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Bob Hunter commentary | Basketball hall of fame merges past with present, future

Joe Roberts will fly in from Oakland, Calif., to serve as a featured speaker at the Greater Columbus Basketball Legends Association Hall of Fame induction at the Crowne Plaza North on Aug.22.

What’s an old East High basketball star, a guy everyone around here remembers as the lone senior starter on Ohio State’s 1960 national championship team, doing in Oakland?

“I’ve been here for 41 years,” he said by telephone. “I was coaching with the Golden State Warriors and I stayed here. We won the NBA championship in ’74-75.”

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