Rick Mahorn was a rookie ... The NBA got almost a half-century out of both Jerry Sloan and Wes Unseld. They made it a better place every day they spent a part of it.

Rick could absolutely do that with a smile on his face. Mahorn was a master at the battle of the brawns, but it was actually Wes Unseld who taught and showed him the tricks of the trade.

Rick Mahorn was a second-round draft pick in 1980 ... coming up in a veteran teammate who became a Hall of Famer. “Wes Unseld really sped up my growth in the NBA,” Mahorn said.

Rick Mahorn and Jeff Ruland were a headline writer ... With veteran big men Wes Unseld and Elvin Hayes already on the roster, Ruland opted to play a year in Barcelona. Mahorn, who considered ...

Unseld captained the Baltimore and Washington Bullets to 4 NBA Finals appearances in the 1970s and to a championship in 1977-78. From NBA.com Staff Wes Unseld ... led by Rick Barry, peaked in ...

When Wes Unseld Jr ... Malone reminded Unseld he is the son of Brendan Malone, a longtime NBA coach, and another coach on the Nuggets staff is David Adelman, the son of Rick Adelman, also a ...

Wes Unseld, the burly Hall of Famer who led the then-Washington Bullets to the franchise’s only NBA championship, died Tuesday morning, his family said in a statement. He was 74. Unseld’s ...

I have read several obituaries about Wes Unseld, the Hall of Fame NBA player who recently died. Most of what I’ve read about him, I already knew: his humble beginnings, the bone crushing picks ...

So was Wes Unseld ... that changed college basketball. Unseld chose Louisville. Some moments define history. Unseld and Beard led to Wesley Cox, Phil Bond, Rick Wilson Darrell Griffith, Bobby ...

Rick Mahorn was the poster boy for playing hard ... was a master at the battle of the brawns, but it was actually Wes Unseld who taught and showed him the tricks of the trade.