Kerner decided to trade my rights to the Chicago Stags, which sounded better to me than Tri-Cities, but the Stags folded up almost immediately.

We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

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.

Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team.

I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.