(OOC: It should be easy to guess the PoD. As for not playing on Yom Kippur, Koufax famously did this in Game 1 of the World Series in 1965 IOTL.)
As most NBA fans know, Sandford "Sandy" Koufax was a star basketball guard from the University of Cincinnati and was drafted as a guard by the recently moved to town Cincinnati Royals. He, along with Maurice Stokes, Oscar Robertson (drafted in 1960), and Jerry Lucas (drafted in 1962), would become known as "The Four Horsemen," who, from 1963 to 1966, would win four straight Eastern Conference titles (against the Boston Celtics) and appear in four straight NBA Finals, winning three in a row (1963, 1964, and 1965) and losing the last in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1966 (following which Sandy retired due to arm damage). Koufax, a practicing Jewish athlete, became noted for not playing on Yom Kippur.
Their rivalries with the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers quickly became classics (indeed, Bill Russell has called them the toughest team he ever faced in the NBA playoffs), and the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary The Four Seasons details that era in Cincinnati sports. They are thought to be a big reason why the Royals are in Cincinnati to this day (and even won another title in 2002 against the San Antonio Spurs).
So, WI Sandy Koufax doesn't play basketball? As Koufax admitted in an interview in the 30 for 30 documentary, he considered playing baseball, and Dodger scout Al Campanis offered him a signing bonus, but Koufax decided to focus on basketball.
Would he have had the same success in baseball (presumably with the Dodgers) that he did with the Royals?
How does this affect the Royals? They're still a good team with Stokes, Robertson, and Lucas, but, if they don't win an NBA championship, do they stay in Cincinnati?
As most NBA fans know, Sandford "Sandy" Koufax was a star basketball guard from the University of Cincinnati and was drafted as a guard by the recently moved to town Cincinnati Royals. He, along with Maurice Stokes, Oscar Robertson (drafted in 1960), and Jerry Lucas (drafted in 1962), would become known as "The Four Horsemen," who, from 1963 to 1966, would win four straight Eastern Conference titles (against the Boston Celtics) and appear in four straight NBA Finals, winning three in a row (1963, 1964, and 1965) and losing the last in seven games to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1966 (following which Sandy retired due to arm damage). Koufax, a practicing Jewish athlete, became noted for not playing on Yom Kippur.
Their rivalries with the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers quickly became classics (indeed, Bill Russell has called them the toughest team he ever faced in the NBA playoffs), and the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary The Four Seasons details that era in Cincinnati sports. They are thought to be a big reason why the Royals are in Cincinnati to this day (and even won another title in 2002 against the San Antonio Spurs).
So, WI Sandy Koufax doesn't play basketball? As Koufax admitted in an interview in the 30 for 30 documentary, he considered playing baseball, and Dodger scout Al Campanis offered him a signing bonus, but Koufax decided to focus on basketball.
Would he have had the same success in baseball (presumably with the Dodgers) that he did with the Royals?
How does this affect the Royals? They're still a good team with Stokes, Robertson, and Lucas, but, if they don't win an NBA championship, do they stay in Cincinnati?