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13. Polynice, discussion.
14. Harold “Moe” Vines, in discussion with the author, June 21, 2022.
15. Baker, discussion.
16. Olajuwon and Knobler, Living the Dream, 99, 101.
17. Hakeem Olajuwon, in discussion with the author, January 11, 2023.
18. Olajuwon, discussion.
19. Dunleavy, discussion.
20. “Olajuwon Credits Mentor Malone for His Success,” The Sporting News, September 13, 2015, https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nba/news/olajuwon-credits-mentor-malone-for-his-success/15rsnjmq8lqc11bw7ddae3c2gm.
21. Reid, discussion.
22. “Olajuwon Credits Mentor,” The Sporting News.
23. Olajuwon, discussion.
24. Eric Davis, in discussion with the author, January 19, 2023.
25. Fred Brown, discussion.
26. Polynice, discussion.
27. Vines, discussion.
28. Olajuwon and Knobler, Living the Dream, 123–24.
29. Vines, discussion.
30. Mike Jones, in discussion with the author, May 28, 2022.
31. Tony Dale, in discussion with the author, June 22, 2022.
32. Campbell, discussion.
33. Dale, discussion.
34. Fred Brown, discussion; and Reid, discussion.
35. Vines, discussion.
36. Ron Foster, in discussion with the author, September 8, 2022.
37. Campbell, discussion.
38. Bill Patterson, in discussion with the author, May 22, 2023.
39. Reid, discussion.
40. Major Jones, discussion; and Vines, discussion.
41. Price, Earl Campbell, 182, 226.
42. Campbell, discussion.
43. Major Jones, discussion; and Joe Torry, in discussion with the author, March 19, 2023.
44. Major Jones, discussion.
45. Malone, “Playboy Interview,” 52.
46. Barry Warner, in discussion with the author, January 23, 2023.
47. Malone, “Playboy Interview,” 52.
48. Polynice, discussion.
15. Straight Cash
1. “Bird, East All-Star Winners,” Houston Chronicle, February 1, 1982.
2. Reid, discussion.
3. Neil Hohlfeld, “Sikma Brings a Real Challenge to Malone,” Houston Chronicle, February 11, 1982.
4. George White, “Malone’s Blistering Pace Puts Him at NBA Pinnacle,” The Sporting News, February 27, 1982.
5. Ed Fowler, “Moses Malone: Player of the Year,” Basketball Digest, June-July 1982, https://archive.org/details/sim_basketball-digest_june-july-1982_l_8/page/n21/mode/2up?q=moses+malone.
6. Ed Fowler, “Moses Malone: Houston’s Private Property,” Houston Chronicle, February 13, 1982.
7. George White, “Malone Hopes to Shun Free Agency,” Houston Chronicle, October 27, 1981.
8. Steve Hershey, “Malone’s Windfall: Many See It as NBA’s Downfall,” Washington Post, September 29, 1982.
9. “Nuggets, Rockets Are Sold,” New York Times, June 16, 1982.
10. Fran Blinebury, “Malone Offered Nearly $2 Million per Year by Rockets,” Houston Chronicle, June 5, 1982.
11. Fran Blinebury, “Re-Signing Moses Not a Cinch,” Houston Chronicle, March 7, 1982.
12. O’Brien Papers, series 1, box 1A.
13. Croatto, From Hang Time, 58.
14. Croatto, From Hang Time, 49.
15. O’Brien Papers, series 1, box 1A.
16. Bella, Barkley, 128.
17. Mendelsohn, The Cap, 171.
18. Ed Fowler, “Buss Wants to Make Malone Richer,” Houston Chronicle, September 20, 1981.
19. Mendelsohn, The Cap, 146; and Alan Hahn, “The 2012 Loophole,” Newsday, January 18, 2011.
20. Mendelsohn, The Cap, 147, 148–49.
21. Mendelsohn, The Cap, 150, 201.
22. George White, “Lakers’ Owner Declares He’ll Sign Malone in ’82,” Houston Chronicle, April 7, 1981.
23. Fran Blinebury, “Bidding Hasn’t Been Heavy for Mo’s Expensive Services,” Houston Chronicle, June 13, 1982.
24. Fran Blinebury, “Mo Speaks Out,” Houston Chronicle, June 17, 1982.
25. Fran Blinebury, “Moses’ Market Is Dwindling,” Houston Chronicle, June 19, 1982.
26. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 25, 29–30.
27. John Nash, in discussion with the author, June 30, 2022.
28. John Nash, discussion.
29. Howard Eskin, in discussion with the author, December 1, 2022.
30. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 25.
