That's not how Reed recalled the phone conversation.

Years later, Reed recalled the horror of the moment.

Reed recalled, "the Concerto proved to be a complete triumph, the concert a brilliant and unforgettable occasion".

"I'd ask him how he was feeling," Reed, the Nets' senior vice president, recalled.

Reed, now an adviser to the Knicks, recalled how Whelan was adept at easing tensions with funny stories.

In 2008, Reed recalled having pitched to Barry Bonds during spring training in Tucson, Arizona.

"That little prologue was added three months after principal photography was completed," Reed recalled.

"I also collaborated in the gathering of material and data and distributing of papers to go into the German trenches," Reed later recalled.

Reed recalled his own frustration when he missed the sixth game of the 1969-70 championship final against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Reed looked straight at Valay then, and recalled the words she'd spoken, about traitors, and reinforcements, and jamming beams, and realized they were all lies.