Meadowlark and Curly were my favorites too.
RIP Curly. I’m sure you’re playing basketball in heaven with some greats now.
Well, I enjoyed the Globies too and saw them several times live as a youth and more times on tv.
Nevertheless, the Globies weren't great players for the most part. After the NBA started playing more and more black players, the Globies didn't get as many good black players.
I did see Connie Hawkins play with the Globies before he joined the NBA, and he was a great player.
But the myth of the Globies being a super team still lives on in the minds of many people.
I used to help a friend coach a grade school bb team back in the eighties.
One time talking to one of the fathers on the team, he was adamant that the Globies were the best team in the world and could beat any NBA team.
I looked at him for a while and then said, no, the Globies would get crushed.
He was still insistent that the Globies would whip any NBA team including the Showtime Lakers with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
I looked at him for a while longer and then just walked away. He was a nice guy but a total ignoramus concerning basketball.