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Ron Harper SLAM Interview
Posted: Wed Aug 8, 2012 9:05 pm
by mkwest
No RegretsSLAM: I guess being a Laker from ’99-on was a long ways from being a Clipper in ’89.
RH: That’s for sure. It’s definitely a long way, but I tell folks any time, if I’m goin’ into the Hall of Fame, I’m goin’ in as a Los Angeles Clipper.
SLAM: Really? I thought associating L.A. with where you got hurt…
RH: That’s OK. That’s part of the game. But they gave me a chance to prove to people that I could carry a whole team. I carried a team that wasn’t ****. [Laughs] A team that had Charles Smith, Ken Norman, Benoit Benjamin, Gary Grant and half a year with Danny Manning, and we could do work with any team in the League. I’m not tradin’ my red, white and blue for nobody. I love the Chicago Bulls, I love Phil, but my Los Angeles days? I love the Clippers.
SLAM: And who knows what happens if you don’t get hurt?
RH: Who cares about that? I don’t go back, like, If this didn’t happen… Listen: You make whatever you can. I had a great run.
SLAM: Did you have a favorite title?
RH: No. The ones I do love more are with the Chicago team because we played as a team, we loved being a team. Now that Laker team won Championships, but if you go back and ask them guys to speak truthfully, ask ’em if they had fun. And I’m gonna leave it at that.
Russ Bengston,
Slam Online
Re: Ron Harper SLAM Interview
Posted: Wed Aug 8, 2012 10:24 pm
by adiedanny
Wow! damn that is awesome. I want a harper jersey now! i never bought a Harper or Manning jersey
Re: Ron Harper SLAM Interview
Posted: Thu Aug 9, 2012 1:53 am
by RiversideClips
I 2nd the Harper Jersey "wanting!"
Re: Ron Harper SLAM Interview
Posted: Thu Aug 9, 2012 2:43 am
by mkwest
Harper has said something similar to this in the past year. It's kind of shocking after knowing what type of comments were made by him back in the day. It's good that he can actually look back on his career and have some fondness towards the time he "served" here.
Another interesting comment by him was his comparisons of being on the Bulls and the Lakers. He said that he had fun on the Bulls championship teams as opposed to the Lakers. Shaq said something similar during All-Star weekend when he compared the feel of the Magic to the Lakers. He said that he actually had fun with the Magic and enjoyed playing with his teammates, while it was "different" on the Lakers. As a fan, you'd probably rather have a championship and couldn't careless about personal feelings, but I think it's great when the guys genuinely like playing with each other, for their coaches and for the fans. I like that our guys get along and actually have fun together, now they just have to funnel that into some hardware.