Bob Lanier Passes

[Bonafide]

Big Cat died yesterday. I understand that it was bladder cancer that he fought for quite a while. RIP.

Pissah!

Aloha!

 

[Bill Russell]

Rest In Peace, Big Dobber. Above all basketball accolades, he was a true Bona Man who repeatedly paid it forward when he didn’t have to.

 

[3rdShayCripSet]

My Dad was at Bona at the same as BL, and told stories about Lanier's daily struggle with getting his legs to fit under those tiny Plassmann and De La Roche desks.

From his four years at SBU to his 40+ years with the NBA, I never heard a bad word about him. TNT did a nice 5 minute special on him last night and all of the crew weighed in on the personal stories of Lanier.

 

[res]

The only thing good about how old I am is that I had the honor of watching him play. Roughly 40 times from Sec. 8, Row S, Seat 4 and once from the gray seats in the Aud. I also remember him wandering the streets in Olean sporting an OHS letter jacket.

 

[Bonafide]

The thing about Bob is that he carried himself in the Franciscan spirit which he got from SBU. Kind of like Dr. Malcolm Wallace, Griff and Tony Oney despite far different occupations.

 

[res]

All made an honest living.