Red A picked Len Bias of the Univ of Maryland........for his Boston Celtics............less than 2 days later..............Len B passed away............................they might have killed him for several reasons...........he was a threat to Mike J..................and at the time.............Len B..............was supposedly more popular............as some people put it........they were "Biased"...........using his last name as a pun..................but he was also a threat to Larry Bird and Kevin McHale............the White players on the Boston Celtics...........
Lefty Drisell..........the coach of the U. of Maryland...........told Len B to sit down one day at practice............b/c he was so good he was no one could stop him in practice.........he just dominated..........................they fired Lefty D from Maryland..........he ended up at JMU..........I even saw him in the dining hall one day..........
Most notable was the death of highly touted Len Bias. Bias died less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics. His death was ruled an overdose that resulted from the abuse of the drug cocaine.
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Jump to NBA selection and overdose - Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was a first-team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland. He was selected by the Boston Celtics as the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft on June 17, and died two days later from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose.
NBA draft: 1986 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
High school: Northwestern (Hyattsville, Maryland)
College: Maryland (1982–1986)
Listed height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
1986 NBA draft - Wikipedia
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Most notable was the death of highly touted Len Bias. Bias died less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics. His death was ruled an overdose that resulted from the abuse of the drug cocaine.
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Jun 18, 2016 - On June 17, 1986, the Celtics drafted Len Bias from the University of Maryland with the No. 2 pick in ... The Celtics made it back to the NBA Finals in the 1986-87 season, losing to the Lakers, despite Bias never playing for them. ... He died on a Thursday, June 19, about 12 hours after returning from Boston.Celtics Draft History 1986: Shocking story of Len Bias | NBC Sports ...
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Len Kevin Bias was an American college basketball player who suffered a fatal cardiac arrhythmia that ...washingtonpost.com: Maryland Basketball Star Len Bias Is Dead at 22
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Sources said Bias passed a physical—including a urinalysis to test for drugs—
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