The Players Who Made the NBA Worth Watching

For eons we have been avid basketball fans, but we have virtually stopped watching NBA games (“Making the Extra Pass,” by David Wharton, Feb. 13). I loved watching during the era of Vinnie Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and even Dennis Rodman--but mostly when John Stockton, Kurt Rambis, Larry Bird and Robert Parish played. I like young Luke Walton, but don’t get to see him play much. Reggie Miller played as if his life depended on it. More should have that “play” ethic. Now arrogant “superstars” are driving people away from the game.

Carol and Joe Scrivner

Via the Internet

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There is a place where most of the basketball players play selflessly and often rely on solid teamwork to score. It’s called the WNBA.

Alison Glazier

Los Angeles