George McGinnis is an often-forgotten figure in Sixers history, the guy who gave them traction after they had bottomed out at 9-73 in 1972-73, still the worst full-season record in NBA history.
Trust the Process? Back then it was “Let George Do It.” That was the slogan plastered on billboards all over town at the time.
And he did.
That should be remembered now, with the Hall of Famer’s death Thursday at the age of 73, from complications resulting from cardiac arrest. He was here just three seasons (1975-76 through ‘77-78), and departed in a trade with Denver that netted the Sixers no less a player than Bobby Jones.