Mark Montieth: Slick Leonard had people skills, gift of leadership

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2 thoughts on “Mark Montieth: Slick Leonard had people skills, gift of leadership

  1. A wonderful article; inspiring. Thanks for something so pleasant, upbeat, and deserved in IBJ.

    The United States of America will have lost so much needed character when the last survivor of the Great Depression and World War Two passes away; a perspective greatly needed, yet so disrespected today by subsequent generations (of which I am one, as a baby-boomer) who foolishly think history began the day they were born.

  2. Great article Mark. My love for sports and especially basketball started listening to Pacers games on my small transistor radio while I was suppose to be asleep. Sorry Mom!! Slick’s ability to mold those teams together gave Indpls something we didn’t really have prior to those championship teams. I have never lost my zest for the Pacers thanks to him.

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