These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination.

We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.

I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.