NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: World B. Free
Nickname: ‘Prince of Midair’ / ‘All-World’
‘Strayan Nickame:
‘Worldo’ / ‘Hippy’ / ‘Eartho’
Teams played for:
Philadelphia 76ers (’75-’78)
San Diego #Clippers (’78-’80)
Golden State Warriors (’80-’82)
Cleveland Cavaliers (’82-’86)
Philly (’86-’87)
Houston Rockets (’87-’8)
Career Stats (per game):
20.3 pts // 2.7 rebs // 3.7 asts// 45.6 FG% // 33.7 3P%
Best known for:
– Legally changing his name from Lloyd to ‘World’
– All-time GREAT NBA name
– Saving basketball in Cleveland (when he arrived it was basically the Flint Tropics with 1500 people a game: a year or two later, they were selling out their arena)
– Twice finishing 2nd to George Gervin for the NBA scoring title, averaging a whopping 30.2 pts a game in 1979-80
– Beautiful rainbow jumpshot
– Pioneered the Reggie Miller-perfected kickout
– Incredible gold chain/balding/sideburns combo
– Once bet Darryl Dawkins $100 he couldn’t drink a whole bottle of Chinese mustard and nearly killed Darryl Dawkins
– Never met a shot he didn’t like
Dead-Set Ledge Status:
Assured! Sure, if he played now and kept up with his whole ‘jacking shots with no conscience’ thing, he’d basically be a combo of Melo and Rusty Westbrook… but still! That’s an all-time GREAT name… and it came from his Brooklyn playground mates who called him ‘All-World’, prompting him to simply change his name to ‘World’, which is baller as hell.#ONYA World B Free!
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