{"id":1556324,"date":"2023-04-05T10:13:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1556324"},"modified":"2023-04-05T10:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:13:10","slug":"moses-malone-brought-much-more-than-talent-to-the-championship-starved-philadelphia-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/moses-malone-brought-much-more-than-talent-to-the-championship-starved-philadelphia-76ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Moses Malone Brought Much More Than Talent to the Championship-Starved Philadelphia 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Moses Malone was a game-changer.<\/a> The 6-foot-10 center brought the Houston Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981 and earned MVP honors in 1979 and 1982 in Houston. The Philadelphia 76ers <\/a>were desperate for a big man after bowing to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1982 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A restricted free agent after the 1981-82 season, Malone signed an offer sheet with the 76ers. The Rockets, under a change of ownership, matched the offer but immediately traded their star center to Philadelphia. With his new team, Malone proved to be much more than a dominant force in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When listing the top centers in NBA history, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are usually the first three (in any order) to come to mind. Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson usually follow before Moses Malone enters the conversation. While all five of the above-mentioned centers are worthy of praise, so is Malone, who made his living on the offensive glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMoses Malone is one of the most underrated players in NBA history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n