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  1.                                  At 6' 1'' and 160 pounds, 
  2.                                  Nate ΓÇ£Tiny" Archibald 
  3.                                  played among tree-tall 
  4.                                  NBA players for 13 
  5.                                  seasons, averaging 18.8 
  6. points and 7.4 assists. In the 1972-73 
  7. season, he became the only player ever to 
  8. lead the league in both scoring and assists.
  9.  
  10. Nate was drafted by the Cincinnati Royals 
  11. (now the Sacramento Kings) in 1970. In his 
  12. third season, the team moved to Kansas 
  13. City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska, 
  14. splitting home games between the two cities. 
  15. (The team was then called the Kansas City-
  16. Omaha Kings.) Nate still averaged 34 points 
  17. and 11.4 assists per game, leading the 
  18. league in both categories. 
  19.  
  20.