Bob Harrison Puns

“Nobody that was in the top seven would come see us. Even Harrison -- we had to go to New York to see," Myers revealed. "And I don't know why that was. I guess we weren't really a good brand then or maybe players didn't want to come.

"But we couldn't get a lot of the players that were in our range to even visit us." https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/how-warriors-draft-process-no-7-pick-different-2012

he Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup of five geniuses — Harrison, Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison — united only by mutual affection. Going by units sold (the best way to judge art), it’s obvious: The Beatles outsold Dylan by far. But as a solo artist, Dylan is bigger than Harrison. Not to undersell George: As a musician, activist and ukulelist, there is nothing lesser about him. His passing at age 58 was tragic. But when Dylan passes, the earth will shake as every white male boomer brain breaks in half. I wish Dylan a long life, but please prepare for this global disruption. source: Jon Hodgman NYT

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1. The Minneapolis Lakers dynasty had Hall of Fame players at point guard, small forward, power forward, and center. Shooting guard rotated between a bevy of players throughout the years: Don "Swede" Carlson started from 1947-48 to midway through 1949-50, Bob Harrison started from midway through 1949-50 to 1950-51, Arnie Ferrin started during the 1950 playoffs, Whitey Skoog started during the first half of 1951-52, Pep Saul started from midway through 1951-52 to 1952-53, and Whitey Skoog took back over from 1953-54 until 1955-56, after which the dynasty was decidedly over. Harrison is the best-remembered of those five players, as he had the longest and most successful NBA career and is known for one dramatic moment in particular.

2. That moment can be seen right here, when he made a last-second shot from just inside of half-court to win Game 1 of the 1950 NBA Finals by a score of 68-66. Reports from the time dispute whether it was literally at the buzzer or if there was time for Paul Seymour (who, coincidentally, was Harrison's high school teammate and childhood neighbor/friend) to launch a full-court shot that missed, and 00:20 of that video makes it appear that the latter is the case since a Nationals player caught the ball and begins to head to the baseline. Special recognition also belongs to George Mikan for scoring a game-high 37 points and blocking the Al Cervi layup attempt that led directly to Harrison's shot, as well as to future Hall of Fame football coach Bud Grant (who was only in the rotation at all because of an injury to Tony Jaros, and only playing that late in the game because Vern Mikkelsen fouled out), who made the all-important game-tying one-handed set shot a minute earlier, his only points of the game.

3. Harrison was part of the most drastic mid-dynasty retooling in possibly all of NBA history. Having just won two consecutive championships in the franchise's only two years of existence, the Lakers added Vern Mikkelsen, Slater Martin, and Bob Harrison in the same draft, all of whom would end up being important figures for them both immediately and for the rest of their reign. There's also a very good chance no other team's had a better draft from top to bottom than the Lakers had in 1949: all four of the players they selected – those three plus

When I first made this type of post a year ago, it was only about Phil Jordon since most easy-to-find lists of Native players in NBA history have only 5 names: Phil Jordon, Bison Dele, Cherokee Parks, Ron Baker, and Kyrie Irving. Since then I found out Bob Harrison was Native (he's most notable for being the Lakers' SG from '50-54 and hitting a half-court buzzer beater in the '50 Finals), and I just heard about the other two, both of whom had rather short pro careers. All 4 of the players listed in the post title played long before the other 4 who are all relatively "recent" (Dele, Parks, Baker, Irving), so I'll say a little about each. There may be others, but these are the only 8 I'm aware of right now. BTW, major gratitude goes to u/TringlePringle for his assistance with this info.

Bob Harrison: With that dominant Laker dynasty in the early days, the front court was super legendary since they had the best C, PF, and SF in the league (George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard), and their PG was also a HOF-er (Slater Martin). They rotated through a few SG's, but the primary one during their run of titles was Harrison (career stats). He was a 1x All-Star and a 3x champion, but he's most famous for hitting a half-court bomb of a buzzer beater to win Game 1 of the 1950 Finals. Here is an article about his Native heritage (I believe he was Hočąk), including this info about how open his heritage was during his playing days "While with the Lakers, Harrison served as president of the Minnesota-based North American Indian Society in 1951-52. Also during his time in Minneapolis, on a night when Harrison was honored by his team, a number of local tribes presented him with a deerskin jacket."

Phil Jordon: I wrote a good bit about Jordon last year, which you can check out here. Basically he was a decent-not-great center around 1960, and his biggest claim to fame was that he did NOT play in the game where Wilt scored 100 points. Jordon was the Knicks' starting center in '62 --and their only starter taller than 6-ft-6-- but he drank an entire case of beer the night before the game and sat out "sick", so the already awful Knicks who had a horrible front court had no ch

So I heard that at Madison Square Garden in June 1972 Elvis convinced Bob and George to come to a studio session with him to record music but both became no shows for whatever reason. So I want to know if there is any truth to this and if so why did they no show? That’s just sooo messed up.

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Here’s the song by the Traveling Wilburys:

https://youtu.be/1o4s1KVJaVA?t=7s

And here’s the part of Sheila Can Do It that sounds uncannily similar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=37s&v=KXbp1_3vBds&feature=youtu.be

Does anyone else hear it?

I know The Traveling Wilburys is kind of a niche superband, but the members are well-known enough to where Rivers could have (accidentally?) ripped them off.

When I first made this type of post a year ago, it was only about Phil Jordon since most easy-to-find lists of Native players in NBA history have only 5 names: Phil Jordon, Bison Dele, Cherokee Parks, Ron Baker, and Kyrie Irving. Since then I found out Bob Harrison was Native (he's most notable for being the Lakers' SG from '50-54 and hitting a half-court buzzer beater in the 1950 Finals), and I just heard about the other two, both of whom had rather short pro careers. All 4 of the players listed in the post title played long before the other 4 who are all relatively "recent" (Dele, Parks, Baker, Irving), so I'll say a little about each. There may be others, but these are the only 8 I'm aware of right now. BTW, major gratitude goes to u/TringlePringle for his assistance with this info.

Bob Harrison: With that dominant Laker dynasty in the early days, the front court was super legendary since they had the best C, PF, and SF in the league (George Mikan, Vern Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard), and their PG was also a HOF-er (Slater Martin). They rotated through a few SG's, but the primary one during their run of titles was Harrison (career stats). He was a 1x All-Star and a 3x champion, but he's most famous for hitting a half-court bomb of a buzzer beater to win Game 1 of the 1950 Finals. Here is an article about his Native heritage (I believe he was Hočąk), including this info about how open his heritage was during his playing days "While with the Lakers, Harrison served as president of the Minnesota-based North American Indian Society in 1951-52. Also during his time in Minneapolis, on a night when Harrison was honored by his team, a number of local tribes presented him with a deerskin jacket."

Phil Jordon: I wrote a good bit about Jordon last year, which you can check out here. Basically he was a decent-not-great center around 1960, and his biggest claim to fame was that he did NOT play in the game where Wilt scored 100 points. Jordon was the Knicks' starting center in '62 --and their only starter taller than 6-ft-6-- but he drank an entire case of beer the night before the game and sat out "sick", so the already awful Knicks who had a horrible front court had no c