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Podcast: All Things Basketball with GD podcast
Episode: All Things Basketball with GD - Week 12 Player Spotlight, George Gervin
Description: George Gervin: 6'7", 180 lb (00:29)Played some small forward but mostly shooting guardBorn in Detroit, MI on April 27, 1952Comes from a family of 6; dad left home in his early years; grew up in povertyStarted playing basketball at a young age with his cousin & neighborhood kid named Ralph SimpsonIn his sophomore year at Martin Luther King HS, he tried out for the teamWillie Meriweather, the JV coach & a father figure to him, convinced the head coach to keep him on the teamAlso...