Darnell Hillman - Query & Co 12/14/23
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🗓️ 14 December 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Darnell Hillman calls in to talk about the loss of his friend and teammate George McGinnis.
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| 0:28.3 | at hope plumbing.com. And then you have greatness. And you have greatness in terms of players that |
| 0:34.2 | have an impact on a franchise and the city and the game of basketball, |
| 0:39.9 | who their jersey hangs in the rafters, they are in the Hall of Fame, they are forever |
| 0:45.5 | enshrined, and I'm talking about George McGinnis, who George McGinnis, of course, the Mr. |
| 0:51.6 | Basketball out of Indianapolis Washington High School in 1969, |
| 0:55.1 | went on to Indiana University where in only one year for the Hoosiers, had the highest single |
| 1:00.4 | season scoring average in Indiana basketball history. He is the only Indiana player to average |
| 1:05.7 | 30 points per game. 29.99 is what it technically was. Before going on to a career in the ABA where he was an ABA most valuable player, he went on to the Philadelphia 76ers where he played in the NBA finals. |
| 1:20.6 | And actually during halftime of one of those games, there was a dunk contest, the first in NBA history. |
| 1:26.6 | And a man who was in that dunk contest and won it and was a teammate of George McGinnis. |
| 1:32.7 | And I think he would agree with me in saying a brother, for lack of better term, to George McGinnis. |
| 1:40.5 | Darnell Hillman joins us as George McGinnis, we we now know passed away after a couple of days from a medical |
| 1:48.1 | incident that happened at home. But George McGinnis, the team, the Pacer's officially announcing today, |
| 1:53.2 | passing away. And Darnel Hillman is taking time today to reflect on one of the all-time greats, |
| 1:58.6 | not only as a basketball player, but an ambassador for the |
| 2:01.0 | city of Indianapolis. Darnel joins us now. Darnel, first, I want to thank you sincerely for |
| 2:06.5 | your time on what I know is a difficult day. So let me begin by asking, how is Darnel Hillman |
| 2:12.1 | doing today? I'm holding my own, doing the best I can. |
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