1976 basketball card of Moses Malone, who came directly out of high school to play in the pros when he joined the ABA Utah Stars in 1974. Jumping directly from high school to the pros became commonplace recently but was rare in the 1970s when Malone did it. Malone was drafted in the ABA player dispersal draft by Portland when the leagues merged, but never played for the Trailblazers. They traded him to the Buffalo Braves but he only played 2 games for them before being shipped to Houston. Malone’s career spanned 21 seasons and he won an NBA title with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1983.
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“Four, four, four,” was Moses Malone’s prediction on how many games it would take the 76ers to win the NBA championship.