Wes Unseld Always Did The Dirty Work
The Lead
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🗓️ 9 June 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Last week, the basketball world lost a legend when Wes Unseld — the Hall of Famer who played for the Baltimore and Washington Bullets — died at the age of 74. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Fred Katz — who spoke with a number of Unseld’s teammates, including Phil Chenier and Bobby Dandridge — to look back at Unseld’s remarkable NBA career, and the physical play and unselfishness that defined him.
Read Fred Katz’s story in remembrance of Wes Unseld: https://theathletic.com/1851770/2020/06/03/from-defense-to-contract-negotiations-wes-unselds-greatness-was-understated/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:31.0 | Last week, the basketball world lost a legend. |
| 0:36.0 | Sad news to report legendary Baltimore Washington Bullets player Wes Unzeld has died. |
| 0:42.1 | Unzeld was the league's MVP and rookie of the year, 1968-69 season, and a five-time NBA |
| 0:48.3 | all-star. |
| 0:49.3 | Wes Unzeld played his entire Hall of Fame career for the same franchise and led |
| 0:53.6 | Washington to their only championship in 1978. |
| 0:58.6 | Today, we're joined by the Athletics Fred Katz, who spoke with a number of Unzeld's |
| 1:03.6 | teammates to look back at his life and career, including the physical play and the unselfishness |
| 1:08.6 | that defined him. |
| 1:09.6 | I mean, look, he averaged like ten points a game in his career and was a sure fire Hall |
| 1:13.8 | of Famer. |
| 1:14.8 | It gets just a great microcosm for what his career was as the guy who was going to do all |
| 1:20.4 | the stuff nobody wanted to do, and he was going to do it at an elite level. |
| 1:28.6 | From Wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:31.4 | And I'm Anders Kulto. |
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