interesting stuff Anthony....

--- In feastlandofthegrizzlies@yahoogroups.com, fusillade2000
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> --- In feastlandofthegrizzlies@yahoogroups.com, "Valentin Serrano"
> <valentin.serrano@l...> wrote:
> > Hey there!!! Welcome to the group..there are some cool folks on
> > this list..feel free to post game notes on here. Its great
hearing
> > about the GRIZZ!!!! yeah, Lowe is gone..I had mixed feeling
about
> > that but I think eventually it was neccessary. I liked Lowe a
lot
> > but he didn't win too much and I think it really wore on him.
>
> Yeah Sidney Lowe was a nice enough guy and all, a link with
> Vancouver, but the losing just got to him. One year in with the
> Grizz, Hubie Brown's at least got the team competitive-so far!
>
> Another link with Vancouver that IMO isn't missed would be Stu
> (pid, as many have called him) Jackson. The "continuity" with the
> Vancouver Grizzlies that Jackson provides is having traded, way
back
> in 1997, the 2003 Grizz draft choice for...Otis Thorpe. OTIS
> THORPE?! Come on, Thorpe was likely never worth that, certainly
not
> in 1997. General managers make mistakes, and some have been known
to
> have traded high draft choices for players (George Allen,
anybody?),
> but that was a brainless move...George Allen at least won most
> games, Stu Jackson never did. Now Jackson is long gone, to a job
in
> the NBA front office, likely a glad-handing sort of position with
> few real responsibilities. I sort of remember Jackson from when he
> was here in NY, pleasant enough personality but no great
basketball
> knowledge.
>
> Unfortunately for the Grizz, the "Thorpe" draft choice wound
up
> being not #1, which they could have kept under the rules. But it
was
> still high, #2, which meant it was worth something for the Detroit
> Pistons (who got it). Fortunately for the Grizz, they're still
> finding ways to win. Oh, and Dickerson just retired. The world
moves
> on...
>
> Anthony