JOHN Q. TRAPP SAT on the bench, watching his Philadelphia 76ers get pummeled by 41 points. It was January 1973, and the team recently had suspended Trapp for missing practices. So the 6-foot-7 forward, who routinely agitated his teammates, just sat there during the second half, in his warmups, holding a large cup.
"Hey, want any of my Coke?" Trapp asked forward John Block.
"You don't want that cup," another teammate interjected.
It was bourbon and Coke.
That was hardly the first time Trapp did something noticeably unusual during an NBA game, but his teammates were surprised.