Bob Lanier

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Bob Lanier, the most extraordinarily graceful man of great size who ever played in the NBA. And there will always be the great “Big If?”

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Could St Bonaventure have won the 1970 NCAA title if he hadn’t been injured in the Regional Finals? It’s entirely possible. [{ "selector": ".sirxj-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 362px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }, { "selector": ".bdklr-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 384px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

He was the best basketball player ever to come out of Buffalo. But he was most proud of what he accomplished

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after his NBA career as the league's ambassador to the youth of the country, talking about the importance of education. [{ "selector": ".kzcxz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 362px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }, { "selector": ".atwmo-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 407px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

“Most NBA people put Lanier on a par with Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the truly dominant big

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men in professional basketball.” — TSN, April 1, 1978 [{ "selector": ".gpniw-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 411px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }, { "selector": ".aeoor-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 470px))", "opacity": 1}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": 1} ] }]

Bob Lanier passed away on Tuesday evening at the age of 73.

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