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Wayman Got his Points, to the Point
Published: 5/15/2009 4:54 PM
Last Modified: 5/15/2009 4:54 PM

Wayman Tisdale never had any trouble getting his points or getting to the point.
He was, without question, one of the best offensive basketball players I've seen in over 30 years as a sports writer.
He was also a joy to deal with in the locker room.
One of my favorite memorties of Tisdale came when he announced he would come back to OU for his junior season.
He showed up for the much-anticipated press conference at the football stadium with a large group of media.
He walked in. Sat down. He said he would be back for another season of basketball at OU.
Then, he got up and walked out.
All of it took less than a minute.
It is still one of the best press conferences I've ever attended.
He told us what we needed to know and left.
On Friday he left again but this time we wish he could have stayed a lot longer.



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ace5720 (4 years ago)
Waymon was a class act, an amazingly talented basketball player (That picture from high school that the Tulsa World posted where Waymon's hand is near the TOP OF THE BACKBOARD says it all in terms of his athletic ability!), a great musician, family man, friend, etc. etc. etc. I would recommend we start a movement to have a statue of #23 placed in front of the BOK Center. It would be fitting to have Waymon smiling on the city he loved so much for the ages.
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