Here's a name you might not have heard when it comes to some of the NBA's greatest ever. Hailing from Wilmington, Delaware, Walt Hazzard, is one of the NBA's earliest greats to ever lace up his sneakers and where the NBA logo on his lapel. Prior to being drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1964 NBA Draft, Hazzard was a member of the UCLA Bruins basketball team where he would help the institution earn their first-ever NCAA National Championship. That same year in 1964, Hazzard was named the NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
Throughout his NBA career, the athletic point guard played for a multitude of teams including the previously mentioned Lakers, Atlanta Hawks, Buffalo Braves, Golden State Warriors, and Seattle Supersonics where he earned NBA All-Star honors in 1968. Later, Hazzard went on to coach the UCLA Bruins throughout the '80s and recently lost his life at the tender age of just 69-years-old after suffering from complications from a stroke. Rest well, legend.