Okay: The Green Light is Gatsby's hope of the American Dream, but Daisy snuffs it out with the glittery shallowness of her empty boot. Man that sucked. And it took me 20 minutes of staring at the screen to come up with it. But don't worry, my next assignment of "Death of a Salesman" will be much better.
We’re about to be traded to Philadelphia.” Toronto and Philadelphia newspapers were reporting rumors of a deal that would send Jones and McGrady to the 76ers for guard Jerry Stackhouse and forward Clarence Weatherspoon. The Wow.
you know how scary philly could have been if they had gotten the #1 pick in the 97 draft instead of SA? Duncan,Iverson and possibly Tracy all on one team. *shudders* thank god none of that happened
Quote from article: "Thus, the 1997-98 season is evolving into a postgraduate year for McGrady, a chance to learn the pro game and, by diligently lifting weights, to bulk up form his current 210 pounds to handle the daily grind." Looking at his stats from ESPN.com, T-Mac is still only 210 pounds! Don't you think he should have put on a few more pounds than that? Lack of desire??? http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3179
225 sounds a little better... and no I don't want him to go Kemp on us... I just thought he should have gained more muscle mass in a 7 year span.
Down memory lane First round 1. San Antonio - Tim Duncan, center, Wake Forest 2. Philadelphia - Keith Van Horn, forward, Utah 3. Boston - Chauncey Billups, guard, Colorado 4. Vancouver - Antonio Daniels, guard, Bowling Green 5. Denver - Tony Battie, center, Texas Tech 6. Boston (from Dallas) - Ron Mercer, forward, Kentucky 7. New Jersey - Tim Thomas, forward, Villanova 8. Golden State - Adonal Foyle, center, Colgate 9. Toronto - Tracy McGrady, forward, Mt. Zion Academy 10. Milwaukee - Danny Fortson, forward, Cincinnati (traded to Denver) 11. Sacramento - Olivier Saint-Jean, forward, San Jose State 12. Indiana - Austin Croshere, forward, Providence 13. Cleveland - Derek Anderson, guard, Kentucky 14. Los Angeles Clippers - Maurice Taylor, forward, Michigan 15. Dallas (from Minnesota) - Kelvin Cato, center, Iowa State (traded to Portland) 16. Cleveland (from Phoenix) - Brevin Knight, guard, Stanford 17. Orlando - Johnny Taylor, forward, Tennessee-Chattanooga 18. Portland - Chris Anstey, center, South East Melbourne (traded to Dallas) 19. Detroit - Scot Pollard, center, Kansas 20. Minnesota (from Portland through Charlotte) - Paul Grant, center, Wisconsin 21. New Jersey (from L.A. Lakers) - Anthony Parker, guard, Bradley 22. Atlanta - Ed Gray, guard, California 23. Seattle - Bobby Jackson, guard, Minnesota (traded to Denver) 24. Houston - Rodrick Rhodes, guard, Southern California 25. New York - John Thomas, forward, Minnesota 26. Miami - Charles Smith, guard, New Mexico 27. Utah - Jacque Vaughn, guard, Kansas 28. Chicago - Keith Booth, forward, Maryland Second Round 30. Houston (from Vancouver) - Serge Zwikker, center, North Carolina 31. Miami (from Boston) - Mark Sanford, forward, Washington 32. Detroit (from San Antonio) - Charles O'Bannon, guard, UCLA 33. Denver - James Cotton, guard, Long Beach State 34. Philadelphia - Marko Milic, guard, Smelt Olimpija (Slovenia) 35. Dallas - Bubba Wells, forward, Austin Peay 36. Philadelphia (from New Jersey) - Kebu Stewart, forward, Cal-State Bakersfield 37. Philadelphia (from Toronto) - James Collins, guard, Florida State (traded to L.A. Clippers) 38. Golden State - Marc Jackson, forward, Temple 39. Milwaukee - Jerald Honeycutt, forward, Tulane 40. Sacramento - Anthony Johnson, guard, College of Charleston 41. Seattle (from L.A. Clippers) - Ed Elisma, forward, Georgia Tech 42. Denver (from Indiana) - Jason Lawson, center, Villanova (traded to Orlando) 43. Phoenix - Stephen Jackson, guard, Butler (Kansas) Community College 44. Minnesota - Gordon Malone, forward, West Virginia 45. Cleveland - Cedric Henderson, forward, Memphis, 46. Washington - God Shammgod, guard, Providence 47. Orlando - Eric Washington, guard, Alabama (traded to Denver) 48. Portland - Alvin Williams, guard, Villanova 49. Washington (from Charlotte) - Predrag Drobnjak, center, Yugoslavia 50. Atlanta (from Detroit) - Alain Digbeu, guard, France 51. Atlanta - Chris Crawford, forward, Marquette 52. L.A. Lakers - DeJuan Wheat, guard, Louisville 53. Vancouver (from Houston) - C.J. Bruton, guard, Indian Hills (Iowa) Community College 54. L.A. Lakers (from New York) - Paul Rogers, center, Gonzaga 55. Seattle - Mark Blount, center, Pittsburgh 56. Boston (from Miami) - Ben Pepper, Australia 57. Utah - Nate Erdmann, guard, Oklahoma 58. Chicago - Roberto Duenas, center, F.C. Barcelona Note: Washington forfeited its 1997 first-round pick in connection with its signing of Juwan Howard. Washington would have had the 17th pick, and the picks referred to above (following the 16th) reflect that forfeiture. NBA DRAFT 1997
you dont need espn to see that tracy weighs a lot more than 210 pounds which was his listed rookie weight. just look at tracy now compared to tracy as a rookie. the article had some pics in it which i couldnt scan but its easy to see the guy has added significant muscle mass since he entered the L. he wasnt like these 19-20 'high school' kids who been lifting since they were 12 and have matured physically already when he entered the league. he was a human toothpick of a player if i saw one.
