After VJ was realeased by the Pistons in 1991 he signed on with your Spurs. I was wondering if any of the Spurs fans here have any game tapes with The Microwave in them. Let me know please.
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After VJ was realeased by the Pistons in 1991 he signed on with your Spurs. I was wondering if any of the Spurs fans here have any game tapes with The Microwave in them. Let me know please.
I can't help with your request, but it's kind of cool to recap prominent players who played for both team.
Vinnie didn't have the greatest of times as a Spur. When he left, he allegedly went back to Detroit and complained about how soft the Spurs were (probably correctly).
Then of course we have Dennis Rodman.
And Sean Elliott and Billy Curley. Less said about them, the better from your standpoint I suppose. :)
George Gervin never played for Detroit, but the link is undeniable.
Anybody else?
Bill Curley = Greatest Piston Ever!
Derrick Dial played college ball in Michigan, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShoogarBear
Yup. Eastern Michigan I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru of Nothing
How could I have forgotten Alvin Robertson?
Vinnie did play in 3 playoff games for the Spurs in 1992 (Spurs, sans David Robinson, were swept 3-0 by the pre-Barkley Suns). He averaged 8.3 ppg (25 points) in 23.0 minutes per game, on .458 shooting (11-24; 2-4 from 3).
I have two games from the 1992 season with VJ on the Spurs, one game was vs. the Bulls in January and Vinnie scored 4 pts. The other game I had was vs. the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 in the 92 playoffs, and I don't even think Vinnie scored. He had a terrible game, as did most of the Spurs players that night, not named Terry Cummings, Sean Elliott, and Rod Strickland.Quote:
Originally Posted by PistonsNation
"Cadillac" Greg Anderson, Alvin Robertson, and David Wood are a few that come to mind
Can we work something out to where I can get copies? I would greatly appreciate it bro.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFanInAustin
Negele Knight?
Born: Mar 6, 1967 - Detroit, MI
For very small values of "prominent", I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru of Nothing
:lol
SFIA, I'd also be interested in talking to you about the 1992 playoff game, if you're amenable to that.
Sure thing guys, just shoot me with a PM.
HITA
HITA played with the Pistons? I know he's from Detroit....K-Dub is also from there, and went to the same high school.
Smith never played with the Pistons, but he's from Michigan and went to State.
I went to the NCAA regional finals at the Alamodome a couple of years ago when Mich. State was there. Steve Smith and a few other Spurs (Bowen, Ferry, SJax) sat a few rows in front of us.
For the State fans, Smith was a god. About 40 people came up to him to ask for pictures or autographs. They wouldn't leave him alone.
Strictly a Michigan reference. I don't believe Steve Smith ever played for Detroit.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpursFanInAustin
Oh and lest we forget LB, although many teams can make that claim LOL
Johnny Dawkins
Larry Brown is kind of the Kevin Bacon of basketball, except I'd probably pare it down to the Two Degrees of Larry Brown.Quote:
Originally Posted by PistonsNation
How about Lance Blanks? Former texas Longhorn, then started his career with the Detroit Pistons and now works in the Spurs scouting dept, as well as color commentator.
Vinnie Johnson sucked as a Spur.
How can you guys forget about William Bedford?
:drunk
Bedford played for the Spurs?
I guess he did in 1992-93. 16 games, 25 total points in 66 minutes
:oopsQuote:
Originally Posted by timvp
On the short list of any discussion of the Worst Big Man Ever.
Speaking of Spurs and Pistons; does the quadruple double game by Robinson vs. the Pistons in 1994 exist amongst the general public?
Yes, here is as complete a list as I can remember, taken from a Detroit listing of players and then just remembering them as Spurs:Quote:
Originally Posted by ShoogarBear
Cadillac Anderson, William Bedford, Jud Buechler, Johnny Dawkins, Sean Elliott, Sidney Green, David Greenwood, Vinnie Johnson, Edgar Helicopter Jones, Negele Knight, Mikki Moore (training camp), Isaiah Morris (cut post trade), Chuck Nevitt (training camp), Kurt Nimphius, Alvin Robertson, Dennis Rodman, David Wood, Larry Wright.
Lance Blanks played for the Pistons and now is a Spurs Scouting Dir.
Fennis Dembo played for the Pistons and was a San Antonio schoolboy phenom.
Here's the list I used to recall from:
http://www.nba.com/pistons/history/A...-70258-50.html
I think Larry Wright did not play for the Spurs after all.
Benoit Benjamin as well.
If you count games in the preseason.
The Iceman is from Michigan.
I remember his 1st game as a Spur was a TNT game I think aganist the suns, on the jumbotron they ran a cartoon that said "microwave in use". He was cheered when he first came in, but in the late moments with the Spurs down by 2 he was fouled and went to the line. I think he missed either one or both of the ft's and after the second shot he was booed very loudly. I thought that was funny and wanted to see if anybody remembered that game.Quote:
Originally Posted by SequSpur