Did You Know? First Black Players to Win an NBA title. Golden States Steph Curry tells the story of the first Black players to win an NBA Championship in 1955, Earl Lloyd and Jim ...

Barnett played on the Roosevelt team that lost to Oscar Robertson-led Crispus Attucks in the 1955 state championship ... was the fifth overall pick in the 1959 NBA Draft by the Syracuse Nationals.

A 13-year NBA veteran, Reid was a 6’8” forward who could guard multiple positions. Playing alongside Hall of Famers Moses Malone, Calvin Murphy and later Ralph Sampson and Hakeem Olajuwon ...

Dick Barnett played on the Gary Roosevelt team that lost to Crispus Attucks in the 1955 state title game. Barnett scored 18 ...