Walter Davis

Greyhound.

Yeah, Walter Davis.

Yeah, I knew

that.

Still, Tommy isn't with us, and I thought maybe our chances wouldn't be good.

Then when Walter Davis broke his finger, I didn't think, hey, we can't win without Walter.

And then Phil hurt his arm, and these were our three returning players from last year who played in the Olympics.

Still, the others picked up the slack.

It'll be Jerome Whitehead, who led Marquette last night at center.

Butch Lee and Jimmy Boylan at the guard.

Walter Davis and Michael Corrin for North Carolina.

Yonaker, Ford, and Kuster.

So we were rookies in the playoffs.

And if I'm not mistaken, we had... a six or seven game series in Phoenix against Walter Davis, Foster, Maurice Lucas, and Boston had already won theirs.

So they were kind of waiting on us.

I think they had three or four days.

It's just like, oh my God, this guy is just a nice player to watch.

I compared his form to Walter Davis as far as long-range shots.

But his game didn't really develop.

And past that, he didn't really make a whole lot of shots after that either.

Um, they, Joe Barry Carroll was very important for the Boston Celtics franchise because they had, uh, acquired, they had traded the Joe Barry Carroll pick to the Warriors, I believe.

I think it was the Kevin McHale, Walter Davis deal.

Oh, you know what? I am thinking of the Warriors.

I'm thinking of-

[laughs]

... ratings this summer.

You gotta come back with a report and tell me that Walter Davis is above average, or is he good, or is he fair? How is he as a defender?" And he, and he'd get those reports acro- from across the country.

Just interesting stuff like that, 'cause there was just-

Down in Baltimore, the White Sox and the Orioles rained out.

Forward rookie Walter Davis of the Phoenix Suns has been named the NBA Rookie of the Year in balloting by sports writers and sportscasters, the former North Carolina star.

The fifth player picked in the 1977 draft had a big margin over Marcus Johnson of the Milwaukee Bucks.

The 6'6 Davis averaged just over 24 points a game, and he ranked 10th among scorers and was the top rookie scorer.

Phil, Tommy, it wasn't with us, and I thought maybe our chances wouldn't be good.

Then when Walter Davis broke his finger, I didn't think, hey, we can't win without Walter.

And then Phil hurt his arm, and these were our three returning players from last year who played in the Olympics.

Still, the others picked up the slack.

It'll be Jerome Whitehead, who led Marquette last night at center.

Butch Lee and Jimmy Boylan at the guard.

Walter Davis and Michael Corrin for North Carolina.

Yonaker, Ford, and Kuster.

Jay Humphries, by the way, a former Suns assistant.

Alvin Scott, Walter Davis, Johnny High.

It doesn't matter if I'm forgetting anybody.

Those were kind of the main players.

They made a lot of decisions on their own.

McLeod was done with DJ in the previous playoffs against the Kansas City Kings, now the Sacramento Kings.

DJ insisted on walking the ball up the court with Walter Davis, the Greyhound, Alvin Adams, and Truck Robinson ready to push.

At the very minimum, Adams and Davis liked to run, and DJ could run.