CLEVELAND, Ohio – The NBA integrated in 1950 ... It happened on Feb. 12, 1968, when Jackie White donned a No. 32 jersey to officiate a game between the Cincinnati Royals and Chicago Bulls ...
NBA teams held one-year options on players' contracts ... Since he had a close look at the roster, it was an easy adjustment when he debuted in the 1968-69 season. He averaged 34.0 points and ...
White had a brief NBA officiating career in the first half of 1968. When White took the court that February day as the first Black official, the game was on its way to integration. Eleven of the ...
Watch Jerry West talk about his philosophies on basketball and practice, and take some time to play hoops with kids, in this rarely scene footage from 1968!
The 6-foot-5 Van Arsdale played his first three NBA seasons with the New York Knicks before being selected by the Suns with their first pick in the 1968 expansion draft. He an All-Star during his ...
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