RIP Bob Rule
RIP Bob Rule
One of the earliest Sonic stars. Short for a center, but tenacious. Thanks, Bob, for being a Sonic and starting a trend the city needed. One of the guys who proved Seattle was ready for prime time sports!
Re: RIP Bob Rule
Actually, he had some success. Here is from Wikipedia
A second round pick in the 1967 NBA draft, Rule quickly became one of the stars of Seattle's expansion franchise.[5][6] Named to the 1967–68 NBA All-Rookie Team, Rule's 18.1 points per game average stood as the SuperSonics rookie record for forty seasons, until broken by Kevin Durant in 2008. His rebounding average of 9.5 is the second best ever by a SuperSonics rookie, behind only Pete Cross's 12.0 in the 1970–71 season. Also during his rookie season, Rule scored 47 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers — still a SuperSonics rookie record.
Rule's game grew stronger during the next two seasons. In the 1968–69 season, he averaged 24.0 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game. In the 1969–70 season, he averaged 24.6 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game, set a then-SuperSonics record of 49 points in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers, and played in the 1970 NBA All-Star Game.[6] In the 1970–71 season, Rule began the season averaging 29.8 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game in his first four games before going down with a season-ending torn achilles tendon.[6] He never regained his All-Star form and saw limited playing time thereafter. By 1974 his career was over.[1]
A second round pick in the 1967 NBA draft, Rule quickly became one of the stars of Seattle's expansion franchise.[5][6] Named to the 1967–68 NBA All-Rookie Team, Rule's 18.1 points per game average stood as the SuperSonics rookie record for forty seasons, until broken by Kevin Durant in 2008. His rebounding average of 9.5 is the second best ever by a SuperSonics rookie, behind only Pete Cross's 12.0 in the 1970–71 season. Also during his rookie season, Rule scored 47 points in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers — still a SuperSonics rookie record.
Rule's game grew stronger during the next two seasons. In the 1968–69 season, he averaged 24.0 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game. In the 1969–70 season, he averaged 24.6 points per game and 10.3 rebounds per game, set a then-SuperSonics record of 49 points in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers, and played in the 1970 NBA All-Star Game.[6] In the 1970–71 season, Rule began the season averaging 29.8 points per game and 11.5 rebounds per game in his first four games before going down with a season-ending torn achilles tendon.[6] He never regained his All-Star form and saw limited playing time thereafter. By 1974 his career was over.[1]
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Re: RIP Bob Rule
What a bummer that he tore his Achilles after four games in the 1970-1971 season. He was on his way to probably winning the scoring title (he was shooting a lot and averaging about 33/game after three games) when he went down midway through the fourth game. He never was the same after that, and with Lenny Wilkens, Spencer Haywood and Freddie Brown that's a perennial playoff team easily. Really set the franchise back several years.