LeRoy Ellis, my first basketball coach, is battling cancer. There is a great article about him in the L.A. Times. LeRoy was an outstanding player for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1971-72, when they won their first NBA Championship in Los Angeles, and when I first began paying attention to basketball. His oldest son, LeRoy Ellis, Jr., was our center, and I played point guard on that YBA team in Whittier so many years ago. Fight on, LeRoy, and LeRoy, Jr., if you ever Google your name and end up here, drop me an email and let me know how you are doing.
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