Remembering Len Bias and what could have been

[RedAkston]

33 years ago today, wow!

33 years after Len Bias's death, a writer's daily reminder of what we lost and why it's still so hard to let go | NBC Sports Boston

Bias was that good, a wildly athletic 6-foot-9 scorer out of Maryland who had dueled Michael Jordan to a standstill in college and was probably 25 years ahead of his time. Bias would've excelled in today's positionless NBA, with a devastating mid-range game (that used to be a thing, I swear), and the explosive ability to finish over anyone. He was James Worthy in Dennis Rodman's body, and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski once told the Globe's Bob Ryan that the two best opposing players he's ever seen are Jordan and Bias.

Jordan had just exploded with a 63-point game against the Celtics, but for 48 hours that spring, Celtics fans believed they had drafted his equal.

The kid was an amazing talent and it's a shame we didn't get to see him on the big stage.

 

[Rexedgar]

33 years ago today, wow!

33 years after Len Bias's death, a writer's daily reminder of what we lost and why it's still so hard to let go | NBC Sports Boston



The kid was an amazing talent and it's a shame we didn't get to see him on the big stage.

Lefty once cut one of my buddies at Newport News High School; yeah, I’m old!

 

[calamity]

33 years ago today, wow!

33 years after Len Bias's death, a writer's daily reminder of what we lost and why it's still so hard to let go | NBC Sports Boston



The kid was an amazing talent and it's a shame we didn't get to see him on the big stage.

The 1986 Cocaine Draft. Tarply, Washburn, Bedford and, of course, Len were all top 10 picks that year. Of course, too, it was the 80's.

A buddy of mine, back then, said that there was a glass pipe with a bowl as big around as a quarter selling at the head shop called the "Len Bias." That buddy didn't make it much past the 80's either. :shock: