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https://eu.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2017/10/07/connie-hawkins-charismatic-game-likable-personality-made-him-suns-first-star-connie-hawkins-death/743284001/ SCOTT BORDOW | The Republic | azcentral.com Al McCoy loves to tell stories about former Suns great Connie Hawkins, who died Friday at the age of 75 . Here’s one of them: After Hawkins’ autobiography “Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story” was published in 1972, Hawkins would do a series of interviews in whatever city the Suns were playing in that night. At the end of one long road trip, the Suns were in Kansas City to take on the Kings, and Hawkins was exhausted. But, as was his agreeable nature, he consented to the round of interviews that morning and afternoon. In the locker room before the game, McCoy noticed that Hawkins wasn’t around. He asked longtime Suns trainer Joe Proski where Hawkins was, and Proski said, “I don’t know. I’ve been trying to call the guy, but no one is answering in his hotel room.” Worried, the Suns ...

https://www.amazon.it/Connie-Hawkins-spezzato-Basketball-Portraits-ebook/dp/B01B3WU3VY/ref=sr_1_7?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1507461802&sr=1-7 Figlio del ghetto e leggenda dei playground newyorkesi, aprì la via ai maestri del gioco “sopra il ferro”. Estraneo allo scandalo delle scommesse nel college basketball, fu bandito da NCAA e NBA. Quando fu “riabilitato”, non era già più il vero The Hawk. Falco a metà di Christian Giordano © RAINBOW SPORTS BOOKS © «È stato Elgin prima di Elgin, Julius prima di Julius, Michael prima di Michael. A livello individuale, il più forte giocatore che io abbia mai visto». Per Connie Hawkins, più che un giudizio un’investitura. Ad accollargli la metaforica spada sulla spalla, ai microfoni della ESPN, sua maestà Larry Brown, allora coach dei Philadelphia 76ers ma suo avversario in campo nella finale ABA 1967-68. Non che a certi nomi occorrano i relativi cognomi, ma specifichiamo. Giocando quindici, venti anni avant...