Word: shue
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...fact made all the more remarkable because, as Boston's Bill Sharman explains, "I've been the leading backcourt scorer in the league over the last nine years, and the best average I ever got was 22.3 points in 1958. Last year Detroit's Gene Shue beat that with a 22.8 average. Now along comes Robertson as a rookie averaging more than 30." Hitting on 47% of his shots, Robertson stands fifth in N.B.A. in accuracy. His rebounding (10 per game) is vastly respected. And with an average of 9.3 assists per game, Oscar Robertson has replaced...
What About Five? But Chamberlain's record-breaking performance raises a troubling question: Is basketball becoming the private preserve of the good big man? Grumbles Detroit's Guard Gene Shue: "The big men make it look easy. They take the skill out of basketball." Like most pros, Shue (6 ft. 2 in.) classifies as small anyone under...