The SG for the Sixers known as the Boston Strangler shortly after they won the title in '83, complained of foot injuries. The Sixers doctors insisted that he was "cleared to play". It got somewhat ugly between the team and Toney, somewhat similar to how it' seems to be getting with Leonard. Pressured by the team, Toney played with it hurt a little bit, then missed a full season injured...came back, but was never the same, and was gone from the league by '87 (I think)

It took decades for the rift between Toney and the Sixers to heal...He wouldn't attend reunions of the Championship team, efforts from players and the front office went unanswered. A key player in them winning it all on one of the greatest teams in NBA history was left out of celebrations all because Harold Katz and the team physicians didn't want to listen to Toney's claims.