Moe had a controversial end to his time as a Tar Heel, but he was a very good player for UNC in the late 50s/early 60s.

“He called me and Buck John said, ‘N----s get off the floor and hit us with that motherf---er,’” Maxwell recalled, his voice steady, his eyes clear. The weight of those words landed hard.

The date was February 7, 1988, and the venue was the old Chicago Stadium, which was then the largest indoor arena in the world with a maximum seating capacity of 26,000. Most of the top stars in the ...