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Lenny Bias

I grew up watching Lenny Bias at Maryland and I have always wondered if he had any cards available. I found a Maryland Schedule card with him on it but I don't know if PSA would grade it or not. I also know of the ACC Championship card that he would be on but it was released after his death. You hardly ever see autographs of him for sale. I know he died young but you would figure that he signed many autographs in college. Growing up in NC, Bias, Jordan, and Worthy were my favorites. It's a shame he died so young. He was the last one you would have thought would be into drugs. I guess I was naive back then.

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  • SidePocketSidePocket Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭
    He was amazing, imagine adding him to that Celtics roster already in place. I always assumed he was clean and just messed up that night because he didn't know what he was doing.

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  • eagles33eagles33 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭
    I would like to see the schedule.. Sounds like a cool item. I don't think psa will grade a schedule but I wish they did. They look great slabbed IMO and a cool way to get "cards" of college stars that didn't make the pros. I got these slabbed by bgs

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  • dberk12dberk12 Posts: 399 ✭✭


    << <i>He was amazing, imagine adding him to that Celtics roster already in place. I always assumed he was clean and just messed up that night because he didn't know what he was doing. >>



    Watch the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary called "Without Bias". I agree that he was great and the sky was the limit. However it did not portray him as someone who made a bad decision on draft night. Apparently he had a history of drug abuse. It is a shame on many levels.


    Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.





    -George F. Will
  • He was before my time but the 30 for 30 was eye opening. Recommend it.
  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,424 ✭✭✭✭
    I have a few Maryland game programs with him on the cover that I'll be listing on eBay soon..
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  • craig44craig44 Posts: 10,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I also enjoyed the 30 for 30 documentary

    George Brett, Bobby Orr and Terry Bradshaw.

  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am from the DC area and loved watching Bias but it's crazy how everyone keeps saying how great he would have been and how he was a can't miss. That's just not how the NBA works, there has been a long line of can't miss players that are out of the league in less then 5 years. This list goes on and on and on from Sam Bowie to Adam Morrison, etc... I do think he would have had a nice career but to assume he would have been a star is a stretch.

    A couple of years after Bias died Walt Williams came along. Williams wasn't as athletic but he was just as good and it didn't translate into NBA stardom.
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  • hyperchipper09hyperchipper09 Posts: 1,438 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have no idea how great, or not, Bias would have been in the NBA. But as a UNC Tar Heel fan since 1980, I can honestly say his performance vs. UNC at Chapel Hill in Feb 1986, UNC's first loss at the Smith Center, was the best game I have ever seen by a player vs. UNC. For one night in 1986 he was arguably the best basketball player on the planet.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just curious, but I always thought it was just 'Len', not 'Lenny'.
  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,450 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I have no idea how great, or not, Bias would have been in the NBA. But as a UNC Tar Heel fan since 1980, I can honestly say his performance vs. UNC at Chapel Hill in Feb 1986, UNC's first loss at the Smith Center, was the best game I have ever seen by a player vs. UNC. For one night in 1986 he was arguably the best basketball player on the planet. >>



    For one night he was the best COLLEGE basketball player on the planet.
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