Willis Reed, akụkọ akụkọ duru ndị New York Knicks gaa na mmeri abụọ nke asọmpi na 1970 na onye ekwuru na o nyere bọọlụ basketball nke New York City otu n'ime oge echefuru echefu, nwụrụ na Tuzdee. Mgbe ọ dị afọ 80, ọ bụ.
Na Machị 21, 2023, na 3:45 PM, ndị Knicks tweeted foto nke Reed na-abanye n'ụlọ ikpe na azụ ya na igwefoto, chere ndị otu ya ihu ka ha na-ekpo ọkụ maka egwuregwu asọmpi 1970, otu n'ime oge kachasị ama na NBA. na Madison Square Garden akụkọ ihe mere eme.
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N'agbanyeghị inwe akwara apata ụkwụ gbawara agbawa na Game 5 nke NBA Finals n'etiti New York Knicks na Los Angeles Lakers, Reed sonyere na ọkara mbụ nke egwuregwu asọmpi mgbe ọ nọsịrị Egwuregwu 6 megide Los Angeles Lakers. Na Mee 8, 1970, Reed lụrụ ọgụ ka ọ banye n'ogige basketball maka onye mmeri-ewere egwuregwu 7 niile mgbe igwe mmadụ Madison Square Garden na-eto ya. Ma wee gaa n'ihu gbaa agba abụọ mbụ ya, na-akpali ndị otu ya na igwe mmadụ ahụ. N'agbanyeghị na ọ merụrụ ahụ ya na onye isi ndị Knicks, yana Walt Frazier nyere aka duga otu ahụ na 113-99 romp na aha NBA mbụ ha. Na mgbakwunye na mmeri mmeri nke Michael Jordan gbara maka aha nke isii ya na 1998 na Magic Johnson kwụsịrị mkpọsa rookie ya site n'iweghara etiti na egwuregwu 6 nke asọmpi 1980 iji duru ndị Lakers gaa mmeri, a na-akpọkarị arụmọrụ ike dị ka otu n'ime ihe omume kachasị echefu echefu na akụkọ egwuregwu. Na 1971–72, ọ nwere ike igwu naanị egwuregwu iri na otu, mana ọ laghachiri n'afọ na-abịa iji duru ndị Knicks gaa asọmpi nke abụọ n'oge ikpeazụ ya.
Ọnye na-bụ Willis Reed?
A mụrụ Willis Reed Jr. na Hico, Louisiana, na June 25, 1942, site n'aka Willis Sr. na Inell Reed. Ọ gbara ọsọ na Bernice, Louisiana, Ọ bụ onye egwuregwu NBA America, onye nchịkwa na onye njikwa izugbe. Ọ nwụrụ na Machị 21, 2023. Na mbido, Reed gosipụtara nkà egwuregwu ya wee sonye na basketball na Lillie, Louisiana's West Side High School. Emere ọrụ kọleji ya na Mahadum Grambling State (nke a na-akpọ Grambling College), ebe onye aka ekpe mara ya. N'ebe ahụ, o nyeere ndị Tigers aka imeri asọmpi 1961 NAIA, aha atọ Southwwest Athletic Conference, na ebe nke atọ na 1963. N'afọ 2022, ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ wepụrụ nọmba ya ma nyegharịa ụlọ ikpe Reed.
Ọ gbara maka New York Knicks maka oge ọrụ basketball ya niile (1964 – 1974). Ọ malitere ịgba ọsọ nke All-Star, nweta NBA Rookie of the Year Award, ahọpụtara ya na NBA All-Rookie First Team, wee mee nke mbụ ya n'ime ọtụtụ ngosi All-Star. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame webatara Reed na 1982. E tinyere ya n'etiti "50 Greatest Players in NBA History" na 1996. A ghọtara Reed ọzọ dị ka otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu kachasị egwu na egwuregwu ahụ mgbe a họpụtara ya maka NBA. Otu ncheta afọ 75 na Ọktoba 2021.
Mgbe ọrụ egwuregwu ya kwụsịrị, Reed nọrọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ iri dị ka onye isi nchịkwa na osote onye nchịkwa na ndị otu dị iche iche (N'etiti 1981 ruo 1985, ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi nchịkwa na Mahadum Creighton na dịka onye nchịkwa nchịkwa na St. John's University. Ọzọkwa, Reed nyeere ndị Sacramento Kings na Atlanta Hawks aka na NBA) ruo mgbe ewelitere ya n'ọkwa njikwa na osote onye isi oche njikwa basketball (1989–1996) maka New Jersey Nets. N'ikike ya dị ka onye isi osote onye isi oche nke usoro basketball, o nyeere ha aka na 2002 na 2003 iji ruo NBA Finals.
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