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Originally Posted by LurchySoprano
tuq -- I checked the website and the Ali/Holmes doc plays on Thursday on ESPN 2 at 10:30pm ET.
Thanks essay.
The Bias one was pretty good. Sure the whole political thing was kind of out of nowhere but that doesn't make it less relevant - given the timing, classic situation for politicians on an election year. Mostly I'm just by the whole thing - we all know that athletes party more than is publicized, but coke pretty much peaked in the mid-80s and this sort of thing was inevitable. At least they didn't spend this episode glossing over its use and calling it a fluke. I'll believe that Bias was merely a casual user, that's easy to do (as it was Reggie Lewis), but that doesn't make you wonder "if they didn't **** around with it, would they still be alive?"
Of course the autopsy suggests that by that point high level dealers were close enough to athletes that they were dealing basically uncut product. Overall, just such a shame.
The Bias - Jordan comparison can be viewed as hyperbole, but Bias wasn't chosen where he was (one spot higher than Jordan two years prior) because he was mediocre. Naturally the draft wasn't as strong but he was still a hell of a player. Most NBA #2 picks not named Darko tend to fare pretty well. No doubt he could have been the difference in 1987 and 1988 for the Celtics and extended the Lakers-Celtics rivarly a bit further, to the dismay of the Pistons.
Setting aside the whole NBA impact, it was just sad.