Here are the speculations/inconsistencies about Reeves' NBA career:
(1) In "The Offer", he tells Sally Adams that he was the 16th pick in the NBA Draft by the Bulls and that he was in the starting lineup for 10 seasons.
(2) In "Wanna Bet", Bobby Magnum/Maggum/Mangum punks Reeves by saying he played for Chicago, Denver, and Milwaukee for 8 seasons and averaged a paltry six points. Reeves says 'you forgot Detroit.' Bobby further taunts Reeves' with "Rick Barry lived off you, man." From this we can deduce that:
-he may have played in the ABA with Denver.
-he was a small forward and either a poor defender or the team's best defender (especially if he was assigned to guard Rick Barry).
-he may or may not have been a starter, averaging only 6 points.
(3) He apparently was friends with Artis Gilmore. In "The Great White Dope" he listens to a Chick Hearn interview on the radio and Gilmore alludes to the fact that the Bulls don't need Reeves anymore...to which Reeves replies, "thanks, Artis. I hope your goatee falls out."
(4) Given the years he supposedly played, he was teammates with Gilmore, Chet Walker, Bob Love, and Tom Boerwinkle.
(5) In "Just One of the Boys", he refers to Thorpe as "as good a defensive player as (Dean) Meminger." Meminger played with the Knicks in the late 60's/early 70's.
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