{"id":3389,"date":"2016-09-29T01:46:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T06:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2016-10-26T11:23:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T16:23:30","slug":"the-fastest-player-from-baseline-to-baseline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=3389","title":{"rendered":"The Fastest Player from Baseline to Baseline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He was called the fastest basketball player that could go from one baseline to the other during a basketball game.\u00a0 The\u00a0reference came from the great Bobby Knight, former head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers (his most famous stop in his career).\u00a0 Coach saw him play\u00a0in high school when\u00a0he recruited Indiana for IU,\u00a0in\u00a0college (at Oklahoma City University) in the middle 1970’s when he played for the Chiefs,\u00a0and finally as the starting point guard for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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The man’s name is Allan Leavell.\u00a0 The six foot one and one hundred seventy pound point guard started his basketball career in Muncie, Indiana (Central High School) and signed with Oklahoma City University in 1975 by then Head Coach Paul Hansen.\u00a0 Leavell played four years at Oklahoma City and was the 5th round draft pick of the Houston Rockets (104 player selected) in the 1979 NBA draft.\u00a0He played ten seasons in the Association and is the all-time assist leader for the Rockets at 3339.\u00a0 Leavell played in eight post-seasons (61 games) and was the starting point guard in the 1986 Rocket run for the Title where they lost in the Finals to the Boston Celtics. He also played\u00a0in the 1981\u00a0Finals, also against the\u00a0Celtics.\u00a0 Leavell had a productive and successful career in high school, college, and the NBA.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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Leavell on the far right standing on the chair with the sun glasses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Most long-time fans of the Association remember Allan Leavell. If you are a fan of recent years, Leavell was the fastest there ever was.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

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