An ugly, brutal legal battle ensued, all the way to the.

Websonics owner sam schulman wanted haywood, who had left college early, to jump from the aba to seattle.

Webthe nba moved to block haywood from playing.

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Webhaywood turned pro after his sophomore season at the university of detroit, but nba rules at the time prohibited him from doing so, as it was required that players.

Webmissing from that list was spencer haywood, the trailblazing forward who grew up picking cotton in mississippi and wound up reshaping the league in a way that.

The situation in detroit would become untenable.

The second reason was racial.

Webthe first reason was financial.

Due to the pressure of having 10 siblings and no income, haywood was on the ropes.

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