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This Man Has Worked For the NBA For the League’s Entire History

You may never have heard of him, but Harvey Pollack is the only person to be continuously employed by the NBA in the 68 years since its founding as the Basketball Association of America. He also has a special bond with someone you probably have heard of: Wilt Chamberlain. During the six and a half seasons […]

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Meet the Man Who Preserved Decades of NBA History

Dick Pfander has spent most of his life collecting and analyzing box scores from every NBA game since the league’s founding. He did most of his work in solitude, by hand, before the age of personal computers. And he did it simply for his own pleasure, surrounded by supportive family members who cared neither about […]

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Meet the Man Who Preserved Decades of NBA History

Dick Pfander has spent most of his life collecting and analyzing box scores from every NBA game since the league’s founding. He did most of his work in solitude, by hand, before the age of personal computers. And he did it simply for his own pleasure, surrounded by supportive family members who cared neither about […]

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