BROOKLYN - When young fans of the NBA look at players from years gone past, they often wonder how they would have fit in today's game. Though his career ended more than 50 years ago, there is little doubt that Dolph Schayes' game would have translated quite nicely to today's NBA.
Schayes, a 12-time All-Star and a Hall of Famer, died Thursday at age 87 from cancer.
At 6-8, which was a very big man when Schayes played for the Syracuse Nationals from 1948 to 1963, he didn't rely on his height to just play near the basket.