Sidney Wicks
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Search complete. 11 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Sidney Wicks".
Oct 23, 2026
Whitey GleasonHOST
So, and Law Murray pointed this out, the only field goal percentage lower in a debut with 20 or more attempts was Sidney Wick's.
Whitey GleasonHOST
who used to play with Jeff Petrie back in Portland, Sidney Wicks in 1971 in his opener was five for 27.
Whitey GleasonHOST
Yeah.
Whitey GleasonHOST
So it was historically poor shooting for Darius Acuff, and I just think that something needs to be corrected.
Mark JosephHOST
John was not about basketball as much as the fundamentals of life, which you then applied to basketball, right?
Trace GallagherGUEST
Yeah, I mean, and he would often say to whether it was to Bill Walton or to Lew Alcindor, who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Wicks, it didn't matter.
Trace GallagherGUEST
I mean, John Wooden would always say, do as I tell you to do and you will win.
Trace GallagherGUEST
And they did what he said and they won.
Matt GeorgeHOST
Darius Acuff Jr. has the second worst.
Matt GeorgeHOST
20.8% from the field behind Sidney Wicks.
Matt GeorgeHOST
In 1971, Elmore Smith was third in 1971, and O.J. Mayo, Grizzlies legend.
Matt GeorgeHOST
Oh, my gosh.
Bob LobelGUEST
And I think never really lost it and it was kind of an uncomfortable couple years.
Bob LobelGUEST
I mean, it was Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe.
Bob LobelGUEST
That was-
Glenn OrdwayHOST
That was uncomfortable within itself.
Glenn OrdwayGUEST
People have forgot about it, and they forget about, you know, how good this team was with Tommy behind the bench for those few years in the 70s, Bob, before it became, you know, Curtis Rowe and who was the other guy? I don't even remember.
Glenn OrdwayGUEST
Sidney.
Glenn OrdwayGUEST
Sidney Wicks, yeah, before that disaster,
Bob RyanHOST
you know? He had two careers.
Bob RyanHOST
The first six years, he was a sixth man.
Pete EnichPANELIST
The ubiquitous [laughs] never-ending trivia question, who was the center at UCLA between Bill Walton and-
Curtis SeaboltHOST
Sidney Wicks? I don't know.
Curtis SeaboltHOST
Who?
Pete EnichPANELIST
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Marques JohnsonGUEST
We had a great summer league at, uh, Trade Tech College downtown.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
Played against Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe, and, but the best player of all that I played against was this dude named Arkansas Red who went to college in Arkansas, but he averaged like 35 a game in, in NAIA.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
I think it was the last guy cut on the Olympic team in 1968 or something.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
But-
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Marques JohnsonGUEST
That was always my thing.
Bishop B HennHOST
I respect it.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
It was me and Sidney Wicks and these other guys that, uh, Gail Goodrich, these old, old school guys.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
But then between Paul Pierce out of Inglewood-
Marques JohnsonGUEST
Well, I used to be considered one of the top five players in L.A. That was always my thing.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
It was me and Sidney Wicks and these other guys that Gil Goodrich, these old school guys.
Marques JohnsonGUEST
But then...
Marques JohnsonGUEST
Between Paul Pierce out of Englewood, James Harden went to my middle school.