NBA STRAYA #NeverForget OFF-SEASON EDITION!
Name: Elvin Hayes
Nickname: ‘The Big E’
NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Easy E’
Teams:
San Diego Rockets / Houston Rockets (’68-‘72)
Baltimore #Bullets / Capitol #Bullets / Washington #Bullets (’72-’81)
Houston Rockets (’81-’84)
Career Stats (per game):
21.0 pts // 12.5 rebs // 1.8 asts // 1.0 stls // // 2.0 blks // 45.2 FG% // 67.0 FT% // 14.7 3pt%
BEST KNOWN FOR:
– playing exactly 50,000 NBA minutes
– missing only 9 games in 16 years
– scoring over 27k points and nabbing over 16k rebounds
– being a dick that everyone hated
– going to the Great Wall of China and not getting off the bus to see it, saying ‘I’ve seen a wall before’
– choking in the ’75 Finals
– choking in the ’78 Finals
– choking in the ’79 Finals (the Bullets won despite E fouling out)
– basically being the first Karl Malone
DEAD-SET LEDGE STATUS:
Assured!! Mate! The 27k points/16k rebounds club runs FOUR blokes deep… so, you can’t dispute his numbers. Still, everyone who played with him thought he was a ball-hog and a dickhead… ladies and gentlemen: the NBA’s version of Stevie J!
#ONYA Easy E!
