NBA legend Spencer Haywood developed a renewed respect for Kobe Bryant before the latter's passing in 2020. Why? Because the Los Angeles Lakers legend showed him respect. Haywood revealed that Bryant ...
Haywood said he cashed out in 1973. The first basketball player to rep Nike, Spencer Haywood, said his agent sold his stake in the company way too early, resulting in him missing out on a massive ...
Long before Michael Jordan became Nike's face, the Swoosh brand signed Spencer Haywood as its first-ever basketball shoe endorser. Like Jordan, Phil Knight paid Haywood in Nike shares of stock because ...
It’d be unfair to blame Spencer Haywood’s failures in New York on a specific reason, but there’s a good place to start: Haywood fell in love. Haywood was 26 years old when acquired by the Knicks, a ...
Many basketball fans today only know Pete Maravich for the highlights that they see on the internet. But for those who played with and against him during the 1970s, he will always be remembered as one ...
It’s an overstatement to say that the NBA as we know it wouldn’t exist without the pioneering work of Spencer Haywood, but not by much. The Supreme Court helped, too.
Spencer Haywood is a Hall of Famer from the 1970s who became famous for a number of reasons. Firstly, he won the ABA MVP in his rookie season, a feat that has only been accomplished by two other NBA ...
LAS VEGAS – The top of his refrigerator is crowded with white plastic bottles, neatly aligned in rows, so snug that another couldn’t fit. The bottles are filled with pills and powders – an assortment ...
In the history of professional basketball, few figures loom as large—both literally and figuratively—as Spencer Haywood.The Hall of Famer didn’t just change the game on the court; he changed the ...