The Darkest Scandal In NBA History (The Death of Michael Jordan’s Rival)

The

darkest

scandal

in NBA

history

potentially robbed us of one of the greatest basketball players of all time before his

death

. Len Bas was seen as a generational prospect, a future Hall of Famer and a man who could have been Michael Jordan's biggest

rival

. Mike replaced Mike would have been great but he had an advantage over Mike he was a better athlete he was bigger and stronger he was a leaner LeBron but with a jump shot a big statement but these are the words of Olden Palines who not only played against both on Len Bias in college, but he was also the No. 8 pick on the 15-year NBA veteran.

Olden wasn't the only one who thought Lenas' 6'8 height with a 44-inch vertical leap and ability to bench at least 300 pounds scared his opponents. and his dominance left players like Jay Bile in all of us, he was Superman in a basketball uniform. I mean, I think it's like being on a golf course with Tiger Woods or something or that time you played against Jordan like there's a difference between being a great player. and being Transcendent and he was in the Transcendent category, a Transcendent Talent, a slimmer LeBron, whose

death

was described by the Reverend Jesse Jackson as having the impact of Martin Luther King Jr.

Today we will see how great Len Bias could have been and We'll delve into what would become the biggest

scandal

in basketball, so what happens? Mike here and Len Bias' athletic highlights are absurd. Watch here as he catches a lob and throws a back slam. His head is literally in The Rim. This was not a once in a lifetime event. Len Bas showed us in college time and time again that his jumping ability was nothing short of ridiculous, he was a game changer at 6'8, he had the athletic tools to be one of the all time greats as he Not only could he jump extremely high again. a 44-inch vertical, but he also played with power and Grace dunked in many people's faces passing through his opponents on his way to the rim, while also in his senior season he shot over 54% with 23.2 points per I play as a two-time ACC player. of the year and twice all-American, which was in itself impressive enough to make us really think about what could have been.

If we compare Len's last year in college to Jordan's last year in college, we would say that Len had the advantage in terms of statistics and In addition to this, his jump shot at the time was seen as a knockdown and impossible to defend. . In his senior season, Len would shoot around 86.5% from the free throw line, showing his potential as a shooter in the NBA, while as can be seen in Highlights: Len would use his jumping skills to outrun defenders and make shots that no one could contest and many would compare him as a prospect directly to Michael Jordan.

John Sally, a four-time NBA champion who played against Len in the ACC, said Lenny is 69 years old and played like Michael, he was the Beast, he was literally going to save the Celtics. Now the Celtics at that time didn't need to be saved, but Len was the second pick of the 1986 draft by the Boston Celtics, yet the 1986 Celtics won. their final championship of the Larry Bird era in that year, when they went 67 and 15, but guys, before we continue, I'm really excited to thank our friends at DraftKings for sponsoring today's video tournament, video tournament time is officially here, so fill in your brackets and place your bets. about who you think will come out on top with my partners at DraftKings Sportsbook right now, all new customers who bet $5 will get $150 in bonus bets instantly.

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Many things may have never happened, as in 1984 Boston had traded Gerald Henderson to the Sonics for their 1986 first-round pick and that pick became the second pick in the entire draft, the pick that became Len Bias, there's Len Bias. you, this is a great guy, he is the best athlete in my opinion in the entire draft without Len in 1987 the Celtics would lose in the NBA Finals to the Lakers in six games and then from 1988 to 1993 in those six seasons they would win a average of 51 games with a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals and two second-round exits.

That is, they simply lacked a star to take them to the top. It has been said that Larry Bird, whose career was cut short due to his back injury, could have found a second life himself, as Len Bas would have taken away the minutes and offensive load that Bird provided to Boston if was on the Celtics roster, in addition to all this during his time in the NBA, Michael Jordan had older veteran

rival

s in Magic Johnson. and Larry Bird, however, among his companions had no equal. The closest Jordan had was Clyde Drexler, another guard who was hyped as someone who could potentially take Jordan's throne.

Drexler himself would claim that he was better than Mike at the time saying that I was bigger and faster. stronger, could do everything he could except shoot more, the media really made this a thing. Cly for Glide says we're the two best in the game. Clyde was a threat. You know, I'm not saying he wasn't a threat, but I am. compared to him, I was offended by what it meant in the 1992 NBA Finals, in the first game, Jordan responded with a shrug, a game in which he hit six three-pointers in the first half alone. He shrugged his shoulders, incredulous at his own ability, leaving Clyde in the meantime, Len Bias had already proven before our eyes that he was ready to face Mike as a true rival.

That way this would have only benefited everyone if Michael Jordan had someone constantly pushing him, we already know him as the best of them all. moment, who knows how much better he could have been after Jordan's first retirement, when he won his first three championships, he retired saying that he had already done everything he had set out to achieve the Flyn bias, was he there ready to steal his throne? Well, the NBA could have done it. his next generation of magic against birds and in college we had already seen the two face off in a game in which Len Bias clearly rose to the occasion against Mike even though Maryland was badly outmatched against the number one in the North.

Carolina Tar Heels Len kept Maryland in the game with 24 points to Mike's 21, as Len showed that he was not only a physical marvel but had also begun to develop a drop jumper, making nine of his 11 shots from the field on jump shots. down one with about 2 minutes left before Tar Hills opened this game, but LM bias was on the map and he wouldn't stop there in his junior season. Len would lead Maryland to the Sweet 16 while also defeating the future NBA Hall of Famer. David Robinson on trial Robinson would later say that Len Bias was the only one whose poster I had on my wall.

