Nickname: ‘The Captain’

NBA Straya Nickame: ‘Big Willy’

Teams:
New York Knicks (’64-‘74)

Career Stats (per game):
18.7 pts // 12.9 rebs // 1.8 asts // 47.6 FG% // 74.7 FT%

BEST KNOWN FOR:
– coming out of the locker room for Game 7 of the 1970 Finals, playing injured, scoring the first two buckets, kicking Wilt Chamberlain’s arse and inspiring the Knicks to their first Championship
– inspiring the idea of ‘pulling a Willis Reed’
– inspiring Paul Pierce to pull a Willis Reed in ’08
– was the first bloke to win MVP, Finals MVP and All-Star MVP in the same season
– once decked three #Lakers in a brawl because he was one of the baddest MF’ers in NBA history

– exemplifying the best the human spirit has to offer

DEAD-SET LEDGE STATUS:
Completely DEAD-SET Assured!! C’mon bloke, Big Willy gave us one of the most inspiring sports moments this side of Dizzy Gillespie’s double century in Bangladesh, AND faced up against/went through Unseld, Russell, Wilt and Kareem, and came out with a couple of titles! He was also a legendary hard-nut who’d protect his teammates to the death… basically like a taller Ricky Ponting.

But still, you can’t go past ‘HERE COMES WILLIS, AND THE CROWD IS GOING WILD!!’ in terms of being a dead-set ledge!

#ONYA Big Willy!

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