The Man The NBA Doesn't Want You To Know - The Stolen Legacy Of Leo Ferris

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Published on May 1, 2024 8:08:18 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70obtn2yGPw

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To love basketball is to love its history. So by that measure, the NBA hates basketball, as it spits on the grave of the most important person in the sport's history since James Naismith, Leo Ferris.

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Chapters:
The NBA's Shady History - 0:00
The Most Important Man In NBA History - 0:27
Racial Integration & Basketball - 1:20
Basketball's Brand Wars - 2:11
The Play That Created The NBA - 3:35
Lying In Plain Sight - 5:00
Solving Stall Ball - 7:18
Lost Legacy Theory - 9:37
Red Auerbach, The Charlatan - 10:33
A Conspiracy's Muddy Origin - 12:46
What Becomes Of Basketball Without Leo Ferris - 16:24

Harvey Araton Article: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/28/sports/on-pro-basketball-biasone-as-visionary-is-nba-loss.html (Use Wayback Machine to read for free)

Red Auerbach Quote: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/28/sports/on-pro-basketball-biasone-as-visionary-is-nba-loss.html

Older newspaper clippings were taken from the Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/leoferrisnba/ which is constantly digging through old newspaper archives to help correct the narrative on Leo through contemporary sources.

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