion, the franchises most important players all pre-date you; they’re Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld and Bobby Dandridge. No one else yet has joined the franchise that match what they delivered in professional basketball to the area.
Agree on these with Bobby D being my all time favorite Bullet. On my list consider Phil Chenier also worthy of being a fourth cornerstone. So many key quality players on those Dick Motta and Kevin Loughery teams… fun teams that thrived on pressure.
Yeah unfortunate for Phil that his back injury took him out of the championship run period. At the same time, we were fortunate that his Cal Berkeley roommate Charles Johnson vitally replaced him (along with Grevey stepping up) in that role. Phil never regained his level of consistency from that point forward.
Thank you, Tim!
I agree with your opinion. Those players brought a championship to Washington and were on the most successful teams in franchise history. I’ve seen some great basketball during my time, but never anything to that level.