http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=61265 Hoilberg joins Suns workout By Jerry Brown, Tribune March 16, 2006 The Suns brought veteran guard Fred Hoiberg in for a physical and workout Thursday. If all checks out Hoiberg will take the roster spot available when forward Dijon Thompson went on injured reserve after having microfracture surgery on his right knee Monday. The move would give the Suns another backup at the shooting guard spot. Hoiberg has played parts of 10 NBA seasons with Indiana, Chicago and Minnesota. He shot a career-high 48.3 percent from 3-point range last season when he averaged 5.9 points for the Timberwolves. He had open heart surgery last season and if he plays again he would be the first NBA player ever to play with a pacemaker. Hoiberg only found out he would require the surgery last season after having an echocardiogram while attempting to get a life insurance policy. During his sophomore year at Iowa State, he found out he had a bicuspid aortic valve, but the problem was not considered life-threatening at the time. He continued to play, but was monitored by the school with echocardiograms. He then had the test at the 1995 pre-draft camp, and was monitored with echocardiograms by his first two NBA teams, the Pacers and the Bulls. Before signing with the Timberwolves in 2003, Hoiberg never got an echocardiogram himself, and Minnesota never gave him one. Contact Jerry Brown by email, or phone (480) 898-6528
Now Hoiberg is a guy we could use. Damn the Suns, everyone wants to play there. That's 3 guys that came on the cheap, Qyntel Woods, Tim Thomas and Hoiberg that I would have liked to have seen on this team.
Unbelievably enough, some of you might someday have to accept the opinion that every single available player is not sitting by the phone, quivering with anticipation that he might someday be granted the privilege of playing in the Toyota center. Now, I know that the natural retort of a lot of you will be "WELL THEY WOULD IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TEH JEFF VAN DUMMY FIRE GUNDY!!11!!!1!" - in spite of the fact that there is no evidence for this, and in spite of the fact that we were able to acquire two of our prime FA targets in Anderson and Swift this past offseason (regardless of their eventual suckiness). How do you know that Dawson & co did NOT try to get Thomas, Hoiberg? We do know that they tried to get Artest. Honestly, you guys just act as if Dawson & Van Gundy are just sitting around smoking weed all day while you Real GM mavens are working hard to improve the Rockets - I hardly think Les A lets them slide in this regard.
You have to realize that Rockets are not a good destination for FA right now. We dont have money. We are most likely not making the playoffs. We have an injured star with unknown status on his health that could cripple the franchise for years to come. Basically any free agent that is going to get paid the same no matter where he goes will sign with a playoff team. And as much as I would hate to admit it, the Rockets are not making the playoffs. We could, but we probably are not.
You are right. Players dont exactly look forward toplay for JVG. If latest polls by players are any indication, despite having Yao and Tmac, we might lose out on competition because of JVG. Hmm lets see, should i go and play for phoenix, Dallas, Spurs, or even Denver, or should I just decide to be miserable and play for a miserable man? Thats a shame, really.
Yes, according recent unscientific polls, only 89.8% of all NBA players would play for JVG, the rest of them can't stand him. Of course, according to that same poll, 96.2% of players want to play for Larry Brown - we all know that Larry Brown is the kind of stand up guy that player's love, right? Nobody goes to the mat for his guys more - I bet NY gets all top FA's this next offseason. But at least JVG's ahead of noted disciplinarian Mike Woodson of the Hawks, who only 86.7% of players would play for - as we all know, Mike Woodson is a real ass-kicker who runs his players into the ground in public and private Why didn't you just post "NOBODY WILL PLAY FOR JEFF VAN DUMMY r****d !!11!!!" - it saves us all time and effort.
