I know he had severe memory issues. He and Van Lier would have been perfect Bad Boy Pistons. The Bulls has some very good teams in the 70’s, just a scorer short.
Same here.Sloan and Van Lier in the backcourt were the most physical backcourt in the 70s. I still think of him as a Bulls player, not a Jazz coach.
Mendy Rudolph announced some playoff games with Brent Musberger in the 70's.I sometimes confuse legendary NBA referees Mendy Rudolph and Earl Strom.
Rudolph was the one with the gambling problem.
Played high school basketball against his son Brian Sloan. When Jerry became head coach of the Bulls he moved his family from Mcleansboro to Glenview or Northbrook. I remember playing against Brian Sloan when he was a Sophmore at Glenbrook H.S.. He was playing varsity, We guarded each other. Brian Sloan played very physical. He was more physical then most players I faced. I shut him down. I believe Brian Sloan became Mr. Basketball of Illinois his Senior year.
Rip Jerry Sloan
Bob "butterbean" Love silky smooth.It was a good team.....Love and Walker at forwards and Ray at center. Love had one of my favorite nicknames 'Butterbean'
Certainly not doubting BR's story, I didn't know he was at Glenbrook also. It seemed like Indiana had 2-3 Brian Sloan-types thruout the 80's and 90's on their teams.I remembered Brian Sloan as a player at Indiana. I knew he had played in downstate Illinois, but Big Runner's story sounded legitimate. So here's the answer:
Brian Sloan started at McLeansboro, then transferred to Glenbrook for his sophomore year, then back downstate after his dad was fired as the Bulls coach.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-02-01-9101100367-story.html
Played high school basketball against his son Brian Sloan. When Jerry became head coach of the Bulls he moved his family from Mcleansboro to Glenview or Northbrook. I remember playing against Brian Sloan when he was a Sophmore at Glenbrook H.S.. He was playing varsity, We guarded each other. Brian Sloan played very physical. He was more physical then most players I faced. I shut him down. I believe Brian Sloan became Mr. Basketball of Illinois his Senior year.
Rip Jerry Sloan
It was a good team.....Love and Walker at forwards and Ray at center. Love had one of my favorite nicknames 'Butterbean'
"Butterbean" Love and Chet "The Jet" Walker.
Bulls announcer Jim Durham liked to describe Walker's opponents being "put in the popcorn machine" when "Chet the Jet" used a couple of head fakes.
Great visual.
Same here.
I didn't realize he was the 4th pick in the draft.
I never would have guessed that. Servicable center. Too bad the WC had Alcindor, Chamberlain, Hayes, Thurmund, Tomjanovich, Lanier.Interesting note: Sloan's teammate, Tom Boerwinkle, also was a fourth overall pick in the NBA Draft.
Sloan in 1965 and Boerwinkle in 1968.
I grew up 25 miles from Mcleansboro....my brother has lived there for years. Jerry Sloan famous in that small town for sure.
Bigrunner with a great post.
Sloan was a staunch republican known downstate for his support unwavering support to that party.
Not sure how close Effingham is to where you grew up. But both Ewe and Olaf Blab went to Effingham as German exchange students. Ewe had a very good career at Indiana and had a good NBA career. Olaf went to Illinois and later may have transferred to Indiana. Anyway my Sophmore year in college I went to the Kentucky Derby with a gambling buddy from high school. My friend went to Illinois and was friends with Olaf. My friend talked his father into sponsoring his trip to the Derby the year Swale won. I got a ride from WIUI to campaign to meet my friend. When I got there my friend introduces me to Olaf. He says "Olaf is going to the derby with us, he wants to see America's countryside.
The rest of the story. I mentioned his father sponsored the trip. Well that included 300 t-shirts that said "Dawn at the Downs" and had a twin spires silk screen on, that we were gonna sell.
My idiot friend rents a Mercury Lynx. Can you believe that. Olaf Blab was at least 6'10" and I was 6'5", and the idiot rents a Mercury Lynx. We get to Churchill, and security lets us bring the t-shirts thru the admission gates even after my friend gets caught with a pipe and bag of weed. Like I said, he was an idiot. Olaf didnt sell any t-shirts but I sold a lot of them.
That same night we drove back to Campaign in the Lynx. Olaf was at the wheel and all of a sudden the lights on the car started going off. Olaf says i didn't do anything. Well it turned out his knees were hitting some of the turn on buttons. It was hilarious, especially after being without sleep for almost a day.
Sloan's kid played with starting C/F Dean Garrett at Indiana. Garrett was the race & sports book director at the Flamingo.
Effingham close. I remember the blab... big boy in Highschool for Effingham, I'm from a small town..Ridgway. We won state tittle class A in 1973.
And I'm not sure what party Sloan supported...that was a fib
Boerwinkle, your favorite?
Recorded more career rebounds than points.
Though he did throw some sweet backdoor passes to Bob Weiss.
Not many in the NBA look like the two players pictured below.
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Weiss wins the award for the least muscle definition for an NBA backcourt player.
The Bulls were in the Western Conference when they were defeated by the Blazers in the 1977 NBA Playoffs.
Dare I say when Jimmy Carter was in the White House?
Haha.