Webthe hardship rule, inspired by spencer haywood, was one of the earliest and most impactful examples of this, an initial sign that american sports were evolving.
Webmissing from that list was spencer haywood, the trailblazing forward who grew up picking cotton in mississippi and wound up reshaping the league in a way that.
Webhaywood, hero of the 1968 olympic basketball team and pro basketball’s first hardship case, has been recovering from his cocaine addiction since 1984.