31. Harold Katz, in discussion with the author, March 4, 2024.
32. John Nash, discussion.
33. Tim Malloy, in discussion with the author, February 15, 2022.
34. John Nash, discussion.
35. Billy Cunningham, in discussion with the author, May 13, 2022.
36. Cunningham, discussion.
37. Katz, discussion.
38. Katz, discussion.
39. Livingston, “Player of the Year.”
40. Shirk, “Malone May Join Sixers.”
41. John Nash, discussion.
42. Bradley Graham, “Malone Is Playing Basketball—and the Waiting Game,” Houston Chronicle, September 7, 1982.
43. Erving and Greenfield, Dr. J, 365–66.
44. Deford, “Bounding.”
45. Steve Patterson, discussion.
46. John Nash, discussion.
47. Neil Hohlfeld, “Rocket Owner Never Wavered in 76er Talks,” Houston Chronicle, September 16, 1982.
48. Anthony Cotton, “I Can Do So Many Things,” Sports Illustrated, November 1, 1982, https://vault.si.com/vault/1982/11/01/i-can-do-so-many-things.
49. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 7.
50. Bill Livingston, in discussion with the author, November 29, 2022.
51. George Shirk, “NBA Teams Greet 76ers’ Deal with Shock, Anger,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 17, 1982.
16. Time to Go to Work
1. Williams and Jones, Tales From Philadelphia, 19.
2. Erving and Greenfield, Dr. J, 196.
3. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 19.
4. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 10–11, 99.
5. Erving, “Moses Malone’s Basketball Hall of Fame.”
6. George Shirk, “An Inner Drive Has Steered Malone to the Top,” Philadelphia Inquirer, September 16, 1982.
7. Erving and Greenfield, Dr. J, 373.
8. Pete Croatto, “The Year We Won It All: A Behind-the-Scenes Oral History of the 76ers’ Epic 1983 Championship,” Philadelphia, April 22, 2023, https://www.phillymag.com/news/2023/04/22/76ers-1983-championship/.
9. Cotton, “I Can Do So Many Things.”
10. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia 76ers, 49.
11. Bird, Drive, 88–89.
12. Hollins, discussion.
13. John Kilbourne, in discussion with the author, June 21, 2022.
14. Marc Narducci, “Malone’s Arrival Finally Got 76ers over the Hump,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 29, 2008.
15. Livingston, discussion.
16. Erving and Greenfield, Dr. J, 371.
17. Gordie Jones, “Legend of Big Mo.”
18. Williams, Tales from Philadelphia, 87.
19. Rivers and Brooks, Those Who Love the Game, 85–86.
20. Moyer, “How Moses ‘Mumbles’ Malone.”
21. Sidney Moncrief, in discussion with the author, May 5, 2023.
22. Ira Berkow, “A Force That Could Stop Malone,” New York Times, April 24, 1983.
23. Cunningham, discussion; and Charles Jones, in discussion with the author, May 1, 2023.
24. Erving, “Moses Malone’s Basketball Hall of Fame.”
25. Perry Moss, in discussion with the author, May 15, 2023.
26. Franklin Edwards, in discussion with the author, June 21, 2022.
27. Phil Jasner, “Sixers’ Malone Hurting Himself,” Philadelphia Daily News, April 20, 1983.
28. Frank Brickowski, in discussion with the author, May 23, 2023.
29. Gordie Jones, “Moses Malone: The Ultimate Hardhat and 1980s NBA Icon,” CSN Philly, September 14, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20150915233525/http://www.csnphilly.com/basketball-philadelphia-76ers/fo-fo-fo-remembering-moses-malone-nba-symbol-80s.
30. Livingston, “Player of the Year.”
31. Croatto, “Year We Won.”
32. Earl Cureton, in discussion with the author, May 27, 2022.
33. Franklin Edwards, discussion.
34. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 87.
35. Shirk, “Malone Lives by Instincts.”
36. George Shirk, “Moses Malone: What You See Is What You Get,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 1983.
37. Cureton, discussion.
38. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 83–84.
39. Reid, discussion; Brickowski, discussion; and Arthur Triche, in discussion with the author, June 4, 2023.
40. Hollins, discussion.
41. Leo Rautins, in discussion with the author, May 5, 2023.
42. Julius Erving, “Dr. J’s Best Moses Malone Story,” interview by Bill Simmons, The BS Report, December 19, 2013, podcast, video, 1:50, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2npoin.
43. Roy S. Johnson, “Malone and Erving on 76ers: Is It the End of Frustration?,” New York Times, October 17, 1982.
44. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 197.
45. Ron Dick, in discussion with the author, June 21, 2022.
46. Cureton, discussion.
47. Iavaroni, discussion.
48. Steve Hayes, in discussion with the author, December 1, 2022; and Iavaroni, discussion.
49. George Shirk, “76ers Place Three Players on All-Stars,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 31, 1983.
50. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 82.
51. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 98.
52. Cunningham, discussion.
17. The Promised Land
1. George Vecsey, “76ers Pay First Installment on Old Debt,” New York Times, May 23, 1983.
2. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 9–10.
