The first inkling about Len Bias came the summer before his freshman year at Maryland when he played in the well-respected Urban Coalition league in Washington. The league was made up mostly of college players, local NBA players and a few older playground legends.
"He was better than [Washington Bullets] Greg Ballard and Charles Davis," recalled Pete Holbert, who was one of Bias' teammates and was going into his junior year with the Terps. "He was just killing these guys. These were grown men. He dunked on everybody."
Bias led the league in scoring with 36 points per game, Holbert said.