Al McCoy loves to tell stories about former Suns great Connie Hawkins, who died Friday at the age of 75. Here’s one of them:
After Hawkins’ autobiography “Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story” was published in 1972, Hawkins would do a series of interviews in whatever city the Suns were playing in that night. At the end of one long road trip, the Suns were in Kansas City to take on the Kings, and Hawkins was exhausted. But, as was his agreeable nature, he consented to the round of interviews that morning and afternoon.
In the locker room before the game, McCoy noticed that Hawkins wasn’t around.