I have mentioned him a lot over the years on this site. He was a baller but more importantly according to Phil Chenier, a good man.

Hall of Famer and former Washington Bullets star Wes Unseld dies at age 74


https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29255201/hall-famer-former-washington-bullets-star-wes-unseld-dies-age-74
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29255201/hall-famer-former-washington-bullets-star-wes-unseld-dies-age-74%3fplatform=amp

Wes and Phil:

Thanks for posting this. Unseld was an amazing player. He played all his games against much taller centers. After he retired, he revealed that he was a shade under 6-6, and not 6-7, as he had always been listed in the game programs. My favorite memory of him was when he would go up and get a rebound, and as he was coming down, he would already be turning around and firing the ball down the floor to start a fast break, even before his feet hit hit the floor. He did it often, and I tried to find a video of this. There are a couple of these rebounds and passes in this video:

Wes was the type player that Tony Gonzalez believes in his own mind he would have been in the NBA had he gone that route.

Wes also looked pretty impressive in short pants, particularly in his younger days.