breh I met that brotha and he had that bad tick. But from what folks have told me who knew him he got better control of it as he got older.
Even in the video I posted it is totally gone. Back in his days in the NBA he mentioned that becoming Muslim helped with controlling his disease.
Rauf also mentioned that him having the disease actually made him a better player because he had to do shyt over and over and over until it felt or looked right. He mentioned that when he shot a ball if it didn't it the net just right he would shoot the ball over and over again until it hit the next just right or it sounded just right hitting the net.
Another thing my cousin had some of his homies who played against him on the Mississippi coast while growing up and they said that they had trouble guarding him because his movement would throw them off. To them some of his ticks looked like head fakes and the shyt would throw them off when guarding him.
I heard rumors of that shyt but thought it was just jokes.
Anyway the dude is a legend in Mississippi. Just amazing the amount of talent that come out the state even with its small population.