Celtics sign undrafted West Virginia star Pittsnogle

Yay!!! finally the peeps from WVU get singed...too bad Gansey signed w/ the heat.... The heat r my second most hated team next to the suns...

 

I'm guessing you're a Lakers fan?

 

Nice they got a much cheaper, albiet significantly worse rebounding, replacement for Raef LaFrentz.

 

no..he has to be a mavs fan

 

Do the words "West Virginia" and "star" ever really go together in a sentence?

 

He won't make it in the NBA. He is out of shape, slow, and horrible on defense. There is a reason he was undrafted.

 

just like lafrentz ...

 

No Raef is a decent rebounder and a good shot blocker. All Pittsnogle can do is shoot.

 

that doesnt make him a good defender ... you can be a good rebounder, make some blocks, if you're slow you're in trouble ... and he's not a good shotblocker anymore and has never been a good rebounder (career : 6.6rbds/g in 28min/g). (but pittsnogle has not proved anything yet, and lafrentz is a useful player)

 

Undrafted players can now go to the NBDL and grow into NBA players, it will help them a lot in their development.

DD

 

this whole thread is funny (and a waste of time)

 

Jerry West


Jerome Alan West (born May 28, 1938 in Chelyan, West Virginia) has had one of the most successful careers ever in professional basketball, first as a player, then as a coach and finally as an executive. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980, and his dribbling silhouette has long been used in the National Basketball Association's official logo.

Like most NBA players, West was a standout in high school and at college, attending West Virginia University and leading it to the 1959 NCAA championship game (of which he was named Most Valuable Player) before embarking on a 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. He also played for, and co-captained with Oscar Robertson, the 1960 U.S. Olympic gold medal team in Rome.

His nicknames included "Mr. Clutch", for his skill and ability to make a shot in a clutch situation, and "Zeke from Cabin Creek", given to him by teammate Elgin Baylor, and one West was not particularly fond of. The latter name is somewhat of a misnomer, but not completely; Cabin Creek is the name of both a stream and a community near West's hometown of Chelyan. The community of Cabin Creek is on the opposite side of the stream from Chelyan as it enters the Kanawha River.

On November 26, 2005, his number 44 became the first basketball number to be retired by West Virginia University. His son Jonnie West signed to play basketball with WVU in 2006.
Early life and sports

Jerry West attended East Bank, West Virginia High School from 1952-1956. He was named an All-State from 1953-56, and an All-American in 1956, when he was also named West Virginia Player of the Year after becoming the state's first high-school player to score more than 900 points in a season (32.2 ppg, 1956). He also led East Bank to a state championship that same year.

He played for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, in Morgantown, West Virginia, from 1956-1960. Among his college highlights, he was named to the All-Southern Conference (1958-60), All-American Second Team (1958), and The Sporting News All-America First Team (1959-60). In his WVU career, he averaged 24.8 points and 13.3 rebounds per game.

In addition to the Olympic Games, he was a member of the United States' Pan American Games gold medal-winning team (1959).....

 

Shoots to many threes for a big guy. he shot more threes then FT. Also has too much body fat.

 

All big guys that shoot 3s, shoot them way too much.

Yao could probably shoot 3 pointers as well as most 7 footers that go long distance, but thankfully he's not stupid enough to ignore the fact that he's a giant and waste time camping outside the 3 point line.

 

Mango, you beat me to it. I was also thinking Randy Moss, even though he is a football player. But I think Jerry West is the best name here.

 

Somewhere on a Celtics fans BBS, hordes of posters are filling a Pittsnogle thread with a one-word post. "Splash."