What happened to Paul Westphal?

What happened to Paul Westphal?

Paul Westphal, a Hall of Fame basketball player who starred for USC and later in the NBA, died Saturday from complications of brain cancer. He was 70. NBA teams honored Westphal with moments of silence before Saturday night’s games.

Did Paul Westhead actually quote Shakespeare?

We’ll update this post next week as history plays itself out, but we’ll leave you with one last thing. Westhead’s love of Shakespeare? All real. This is Westhead’s brilliant, famous quote about the legendary writer: “If Shakespeare had been in pro basketball, he never would have had time to write his soliloquies.

What team did Paul Westphal play for?

Paul Westphal, the Basketball Hall of Fame guard who played for the Boston Celtics’ 1974 N.B.A. champions, became a four-time All-Star with the Phoenix Suns and coached them to the league playoff final in 1993, died on Saturday. He was 70.

Is Paul Westphal in the Hall of Fame?

Born on November 30, 1950, Westphal was a native of Torrance, CA, and spent 14 seasons with the Suns as a player and a coach. The eventual Basketball Hall of Famer known as “Westy” was acquired by the Suns in a trade with the Boston Celtics in 1975 and spent six seasons as a player with Phoenix.