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Paul Westphal, Basketball Hall of Famer, dead at 70
New York Post ^
| 1-02-2021
| Field News Media
Posted on 01/02/2021 1:50:33 PM PST by ZagFan
Hall of Fame guard and longtime NBA coach Paul Westphal died Saturday at age 70 after a battle with brain cancer, the Phoenix Suns announced.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: basketball
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If I remember correctly, Westphal was a golfing buddy of Rush Limbaugh.
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posted on
01/02/2021 1:50:33 PM PST
by
ZagFan
To: ZagFan
He’s famous. So it’ll end up Covid related.
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posted on
01/02/2021 1:52:58 PM PST
by
albie
To: ZagFan
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posted on
01/02/2021 1:54:38 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: ZagFan
Condolences to family and friends of Paul Westphal
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posted on
01/02/2021 1:55:55 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: ZagFan
So many people are dying. It’s like it will never end.
To: ZagFan
I remember the name; RIP.
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posted on
01/02/2021 1:58:47 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
He was coach of the Charles Barkley/Kevin Johnson Phoenix Suns teams of the ‘90s. If not for Jordan they would have won a championship or two.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:00:50 PM PST
by
lodi90
To: ZagFan
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:08:17 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Cui bono? I will not comply.)
To: ZagFan
Celtics traded him for Charlie Scott - I don’t think Red realized what a great player he would become. He was fun to watch, and a real class act.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:13:24 PM PST
by
Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: Bob434
Great player. RIP.
To this day, the greatest Basketball Game I have ever seen was Game 5 of the 1976 Finals between Boston and Phoenix, that went 3 overimes.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:16:27 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ZagFan
For a few seasons he was pretty much unstoppable.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:28:45 PM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Windage and Elevation)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:36:06 PM PST
by
hsmomx3
To: ZagFan
His parents were upper class, but he’d go down to the courts at the beach in high school and dominate the other players with his skill, including dunking on everyone.
He was a great athlete.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:45:33 PM PST
by
WASCWatch
( WASC)
To: ZagFan
Paul Westphal died Saturday at age 70 after a battle with brain cancer Covid 19 Fixed it.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:45:38 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
To: SamAdams76
So many people are dying. It’s like it will never end. Nobody leaves here alive.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:47:12 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
To: Psalm 73
His Suns team lost to the Celtics in 1976 finals. Funny, he would have fit right in with the Celtics. Great ball player with skill in both hands. Was at his best with the Suns.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:51:14 PM PST
by
Baldwin
To: ZagFan
So sad and so young. His mom was a regular attender of our small church in Manhattan Beach and he would come occasionally when he wasn’t busy playing for USC.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:57:10 PM PST
by
rossusa
To: ZagFan
RIP Paul Westphal, a great player and coach.
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posted on
01/02/2021 2:57:52 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
To: SamAdams76
Sucks..2021 is starting out like this :(
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
01/02/2021 3:02:34 PM PST
by
HotKat
(Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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