Nicknamed 'The Pearl', Earl Monroe was an NBA showman who dazzled with his ... he was a key leader on two excellent teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s — the Baltimore Bullets and the New ...

Ask old Bullets fans the highlights of Baltimore’s onetime pro basketball team and they’ll reel off some lulus, like the night rookie Earl “The Pearl” Monroe scored 56 points, or the times ...

The Bullets' Archie Clark drives to the basket against the New York Knicks' Earl Monroe, left, and Jerry Lucas, right, at the Baltimore Civic Center in November 1971.

Monroe flies toward the basket during a game with the Baltimore Bullets in 1969. (AP Photo) Monroe's street ball style was foreign to the NBA when he entered the league in the late 1960s.

Monroe was drafted as the second overall pick in the 1967 NBA Draft by the Baltimore Bullets (now the Washington Wizards). In his rookie year, he averaged 24.3 points per game and was named Rookie ...

A funny thing happened at the Garden that night. Earl Monroe gets his Knicks uniform from coach Red Holzman in 1971 Arthur Pomerantz. They cheered him anyway. There wasn’t a hint of boos.

Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, and fellow CIAA and professional basketball star Bob Dandridge, will be hosting the Feb. 19 Baltimore Youth Sports Clinic as part of the 2022 CIAA festivities.

Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, ... The Baltimore Bullets drafted him No. 2 overall in the NBA draft in 1967, ahead of both Southern Illinois’ Walt Frazier (No. 5) and Kentucky’s Pat Riley (No. 7).

Earl Monroe changed the NBA. At 80, he is still making moves. “The Pearl” revolutionized professional basketball with his flashy style of play.

Nicknamed 'The Pearl', Earl Monroe was an NBA showman who dazzled with his ... he was a key leader on two excellent teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s — the Baltimore Bullets and the New ...

Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, ... The Baltimore Bullets drafted him No. 2 overall in the NBA draft in 1967, ahead of both Southern Illinois’ Walt Frazier (No. 5) and Kentucky’s Pat Riley (No. 7).