Marvin "Bad News" Barnes

[BALLAHOLLIC]

Has anybody ever heard of him? He played in the ABA for a while.He was a awesome scorer I remember reading awhile back about his string of 50 point games. However He was one of the wildest characters in NBA history.


Here are some of his wildest moments:

He once wrote a poem about DR J:

There once was a doctor named Erving,
Whose slam dunks were especially unnerving,
But when Marvin gets movin',
And the crowd gets to groovin',
For the doctor a hospital bed they'll be reserving.

One time he showed up to the game 5 minutes before tipoff wearing his uniform with a full mink coat eating a Big Mac and fries. Didnt effect his game much though he still scored over 40 points.
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[DirkAB]

Saw him on HBO's Real Sports.

[degenerate_gambler]

His rookie season with the Spirts of St. Louis in 1974 also is when Bob Costas got his start in sports broadcasting as the team's rookie play-by-play man.