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Thursday, June 02, 2005
The first NBA Superstar has died
NBA great George Mikan died today, at age 80. Mikan was the first true NBA superstar, leading the Minneapolis Lakers to 5 titles in the first 6 years of the league. He apparently was also the reason that the goaltending rule was created in the NCAA when he played at DePaul. He started the trend of the Lakers having some of the best centers (Mikan, Wilt, Kareem, and Shaq) of all time on their teams, as well as their multigenerational dominance of the NBA. The only team that comes close to them in this is the Celtics, and they have really only had two decades of dominace (although, more championships).
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