Think about the level of respect you must have for a player who beat you to have his poster on your wall after a senior season. that saw him finish as a first-team All-American, an eventual number two pick for the Boston Celtics. Len Bias's opponents were convinced that he was headed toward the Smith Basketball Hall of Fame, the status he would have had if he had played in the NBA. a perennial Allstar, this is where the story turns very sadly, as Len Bas was such an incredible talent that his death will resonate throughout the country. I think he was my generation's equivalent of the Kennedy assassination.

We all remember exactly where we were. when we found out that Len Bas had died, but what exactly happened? How did a healthy athlete in his prime die just two days after being selected number two overall in the 1986 draft? The short answer is overdone cocaine. The long answer is a lot. More complicated, although it has been said that this may have been the first time Len Bias used cocaine, the dark truth that came to light during the court cases that followed his death would reveal from testimony that the night began as a celebration. after he was recruited.

The number two overall bias for the Boston Celtics would tell the media in Maryland that we had a great team but we were always the Dark Horse. I'm going to be the best now. I am happy elated. I can't wait, what else can I do? Let's say I'm in the NBA. I dreamed that they would recruit me to play in Boston. That was a dream within a dream, only this dream would turn into a nightmare, as Len Bas would return to his bedroom wearing a Celtics jersey. a bag of Reebok shoes smiling and telling his friends that it is time to celebrate, unfortunately this celebration would go too far as the Knight would soon go dark again.

Some have said that this was the first time Len used the drug. Some even at the time said that he might have been given a drink laced with cocaine and due to his inexperience with cocaine his body couldn't handle it after Len's death, although there was a court case where Len's teammate Len, Terry Long, who was present at his death, tells a very different story in this court case. sought to convict Brian Trible of supplying the drugs Trible was one of four men who used the drugs along with Len and Len's teammates Terry Long and David Greg, in the court case that followed Long would take the stand and say that prejudice had introduced him to cocaine.

Years ago, when he offered him the drug in a folded dollar bill, he and Bias did cocaine together 7 to 10 times after that, including once with Trible and his teammate David Craig at Trible's apartment after a basketball game during the 1986 season. David Craig, another of Len's teammates, and another person present the night of his death testified in court that he had used cocaine four or five times with prejudice and when asked how many times they Prejudice gave him the drug, Greg said, about three times on the night of Len's death, Terry said. Bias woke him up around 2: or 2:30 a.m. m. knocking on the door to his room Bias said, "Wake up the blank, let's celebrate the four men." Len Terry Greg and Trible continued hanging out in front of the mirror and snoring cocaine until around 6:00 AM. m., this was when Long Said Bias rested in Long's bed for about 5 minutes Bias tried to get up and go to the bathroom but he couldn't because he was all wobbly, then Bias had a seizure and it was during the seizure that Len Bias lost his mind. life. would be taken from him as he would pass away in the hospital after doctors were unable to save him, whether or not we believe Terry Long is up to the individual here, this is what he said in court, although Brian Tribble would actually be found not guilty in this case judicial despite the testimony here as he stated that he did not supply the drugs, although according to DEA agent Veronica Baker, after the L bias case, trible really emerged in the drug world, drug dealers thought that he was safe, he was a dealer who wouldn't.

In turn, he had people calling from all over the country to make deals in a separate case, just a few years later Trible would be given 10 years in prison and while all of this is just horrible, there is a light in the darkness in death by Len Bias, for starters. Reverend Jesse Jackson during the Lenten funeral said that God sometimes uses our best people to get our attention. He described Bias's death as something that could wake up America to its drug problem and scare future generations from drug use, showing that while Len's death was a tragedy, good could and would come from it for generations. future Lenny was vulnerable but we all are Jackson would say it takes years to climb a mountain one step and we face oblivion we must make his death the breaking point for those of us who remain, let's work, let Lenny rest Lenny's own mother Len who faced this tragedy carried this message furtherthat to Heart, especially after his other son, Jay Bias, was shot and killed after a minor incident described just a few years later, Jay Bias would pass away in the same emergency room as Len.

These horrible experiences and Lenise's prejudice have shown how strong she is as a woman by working tirelessly on anti-drug campaigns for almost 40 years. she has said that Len is greater in death than in life because her death has given life to many messages to stay away. of drugs, she urged everyone to practice unconditional love, as judgment is destructive, instead, practice unconditional respect and courage, because no one knows the invisible wounds, another carries strong words and actions of a mother of two children whose children were torn from their lives, but if there is something we should take away from this story, it is that these people are not perfect.

Many have talked about what a great person Len Bias was to his former coach, Lefty Dzil, stating that Len was a man of great kindness and love and that God put us on Earth. to test us to test ourselves and see if we can be part of his team. I have no doubt that Lenny was part of his team, so thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video. If there's one thing I want to say, it's that if you're going through something. so, if you are going through any kind of struggle, you can contact me personally if you want, but also with your family members, with the people around you, your life is very valuable and I also think that we should all practice the Words of Miss Bias here, I think we should all love our neighbors like we love ourselves because we never know the invisible wounds that another person carries, so again, thank you for watching, thank you so much for supporting, you are amazing and as always you have made. have an amazing day and listen to that music, if you're still here while the music is queued, here are two videos that I think you're definitely going to enjoy, I mean.

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