Gopher great Ray Williams back in the hospital battling cancer

[BleedGopher]

per this update from Doogie:

Flip Saunders on his former Gophers teammate, guard Ray Williams: "Probably the best athlete to ever step on the floor at Williams Arena. ... He had colon cancer a while ago. He fought it and got over it, but now has a recurrence. He lives in Florida, but the New York Knicks (one of his former professional teams) air-bused him back to New York. He's in the hospital there. His family is there. Prayers are with him. Those who saw him play know how dynamic he was."

http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/...ences_makes_sense_for_Wolves_owner_says031513

Go Gophers!!

 

[ruppertflywheel]

Tubby wouldn't even have to coach if he had a couple of " Ray Williams " type players. Prayers go out to " Sugar" Ray.

 

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Part of the best team the Gophers have ever had!

Ray Williams is on my all time Greatest Gopher team. His '76-'77 team was better than the '97 Final Four team.

It might have been the best team in Gopher basketball history and Ray Williams was a major reason why!

 

[XMan]

Yes i agree that was the best team in Gopher history. Ray had a decent career averaging about 15 a game over 10 seasons in the nba. brother of one of my favorite players....Gus Williams who had some great seasons for the sonics. i remember somone posted on here a year or two ago that ray was homeless and living out of a car or something like that. Too bad about Ray and his continued health battles.