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Kwisatz Haderach
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Coatesville, PA
Age: 25
Posts: 24,104
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Sonny Hill's influence felt throughout the NBA..
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His name is William Randolph Hill Jr., but most everyone knows him as Sonny.
He is a small, brown-skinned man whose eyes twinkle and beam as he talks in rapid-fire staccato. He is impeccably dressed in designer suits and Italian leather shoes as shimmering gold dangles from his wrist and adorns his manicured fingers.
Wherever he goes, the 67-year-old man greets people with a warm smile, a firm handshake and several minutes worth of stories.
Sonny Hill has tales to spin and, if you have the time, he'll tell you all about Wilt Chamberlain, his longtime friend whom he calls the greatest basketball player to play the game.
He'll describe for you the early days of the NBA and chronicle the rise of a game that has spawned a $2 billion industry.
"My involvement goes back to those who preceded me," he said. "Then I had the opportunity and when I got my chance to move into another level, I reached back and pushed the guys today even farther ahead of me."
Sonny Hill is what you might call a pioneer. He never played in the NBA, but his fingerprints can be found all over the game.
He never coached or managed in the league, but on most nights he walks around the Wachovia Center, where the Philadelphia 76ers play, as if he owns the place.
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Sonny Hill's influence felt throughout the NBA..
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