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Zion Williamson Summer League Jersey Expected to Fetch Big Price

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He has yet to play a regular-season game in the NBA, but Zion Williamson is already setting records. Williamson, the 6-foot-7, 285-pound power forward out of Duke, was drafted No. 1 in this year’s NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. The New York Post, quoting figures from Fanatics.com — an NBA partner that operates the league’s online store and also a store in New … [Read more...] about Zion Williamson Summer League Jersey Expected to Fetch Big Price

Meet the First No. 1 NBA Draft Pick to Appear on a Basketball Card

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Pro basketball wasn’t exactly a powerful draw for college players in the late 1940s. The first number one pick of the BAA (later the NBA) in 1947 was Clifton McNeely out of Texas Wesleyan, who was honored but clearly not enamored. He became a high school coach instead. The top pick in 1948 was Andy Tonkovich of Marshall who was taken by the Providence Steamrollers, played … [Read more...] about Meet the First No. 1 NBA Draft Pick to Appear on a Basketball Card