When former Denver Nuggets guard Roland “Fatty” Taylor roamed the boards 40 years ago, he was known for playing a hard-nosed game that was stingy on defense.
With more than 2,500 rebounds and 2,500 assists in a professional career that twice took him through Denver, Taylor wasn’t accustomed to giving the ball back.
Now, the 70-year-old former defensive star of the old American Basketball Association – the one with the red-white-and-blue ball – is being sued by the league’s retirement plan for refusing to return more than $320,000 in benefits it says he’s not entitled to have.