http://espn.go.com/nba/news/2002/0226/1341139.html Wow!!! 12 NBA teams. Thats pretty impressive. I guess that means your pretty good when so many people want you on their team.
Why can't the Rockets pick him up? Mario Ellie would be a nice addition too. It would be nice to have two tough, veteran players on the team.
Not only that, but CD and Rudy are trying to let this team play and gel together. Adding veterans would stunt their growth, and by the way for what its worth we already have two veterans, Kevin Willis and Walt Williams, thats all we need.
Did anyone see Sportscenter this morning? For <i>Top Plays</i> they had the all-time best Chucky Brown plays. I thought it was pretty funny.
He may have played for twelve teams, but he has something that Stockton and Malone don't have... sorry, couldn't help get a jab against the Jazz in there...carry on...
Maybe not a good father, but apparently he's good enough in the sack that a lot of chicks want him... ...or he's just rich and tall.
Is CC.net the online fan club listed below? CB is the man. That was back in the day when the Rockets were the CBA's best friends.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Chucky Brown Fan Club is preparing for a night to remember. The devoted supporters of the NBA's most traveled player are hard at work in the San Francisco Bay area, buying tickets, calling friends, making signs -- and, of course, baking a big batch of Chucky Brownies. Chucky Brown has been around the NBA long enough to have earned a ring with Houston in 1995 and blocked a Kobe Bryant shot while with Charlotte in 2000. Earlier this week, their hero signed a 10-day contract with the Sacramento Kings, joining his record 12th franchise during a 13-year career most notable for a championship ring with the Rockets and the pro sports record for impermanence. But as fate would have it, the Kings will visit the Golden State Warriors tonight -- which also happens to be Brown's 34th birthday. For the fans of a player who has worn nearly half of the NBA's uniforms, the stars don't often align so splendidly. "I know they'll be out there, having fun," Brown said with a grin. "I can't wait to see them." Brown, a 6-8 forward, has spent a career bouncing across the transaction wire, moving from city to city in a failed effort to find a long-term home. But he hasn't given up hope or lost his sense of humor about his unique experience in the game. "I'm just glad to still be here," Brown said. "I know a lot of guys weren't as lucky as me." And Brown isn't alone. His fan club, which is centered around a hilariously straight-faced Web site featuring everything from opinion columns to the recipe for Chucky Brownies, is orchestrated by Gerard Choucroun, a social worker, researcher and musician who lives in the Bay Area. The site is at http://www.chuckybrownfanclub.com. "We recognize basketball talent when we see it," Choucroun said. "Chucky is very sound, hard-working and team-oriented. That's what we're a fan of, maybe even more than Chucky -- what Chucky represents." Brown has been out of the league since playing 26 games for Golden State and Cleveland last season. He also has played for Houston -- where he was a member of the 1995 championship team -- the Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey, Dallas, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Charlotte and San Antonio. He was the only Rockets player to start all 82 games in 1995-96 and averaged a career-high 8.6 points per game. Memphis' Tony Massenburg has had 11 stints with 10 teams, while Brown has had 13 stints with 12 teams. In signing with Sacramento, Brown also tied Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Morgan for appearances with the most teams in any major professional American sport -- not that he's keeping track of such things. "It's cool, and I'll take it," Brown said. "I'm still having fun, so that's the important thing." So is the CBFC, as members know the club. It unofficially began in Houston in 1995, when Brown arrived with the Rockets as a midseason acquisition and was part of a team that won its second consecutive NBA championship. "Chucky's influence was very palpable," Choucroun said. "It wasn't like being a member of the Chucky Brown Fan Club was anything rare in Houston. The whole city was the fan club." Much of the fan club is now based in Northern California, though it boasts membership throughout the nation. The group was overjoyed when Golden State signed Brown last season -- but crushed when the Warriors let him go. "For us, it was nice when Chucky was with the Warriors, but I'm sure it wasn't great for him," Choucroun said. "He deserves better than those guys. Sacramento is a great place for him."
I think you are way off base calling the rockets cheap. Matt Maloney alone is a snappy comeback. I think the Rockets problem is not cheapness, but overpaying and paying to long. Mo Taylor, over paid, to long, but not cheap Kelvin Cato, over paid, to long, not cheap ( though that contract may work out. One can dream can't they) Good offer to an over-the-hill Olajuan, not cheap Pippen - lot of problems there, but cheapness not one of them I do agree tthat a few veterans could help, however we will not benefit by giving up Langi and Collier for two guys from the past. Well I would give up Langi for a two for one dinner cupon, but you get my drift.
