Bob McAdoo reflects on his Pistol Pete moment amid NBA’s H-O-R-S-E revival

Posted Apr 23, 2020
As he waited last week in his car at a Whole Foods parking lot while his wife shopped, playing it safe during these times as a 68 year old, Bob McAdoo laughed a knowing laugh. Because for all the trickery by the contestants in ESPN’s H-O-R-S-E competition last week, McAdoo that none experienced what he had experienced more than 40 years ago. (South Florida Sun Sentinel)

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