3. Roy S. Johnson, “Laker Leadership Split on Abdul-Jabbar,” Pro Basketball Notebook, New York Times, June 3, 1983.
4. Bruce Newman, “This May Be One for the Books,” Sports Illustrated, February 28, 1983, https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/02/28/this-may-be-one-for-the-books.
5. Cunningham, discussion.
6. Michael Lee, “With Jersey Retirement, Moses Malone and His Legendary Hustle Are Finally Immortalized in Philadelphia,” The Athletic, February 8, 2019, https://theathletic.com/806358/2019/02/08/with-jersey-retirement-moses-malone-and-his-legendary-hustle-are-finally-immortalized-in-philadelphia/.
7. Cureton, discussion.
8. Cunningham, discussion.
9. Phil Jasner, “Pains Won’t Bend Moses,” Philadelphia Daily News, April 22, 1983.
10. Kilbourne, discussion.
11. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 116.
12. Gordie Jones, “Moses Malone Was an Influential Sixer, for Far More Than Fo’ Reasons,” Forbes, August 16, 2019, https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordiejones/2019/08/16/moses-malone-was-an-influential-sixer-for-far-more-than-fo-reasons/?sh=2c95fae2442e.
13. Peter Vecsey, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2023.
14. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 117.
15. Sessum, discussion.
16. Adrian Burgos Jr., “When It Comes to Latino Baseball Players, Writers Still Place Accent in Wrong Place,” The Sporting News, May 30, 2016, https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/latino-players-accents-carlos-gomez-adrian-gonzalez/byvcdmvabyq21uvadij3hc2p1.
17. Sam Goldaper, “76ers Try Again,” New York Times, April 24, 1983.
18. George Shirk, “Malone Develops New Knee Problem,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 22, 1983.
19. Sam Goldaper, “Malone Leads 76ers Past Knicks in Opener, 112–102,” New York Times, April 25, 1983.
20. George Shirk, “Malone Is Up and Jumping Again,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 1983.
21. Cureton, discussion; and Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 113.
22. Goldaper, “Malone Leads 76ers.”
23. Frank Dolson, “King’s Tender Ankle Steals the Medical Spotlight,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 1983.
24. Williams, Ahead of the Game, 260.
25. Jaiden Campana, “Sixers Unveil Malone Statue,” Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 2019.
26. Gordon Edes, “Riley Recalls the Bummer of ’83: Laker Coach Has Painful Memories of Final Series Sweep by 76ers,” Los Angeles Times, June 6, 1987.
27. Sam Goldaper, “76ers Take a 1-0 Lead over Lakers,” New York Times, May 23, 1983.
28. Bruce Newman, “Better by Leaps and Bounds,” Sports Illustrated, June 6, 1983, https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/06/06/better-by-leaps-and-bounds.
29. Fran Blinebury, “Too Much Malone for Too Little LA Muscle,” Houston Chronicle, May 31, 1983.
30. Cunningham, discussion.
31. Mark Whicker, in discussion with the author, December 5, 2022.
32. Bruce Newman, “Thou Shalt Rejoice, Said Moses,” Sports Illustrated, June 13, 1983, https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/06/13/thou-shalt-rejoice-said-moses.
33. Fred Carter, in discussion with the author, April 20, 2023.
34. Cureton, discussion.
35. Livingston, discussion.
36. Cureton, discussion.
37. Phil Jasner, “How Philly Blasted the Lakers!,” Basketball Digest, November 1983, https://archive.org/details/sim_basketball-digest_1983-11_11_1/page/32/mode/2up.
38. Fentress, discussion.
39. Sam Goldaper, “Malone’s Season Worth $2.9 Million,” New York Times, June 8, 1983.
40. Bill Lyon, “Malone’s Energy Recharged a Team,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1983.
41. Clayton Sheldon, in discussion with the author, February 23, 2023.
18. Reluctant Superstar
1. Williams and Jones, Tales from Philadelphia, 88–89.
2. Jim Lynam, in discussion with the author, January 26, 2023.
3. Moses Malone, “Moses Malone’s Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech,” Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement, October 5, 2001, Springfield MA, video, 29:11, https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/moses-malone/.
4. Floy Johnson, in discussion with the author, August 22, 2022.
5. Dale, discussion.
6. Hughlett, discussion.
7. Franklin Edwards, discussion.
8. Johnson, discussion.
9. Gholson, discussion.
10. Major Jones, discussion.
11. Reid, discussion.
12. Fred Roberts, in discussion with the author, June 28, 2023.
13. Newlin, discussion.
14. Kupec, discussion.
15. Hughlett, discussion.
16. Shirk, “Malone Lives by Instincts.”
17. Didinger, “Moses Makes His.”
18. Didinger, “Moses Makes His.”
19. Didinger, “Moses Makes His.”
20. Didinger, “Moses Makes His.”
21. McCallum, Unfinished Business, 249.
22. Shirk, “Moses Malone: What You See.”
23. Croatto, From Hang Time, 194.
24. Croatto, From Hang Time, 71.
