Legends Brunch Honors Mavs of the ’80s
Filed under: Lakers, Mavericks
DALLAS -- Derek Harper still thinks his group of Dallas Mavericks were good enough to reach the NBA Finals, but unfortunately, the Los Angeles Lakers kept getting in the way.Harper, along with teammates Rolando Blackman, Sam Perkins, Mark Aguirre and James Donaldson, were honored Sunday at the 11th annual Legends Brunch as part of All-Star Weekend returning to Dallas.
They played together for much of the '80s, often the second, third or fourth best team in the West, but always well behind the legendary Lakers, who won five NBA titles that decade.
Among those in attendance Sunday were NBA greats Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, Spencer Haywood, Dolph Schayes, Bill Walton, and Moses Malone.
"The Lakers were always our nemesis. If it wasn't for them, we probably would have gone to the Finals, and this franchise would have won a championship,'' Harper told FanHouse after the ceremony. "But it is what it is. The Lakers had 4-5 Hall of Fame players. They were just better than us."
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