The retired Clippers broadcaster has written a book that’s rich with basketball history that’s both broad and personal.
But Lawler says it was a conversation early in his career with Chick Hearn’s wife, Marge, that initially freed him up.
For his part, Lawler established himself as one of several L.A. sports broadcasters who followed Chick Hearn – the iconic voice of the Lakers, who, early in his career, actually called a few of Lawler’s high school games – from Peoria, Illinois, to L.A. That procession of on-air talent also included Bob Starr, the former Angels and Rams broadcaster, as well as Bill King, who called Raiders games.
“We heard that he didn’t want to leave Orange County, where he lived,” Lawler writes. “So the Clippers made their move.” “We just knew we were not full citizens of the city, and that to the basketball fans in Los Angeles, this would possibly get us up there, and we would go shoulder to shoulder with the Lakers,” Lawler said this week ahead of another Lakers-Clippers showdown Wednesday, when the “visiting” team in purple and gold will try to snap an eight-game losing streak against the hosts.
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