Remembering Phil Jasner, Renowned NBA Writer Who Covered 76ers for 30 Years

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I believe it was at the 1986 NBA All-Star Game in Dallas. Anyhow, it was an event a quarter-century ago that had plenty of big-name guys on hand.



Fresh off the Northwestern campus, I was the media relations director for the Continental Basketball Association in 1985-86. I enjoyed meeting the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jack Ramsay, but who was I most thrilled to meet that night?



Phil Jasner.



Heck, I wanted to be an NBA beat writer. The CBA was based in the Philadelphia area, and Jasner covered the 76ers for the Philadelphia Daily News. So CBA commissioner Jim Drucker tracked down Jasner for an introduction, and it turned out we both lived in suburban Havertown.

 

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