David Greenwood dies at age 68

[uncleoswald]

David Greenwood, who was one of coach John Wooden's last recruits at UCLA and went on to win an NBA championship with Detroit during a 12-year pro career, has died. He was 68.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/45495213/david-greenwood-former-ucla-star-nba-champ-dies-68

Mitch Albom wrote a very funny article about Greenwood and Scott Hastings that I have probably read about 1,000 times in my life. Those two were a couple of jokers on the bench.

https://www.mitchalbom.com/bench-buddiespistons-hastings-greenwood-play-at-not-playing/

Greenwood's career was pretty interesting, as Albom points out. No. 2 pick the '79 draft, behind Magic Johnson, he went on to play second fiddle to Michael Jordan on the Bulls and David Robinson on the Spurs before becoming a journeyman. Of course, he was a big star at UCLA prior to the NBA.

RIP.

[SuperBad]

He showed up against Portland in the finals when we needed some minutes and Rodman was having back spasms

[MortSahlfan]

I remember him well. I had his basketball card, too.

RIP