You know. I mentioned something in the last NBA Playoffs post that really deserved a bit more of a mention than it did and probably a post of its own is deserved.

Heck yea, it does.

If you’ve lived in this town for a long time and are in your fourties or higher, then you certainly remember the short and sweet stint of the Buffalo Braves and their superstar center Bob McAdoo. I don’t need to rehash what he did as Brave, or that his scoring prowess while in Buffalo was the catalyst for his eventual induction into basketball’s Hall of Fame in Springfield a few years back.

But what many people may not know is that he did not hang up his sneakers after his NBA playing days ended in 1986. He simply took his high scoring act across the sea to Italy starring for Philips/Tracer Milano, Fabriano and Forli while pumping in twenty seven points per game in a seven year span in which he led Milano to two Euroleague titles. He finally called it a career in 1993 ending a tenure in pro ball that lasted over two decades.

What’s the big deal, you ask?

This season the Euroleague is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with the announcement of a list of its fifty greatest countributors(players,coaches,officials) and on that list is none other than Bob McAdoo. McAdoo joins plenty of other notables including Manu Ginobli, Vlade Divac, Mike D’Antoni, and Drazen Petrovic who made big names for themselves on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Congrats Bob, on a highly esteemed and much deserved honor!

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