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    Spencer Haywood’s Impact on NBA History

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    LAST UPDATED June 21, 2023 | 10:48 am— PUBLISHED June 21, 2023 | 10:30 am
    • Spencer Haywood played 14 years of pro basketball between the ABA and NBA, was a 4-time NBA All-Star, and won a championship with the Lakers in 1980.
    • Haywood set the precedent for players leaving school early to pursue the NBA after his winning his 1971 Supreme Court case against the NBA.
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    Victor Wembanyama is set to take the NBA by storm, but in the past, a 19-year-old French athlete would have no place in the league. We explore how the NBA has become younger and more international over the last several decades with a Hall of Fame player who helped make that happen.

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