ʻO Willis Reed, he moʻolelo nāna i alakaʻi i ka New York Knicks i ʻelua lanakila lanakila i ka makahiki 1970 a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kinipōpō pōpeku ma New York City kekahi o kāna mau manawa poina ʻole, ua hala i ka Poalua. I ka 80 makahiki, ua.
Ma Malaki 21, 2023, ma ka hola 3:45 PM, ua paʻi ka Knicks i ke kiʻi o Reed e komo ana i loko o ka pā hale me kona kua i ka pahupaʻikiʻi, e kū pono ana i kona mau hoa kime i ko lākou hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana no ka pāʻani hoʻokūkū 1970, kekahi o nā manawa hōʻailona loa i ka NBA. a me ka moʻolelo ʻo Madison Square Garden.
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ʻOiai ua ʻeha ʻia ka ʻiʻo ʻūhā i ka pāʻani 5 o ka NBA Finals ma waena o New York Knicks a me Los Angeles Lakers, ua komo ʻo Reed i ka hapa mua o ka pāʻani poʻokela ma hope o ka noho ʻana ma waho o ka pāʻani 6 me ka Los Angeles Lakers. Ma ka lā 8 o Mei, 1970, ua hakakā ʻo Reed no ke komo ʻana i ke kahua pōʻaleʻa no ka pāʻani lanakila-lawe-a pau 7 ʻoiai e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ana e ka lehulehu o Madison Square Garden. A laila hoʻomau i kāna mau pana mua ʻelua, e hoʻoikaika ana i kāna hui a me ka lehulehu. ʻOiai ua ʻeha ʻo ia a me ke kāpena Knicks, me Walt Frazier i kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hui i kahi 113-99 romp a me kā lākou poʻokela NBA mua. Ma waho aʻe o kā Michael Jordan lanakila lanakila i ka pana ʻana no kāna poʻo inoa ʻeono i ka makahiki 1998 a ua hoʻopau ʻo Magic Johnson i kāna huakaʻi rookie ma o ka lawe ʻana i ke kikowaena o ka pāʻani 6 o ka hopena hope loa o ka makahiki 1980 e alakaʻi i ka Lakers i ka lanakila. kekahi o nā hanana poina loa i ka moʻolelo haʻuki. I ka makahiki 1971-72, hiki iā ia ke pāʻani i nā pāʻani he 11 wale nō, akā ua hoʻi hou ʻo ia i ka makahiki aʻe e alakaʻi i ka Knicks i ka hoʻokūkū lua i kāna kau hope.
ʻO wai ʻo Willis Reed?
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Willis Reed Jr. ma Hico, Louisiana, i ka lā 25 o Iune, 1942, na Willis Sr. lāua ʻo Inell Reed. Ua holo ʻo ia ma Bernice, Louisiana, he mea pāʻani ʻoihana NBA ʻAmelika, kumu aʻoaʻo, a me ka luna nui. Ua hala ʻo ia ma Malaki 21, 2023. I ke kakahiaka nui, ua hōʻike ʻo Reed i kona mākaukau haʻuki a ua komo i ka basketball ma Lillie, Louisiana's West Side High School. Ua hoʻopau ʻia kāna ʻoihana kolepa ma ke Kulanui ʻo Grambling State (a laila ʻike ʻia ʻo Grambling College), kahi i kū ai ka lima hema. Ma laila, ua kōkua ʻo ia i nā Tigers e lanakila i ka hoʻokûkû NAIA 1961, ʻekolu mau poʻo inoa o ka Southwestern Athletic Conference, a me ke kolu o ka wahi i ka makahiki 1963. I ka makahiki 2022, hoʻopau ke kula i kāna helu a kapa hou ʻia ka ʻaha ʻo Reed.
Ua pâʻani 'o ia no ka New York Knicks no ka lō'ihi o kona 'oihana pâ'ani pôpeku 'oihana (1964-1974). Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka holo ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona All-Star, loaʻa iā ia ka NBA Rookie of the Year Award, ua koho ʻia i ka NBA All-Rookie First Team, a ua hana ʻo ia i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona All-Star he nui. Ua hoʻokomo ʻo Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame iā Reed i ka makahiki 1982. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo ia i waena o ka "50 Greatest Players in NBA History" ma 1996. Ua ʻike hou ʻia ʻo Reed ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi o ka pāʻani i kona koho ʻia ʻana no ka NBA. Hui Hui Makahiki 75 ma ʻOkakopa 2021.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna ʻoihana pāʻani, ua lilo ʻo Reed i ʻumi makahiki ma ke ʻano he kaʻi poʻo a me ke kumu aʻoaʻo me nā hui like ʻole (Ma waena o 1981 a i 1985, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he poʻo kumu ma ke Kulanui ʻo Creighton a ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo ma St. John's University. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i nā Sacramento Kings a me Atlanta Hawks i ka NBA) a hiki i kona hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻana i kahi kūlana hoʻokele a me ka hope pelekikena o ka hoʻokele basketball (1989–1996) no ka New Jersey Nets. Ma kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena poʻokela o nā kaʻina basketball, ua kōkua ʻo ia iā lākou ma 2002 a me 2003 i ka hiki ʻana i ka NBA Finals.
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