Remembering Len Bias 30 years after his death: ‘He was It.’
Posted Jun 19, 2016
Sometimes, it is impossible not to close your eyes and wonder what would have been if, 30 years ago Sunday, Len Bias had not died of a cocaine overdose two days after becoming the No. 2 player taken in the NBA draft. Bias, who had shown so much promise at Maryland, was targeted by Red Auerbach as the Next Great Celtics player. Instead, he was a legend interrupted in the NBA.
(Washington Post)
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