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Tip-Off Timer: '69 Coin Flip Cursed the Suns

Found August 19, 2009 on FanHouse:
by Tim PovtakFiled under: Bucks, Suns, NBA DraftTip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Wednesday, there are 69 days remaining.It's been 40 years since Phoenix Suns executive Jerry Colangelo last called "heads" in a coin flip. And it still haunts the franchise today.When that Kennedy half-dollar landed on "tails" in the NBA office that spring day, it meant that the Milwaukee Bucks - and not the Suns - would get the No. 1 pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.Tip-Off Timer: '69 Coin Flip Cursed the Suns originally appeared on Fanhouse NBA Blog on Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:05:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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