Willis Reed, wani almara wanda ya jagoranci New York Knicks zuwa gasar zakarun Turai guda biyu a shekarun 1970 kuma wanda aka yi la'akari da baiwa New York wasan kwallon kwando daya daga cikin abubuwan da ba a mantawa da shi ba, ya mutu ranar Talata. Yana da shekaru 80, ya kasance.
A ranar 21 ga Maris, 2023, da karfe 3:45 na yamma, Knicks ya wallafa wani hoton Reed na shiga kotu da baya ga kyamara, yana fuskantar abokan wasansa yayin da suke dumamar wasan zakarun na 1970, daya daga cikin fitattun lokuta a NBA. da kuma Madison Square Garden tarihi.
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Duk da samun tsagewar tsokar cinya a cikin Wasan 5 na NBA Finals tsakanin New York Knicks da Los Angeles Lakers, Reed ya halarci rabin farko na wasan zakarun gasar bayan ya zauna Game 6 da Los Angeles Lakers. A ranar 8 ga Mayu, 1970, Reed ya yi yaƙi don shigar da shi zuwa filin wasan ƙwallon kwando don cin nasara-duk Game 7 yayin da jama'ar Madison Square suka yaba. Sannan ya ci gaba da yin harbin nasa na farko guda biyu, wanda ya zaburar da tawagarsa da jama'a. Ko da yake ya ji rauni shi da kyaftin din Knicks, tare da Walt Frazier sun taimaka wajen jagorantar kungiyar zuwa 113-99 romp da taken NBA na farko. Bugu da ƙari, wasan tsalle-tsalle na Michael Jordan wanda ya lashe gasar zakarun Turai don kambi na shida a 1998 da Magic Johnson ya kawo karshen kamfen ɗinsa na rookie ta hanyar ɗaukar ragamar ci gaba a tsakiya a Wasan 6 na 1980 don jagorantar Lakers zuwa nasara, ana yawan ambaton wasan kwaikwayon kamar daya daga cikin abubuwan da ba a mantawa da su a tarihin wasanni. A cikin 1971–72, ya sami damar yin wasa a wasanni 11 kawai, amma ya sake dawowa shekara mai zuwa don jagorantar Knicks zuwa gasa na biyu a kakar wasansa ta ƙarshe.
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An haifi Willis Reed Jr. a Hico, Louisiana, a ranar 25 ga Yuni, 1942, ta Willis Sr. da Inell Reed. Ya yi tsere a Bernice, Louisiana, Ya kasance ƙwararren ɗan wasan NBA na Amurka, koci, kuma babban manaja. Ya mutu a ranar 21 ga Maris, 2023. Tun da farko, Reed ya nuna basirar wasansa kuma ya shiga wasan ƙwallon kwando a Lillie, Makarantar Sakandare ta Yammacin Louisiana. An kashe aikinsa na kwaleji a Jami'ar Jihar Grambling (wanda aka sani da Kwalejin Grambling), inda mai hagun ya kafa. A can, ya taimaka wa Tigers lashe gasar zakarun NAIA na 1961, gasar wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle na Kudu maso Yamma guda uku, da matsayi na uku a 1963. A cikin 2022, makarantar ta soke lambarsa kuma ta sake suna kotun Reed.
Ya buga wa New York Knicks na tsawon lokacin aikinsa na ƙwallon kwando (1964 – 1974). Ya fara bayyanuwa na Duk-Star, ya sami lambar yabo ta NBA Rookie na Shekara, an zaɓi shi ga Ƙungiyar Farko ta NBA All-Rookie, kuma ya yi farkon bayyanarsa na All-Star. Gidan Wasan Kwando na Naismith Memorial na Fame ya ƙaddamar da Reed a cikin 1982. An haɗa shi cikin "Mafi Girma 'Yan wasa a Tarihin NBA" a cikin 50. An sake gane Reed a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa a wasan lokacin da aka zaɓa shi don NBA. Tawagar Cikar Shekaru 1996 a cikin Oktoba 75.
Bayan wasansa ya kare, Reed ya shafe kusan shekaru goma a matsayin babban koci da mataimakin koci tare da kungiyoyi daban-daban (Tsakanin 1981 zuwa 1985, ya yi aiki a matsayin babban koci a Jami'ar Creighton kuma a matsayin mataimakin koci a Jami'ar St. John. Bugu da ƙari, Reed ya taimaka wa Sarakunan Sacramento da Atlanta Hawks a cikin NBA) har sai an ɗaukaka su zuwa matsayin gudanarwa da mataimakin shugaban kula da ƙwallon kwando (1989 – 1996) don New Jersey Nets. A matsayinsa na babban mataimakin shugaban tsarin wasan kwallon kwando, ya taimaka musu a 2002 da 2003 wajen kaiwa ga gasar NBA.
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