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[QUOTE="BillSU, post: 2905738, member: 6809"]
dollar, I get what you're saying - all on you. Do you think it would have made any difference to Dave where he played? Drafted the #2 pick by Detroit, he was Rookie of the Year and averaged 20.0 PPG the next year 27.1, and an NBA All- Star 7X.

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At age 22 with an NBA contract worth $15,000, Bing was rebuffed by the National Bank of Detroit on getting a mortgage to finance a home. This led Bing to work at the bank during the offseason, holding jobs in the teller, customer relations, and mortgage departments.

Immediately after retiring, he worked at a warehouse of the steel processing company Paragon Steel and was paid $35,000. He left after two years, after stints in the company's shipping and sales operations.

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In 1980, Bing opened Bing Steel with four employees in a rented warehouse from $250,000 in loans and $80,000 of his own money. Losing all his money in six months, the company shied away from manufacturing to focus on being a middleman. With General Motors as their first major client, the company turned a profit in its second year on revenues of $4.2 million. By 1984, Bing was awarded by President Ronald Reagan the National Minority Small Business Person of the Year. By 1985, Bing Steel had expanded to two plants with 63 employees posting revenues of $40 million.

Bing was a winner on and off the court I wish you could have seen him play or perhaps you did. Amazing hops, great distributor and shooter. :)

Besides Pearl it was he who was responsible for the birth of elite Syracuse basketball IMHO.
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