Willis Reed, ngano yakatungamira iyo New York Knick mukukunda kaviri mumakwikwi muma1970s uye anonzi akapa New York City basketball imwe yenguva dzayo dzisingakanganwiki, akashaya neChipiri. Pazera ramakore 80, akanga ari.
Musi waKurume 21, 2023, na3:45 PM, veKnick vakatumira mufananidzo waReed achipinda mudare akafuratira kamera, akatarisana nevechikwata chake apo vaidziya mutambo wetsiva wa1970, imwe yenguva dzinonyanya kukosha muNBA. uye Madison Square Garden nhoroondo.
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Kunyangwe kuve nemhasuru yehudyu yakabvaruka muMutambo 5 weNBA Finals pakati peNew York Knicks neLos Angeles Lakers, Reed akapinda muhafu yekutanga yemutambo weshasha dzakatevedzana mushure mekugara kunze kweGame 6 vachipesana neLos Angeles Lakers. Musi waChivabvu 8, 1970, Reed akarwa kuti apinde mudare rebasketball kumukunda-kutora-mese Mutambo wechinomwe achiombera maoko nechaunga cheMadison Square Garden. Uye ndokuenderera mberi nekuita mapfuti ake maviri ekutanga, achikurudzira timu yake nechaunga. Kunyangwe akakuvara iye nekaputeni weKnicks, pamwe naWalt Frazier vakabatsira kutungamira timu kumakwikwi e7-113 uye zita ravo rekutanga reNBA. Pamusoro pekuhwina kwaMichael Jordan mumakwikwi ekusvetuka-svetuka kuhwina zita rake rechitanhatu muna 99 uye Magic Johnson akahwina mutsara wake werookie nekutora nzvimbo pakati peMutambo 1998 wemafainari a6 kutungamira maLakers mukukunda, kuita kwehugamba kunowanzo kutaurwa se. chimwe chezviitiko zvisingakanganwiki munhoroondo yemitambo. Muna 1980-1971, akangokwanisa kutamba mumitambo ye72 chete, asi akadzoka gore rakatevera kutungamira Knicks kumakwikwi echipiri mumwaka wake wekupedzisira.
Willis Reed ndiani?
Willis Reed Jr. akaberekerwa muHico, Louisiana, musi waChikumi 25, 1942, naWillis Sr. naInell Reed. Akamhanya muBernice, Louisiana, Aive mutambi weAmerican NBA mutambi, murairidzi, uye maneja mukuru. Akashaya musi wa21 Kurume 2023. Pakutanga, Reed akaratidza hunyanzvi hwake hwekumhanya uye akatora chikamu mumutambo webasketball kuLillie, kuLouisiana kuWest Side High School. Basa rake repakoreji akaripedzera paGrambling State University (yainzi panguva iyoyo Grambling College), pakadzikama kuruboshwe. Ikoko, akabatsira maTigers kuhwina mukwikwidzi we1961 NAIA, mazita matatu eSouthwestern Athletic Conference, nenzvimbo yechitatu muna 1963. Muna 2022, chikoro chakabvisa nhamba yake ndokutumidza dare raReed.
Akaridzira New York Knicks kwenguva yebasa rake rose re basketball (1964-1974). Akatanga kumhanya kweAll-Star kutaridzika, akawana mubairo weNBA Rookie weGore, akasarudzwa kuNBA All-Rookie Chekutanga Chikwata, uye akaita ake ekutanga kutaridzika kweAll-Star. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inducted Reed muna 1982. Akaverengerwa pakati pe "50 Greatest Players in NBA History" muna 1996. Reed akambozivikanwa semumwe wevatambi vakatanhamara mumutambo paakasarudzwa kuNBA. 75th Anniversary Team muna Gumiguru 2021.
Mushure mekunge basa rake rekutamba rapera, Reed akapedza makore angangoita gumi semurairidzi mukuru uye mutevedzeri wemurairidzi nezvikwata zvakasiyana (Pakati pe1981 kusvika 1985, akashanda semurairidzi mukuru paCreighton University uye semutevedzeri wemurairidzi kuSt. John's University. Pamusoro pezvo, Reed akabatsira Sacramento Kings neAtlanta Hawks muNBA) kusvika vakwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemaneja uye mutevedzeri wemutungamiri webasketball manejimendi (1989-1996) yeNew Jersey Nets. Muchinzvimbo chake semutevedzeri wemutungamiri webasketball, akavabatsira muna 2002 na2003 kusvika kuNBA Finals.
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