![]() The fierce competitiveness, the desire to work hard and play hard, the intense dislike of UNC - he was the template for all of it. Times change.īut still, when you get down to it in many ways, Heyman remains the living, breathing heart of Duke basketball. ![]() We’re pretty sure he would have clashed with Coach K on disciplinary issues though, which is fine. Coming in behind Rewind 2018, this video received 11 million dislikes. The game had changed enormously of course, but any coach would admire Heyman’s competitive nature. With over 2.2 billion views, Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ music video is one of the all-time most disliked videos on YouTube so far. It’s a pretty fascinating piece of video in many ways.Īt times we wonder what it would have been like if Heyman had come 20 years later and played for Coach K. Oscar Robertson story, or the massive fight with UNC (for years Heyman - Artie - gleefully said “I hit Frank McGuire in the nuts!” And in later years he said McGuire ran into him and said “it still hurts Artie.” Who could possibly top that?) Mike Chen is a YouTuber famous for posting food-related videos on his YouTube channels. Even now, there are probably more great Heyman stories than there are about any other subsequent Duke players. You don’t have to have seen Heyman play to get a sense of his ferocious energy or his ability to get distracted. There’s a lot more insecurity there than we expected and there’s a tension between Arthur and Artie.Īrthur’s basically running the show here but you can sense Artie is used to being in charge and he doesn’t like being second banana. It’s very New Yorkish of course - you’d expect that - but given his Duke legend, we expected something much more.what? Deep? No, that’s not it. However, NBA guys in those days made a much more modest salary. That thing couldn't have been easy to hold for long. It’s a short clip and interesting in some ways. He was pitching an exhibition game with various recent college stars including Jeff Mullins, his former Duke teammate. ![]() He was Art or Artie.Īnyway, back to the point: we came across this YouTube interview with Heyman from 1965. If we remember correctly, Vic Bubas used to call him Arthur from time to time and we bet he hated that. You have to be a certain age to know what kind of a player Art Heyman was and you probably would have to have spent some time around him to understand what kind of guy he was and what his voice sounded like.
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