Dolph Schayes Dead at 87 y/o

[ArbitraryWater]

R.i.p

[Akrazotile]

Sad to hear the news, but glad he made it all the way to 87. Good, long life. The news of his passing moves him ahead of Kobe alltime tbh. RIP.

[Legends66NBA7]

RIP to a pioneer.

His son also played in the league from 81-99.

[Straight_Ballin]

12-time All-Star

RIP

[Elosha]

RIP to a great one. Glad he lived so long, so many athletes die too young.

[feyki]

R I P .

[Hey Yo]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CV49xEWWcAA5NI1.jpg

[SHAQisGOAT]

Lived a long life and had a great basketball career... http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/aqDwC.png

RIP

[JohnnySic]

rip

[jlip]

RIP to a pioneer.

His son also played in the league from 81-99.

RIP

Interesting. It never dawned on me that Danny Schayes was his son.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

What happened to all the Jewish basketball players?

[Giaodollo]

A jew with the name Adolph. Gotta hurt.

RIP, never heard of him but at least he got to live until his late 80s..

[Marv_Albert]

Who?

[SHAQisGOAT]

How about Dolph being the 2nd best PF in NBA history in terms of FT% (if you don't consider Bird or Vandeweghe PF's). With the best PF being Dirk, and with Jack Sikma being the only center above Dolph (by 1 spot) and the best FT shooting C.

He shot 90.4% from the FT-line on close to 10 attempts in two separate regular-seasons :applause:

[senelcoolidge]

R.i.p.

[MiseryCityTexas]

Dolph Schayes was like the white Karl Malone of the 50s. He could knock down the mid range jumper, and he could drive to the basket.

[feyki]

How about Dolph being the 2nd best PF in NBA history in terms of FT% (if you don't consider Bird or Vandeweghe PF's). With the best PF being Dirk, and with Jack Sikma being the only center above Dolph (by 1 spot) and the best FT shooting C.

He shot 90.4% from the FT-line on close to 10 attempts in two separate regular-seasons :applause:

He was the best player of 1950's after Mikan and Pettit . Cousy gets overrated with his team accomplishments but Arizin and Dolph cleary great players as Cousy .

[PHILA]

Dolph Schayes was like the white Karl Malone of the 50s. He could knock down the mid range jumper, and he could drive to the basket.

Also the long range jumper, which would benefit him a lot had there been a 3 point line. I can recall reading an article from the early 60's where he said the league should add an incentive to shoot from distance.


Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA - Terry Pluto

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[PHILA]

Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA - Terry Pluto

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[Young X]

RIP

[AirFederer]

RIP

[BasedTom]

RIP

[BasedTom]

it seems like nba players live surprisingly long

[jongib369]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QCf8rheEBc

:applause: