Any Cincinnati Royal fans left.
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Be honest with you I can’t see a damn word you’ve got there.
Clearly all of the old Royals fans are fading away.
The Royals are now the Sacramento Kings. They used to be in Kansas City, after Cincinnati, then split time between Kansas City and Omaha before finally moving to Sacramento where they have been for years.
Jerry Lucas and Oscar Robertson were awesome players loved watching them hated when they left town
I still have a patch I received as a kid growing up in NKY. Not sure why I hung on to it other than it is in with other childhood memorabilia.
I sat next to Adrian Smith at a UK game. Recognized him. Surprised at his smaller size. He had a NCAA championship ring. I complimented him on it and teasingly asked if he got it at Kentucky Korner in the basement of Rupp.
He said “ Oh no I was on the team and played”. I said really? Then told him I knew who he was and that he was an NBA All Star and 1966 NBA All Star mvp. Also on the US 1960 Olympic team.
We talked a lot. Nice gentleman. He laughed when I asked him if his team needed a coach standing and screaming out instructions the whole game? No he said. Both guards could bring the ball up and recognized immediately what plays to run. Odie said that Coach Rupp said if he had to call out plays to guys who had been in his practices they wouldn’t be on the court.
He said “ Oh no I was on the team and played”. I said really? Then told him I knew who he was and that he was an NBA All Star and 1966 NBA All Star mvp. Also on the US 1960 Olympic team.
We talked a lot. Nice gentleman. He laughed when I asked him if his team needed a coach standing and screaming out instructions the whole game? No he said. Both guards could bring the ball up and recognized immediately what plays to run. Odie said that Coach Rupp said if he had to call out plays to guys who had been in his practices they wouldn’t be on the court.
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