Piston Great Bob Lanier Dead at 73....
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Turns out, Bob Lanier's shoe size was fake news.
He famously wore size 22 shoes, according to all reports in the 1970's.
But a Converse spokesperson in 1989 set the record straight by reporting Lanier's shoes were "only" 18 1/2.
He famously wore size 22 shoes, according to all reports in the 1970's.
But a Converse spokesperson in 1989 set the record straight by reporting Lanier's shoes were "only" 18 1/2.
Lanier tore up his knee in the final game of his college career at St. Bonaventure.
Yet he was still the #1 overall pick in the NBA (Detroit Pistons) and ABA (New Jersey Nets).
Yet he was still the #1 overall pick in the NBA (Detroit Pistons) and ABA (New Jersey Nets).
I remember Lanier as left-hand dominant.
Did he ever go right?
Did he ever go right?
Those NBA centers of the 1970's were a salty lot: Wilt, Kareem, Willis Reed, Bill Walton, Bob Lanier, Nate Thurmond, Wes Unseld, Dave Cowens, Artis Gilmore, etc.
It was a different game back then.
It was a different game back then.
Yes he was.
In Chicago, they called him the A-Train.
Terrible footwork and so left-handed.