How a Small Mistake Cost an NBA Hall-of-Famer More Than $11B

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Haywood has emerged from his missed financial opportunity and struggle with addiction even stronger. Do yourself a favor and check out his Hall of Fame induction speech from 2015, which he ended by reminding the world that he didn’t just expand players’ rights with his 1971 legal case: “Remember, guys. I had game. It was not like I just did this Supreme Court thing. I had some serious game. Thank you.”

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