Hooped Up

The 1986 NBA Draft was held on June 17, 1986 and is perhaps most notable for the drug-related death of highly-touted Len Bias less than two days after being selected second overall by the defending champion Boston Celtics.  Each year around NBA draft day, the pre-cautionary tale of Len Bias comes en vogue and we are reminded of the most tragic event in NBA draft history.

As fate would have it, Bias has now been dead for as long as he was alive, the Celtics are once again NBA champions and Micheal Weinreb has written The Day Innocence Died, the best Len Bias story I have ever read.  

After reading this story readers will truly understand the ripple effect caused by the death of Len Bias. 

Hooped Up