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RIP:Connie Hawkins basketball hall of famer

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Aug 3, 2003
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NY playground legend who had his name dropped in a point shaving scandel from which he was later exonerated. Second pick behind Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) by the Phoenix Suns. Read a book about him when I was in high school and the way he grew up on the NY streets and playgrounds. Kind of an early version of Dr. J

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