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'Nobody, but nobody, is going to hurt my teammates'
John Papanek
October 31, 1977
Five very large men—and one little guy—were approached gingerly recently and asked this question: "Do you consider yourself an NBA enforcer?"
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October 31, 1977

'nobody, But Nobody, Is Going To Hurt My Teammates'

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The legends grow and the debates continue: Who is the main enforcer of the day? Leave it to the NBA's preeminent creative genius, Pistol Pete Maravich, to come up with a way to find out. "There's a lot of woofing going on in the league," says the Pistol. "Guys do a lot of talking. What I would like to see, since television seems to be promoting everything, is an off-season boxing tournament for NBA players. Let them put on 16-ounce gloves and fight three two-minute rounds. One thing it would do...it would stop a lot of the woofing going on."

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