Duckworth Passes Away
Kevin Duckworth, former Washington Bullet, passed away on Monday in Oregon. Known around these parts as "Double-O" or "The Big O" for his jersey number, 00, played for the Bullets before the team changed the name to Wizards from 1993-1995. His short stint didn't leave much a mark on the Washington Basketball team, but as a former NBA All-Star, he brought some light to a franchise plagued with bad decsions. He was toward the end of his career playing here, so nothing was gained.
Recently, we was working with the Portland Trailblazers, his first NBA team, in promotion and holding basketball clinics.
Comments
The "Duck" was a nice guy on a bad team and his two years in a Bullets Jersey was more productive then Kwame Brown at any time.
Wow, to remaniss about the awful 80s basketball. Do you remember Terry Catledge, Mark Alarie, Dave Feitl, Charles Jones, Manute Bol, Mel Turpin, Muggsy Bogues, John "Hot Plate" Williams, and Steve Colter? Moses Malone and long timer Jeff Malone took the Bullets to the playoffs in 1988 vs. the Pistons and lost in game five. Not the best era of Washington basketball.
Posted by: The Sports Freak | August 27, 2008 9:38 PM