Two-time NBA champion George McGinnis, who won the his championships with the Indiana Pacers in the early 1970s. McGinnis also played with Julius Erving, also known as Dr. J, in Philadelphia during his career. The Indiana Pacers, the team with which he won his A.B.A. titles, said his death, in a hospital, resulted from complications of cardiac arrest, which he suffered last week at his home in Indianapolis. McGinnis had struggled to walk in recent years after undergoing multiple back surgeries because of a hereditary condition, the team said.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2023 09:01 UTC