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Good for RHJ but not as good as Bob Graecen!

In his first game as a Milwaukee Buck, in the first game of the 69-70 NBA season against the Knicks, Bob Graecen, RU ‘69, scored 18 on 4-4 from the field and 3-3 from the line. Ironically never came close to that total in his brief career.
I feel embarrassed that I never knew about him... But to give our former player the praise he deserves for his first NBA game, he was 7-7 from the field, 4-4 from the line, 6 rebs, and 3 assists in 23 minutes, according to Basketball-Reference. (I looked him up to find out more about him, and also since the scoring numbers didn't seem to add up, since he wasn't playing under current NBA G-League rules where those shooting stats could possibly add up to 18..)

https://scarletknights.com/honors/rutgers-athletics-hall-of-fame/bob-a-greacen-jr-/83
 
This is a very strange post. What does one have to do with other. Celebrating and being happy for harpers success doesn’t dis players who came before him.
 
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This is a very strange post. What does one have to do with other. Celebrating and being happy for harpers success doesn’t dis players who came before him.
Ron’s achievement harkens back to another of our (few) NBA debuts and the post highlights an impressive piece of RU history. Not really strange, not a hard connection to make, and not really a diss.
 
In his first game as a Milwaukee Buck, in the first game of the 69-70 NBA season against the Knicks, Bob Graecen, RU ‘69, scored 18 on 4-4 from the field and 3-3 from the line. Ironically never came close to that total in his brief career.
That's a name from the past.
 
Class of '69 and the pride of Merchantville, NJ. As I remember, he destroyed my neighboring hs team back then. I met him at a reunion and he's a very nice guy. Asked about a guy on my hs team.
 
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