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Another former 1st rnd pick doing good somewhere else

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Another former 1st rnd pick doing good somewhere else 

Post#1 » by JBSouthpaw » Mon Feb 26, 2018 5:42 pm

Reece Gaines takes over as acting head coach at Eastern Kentucky.


Gaines was drafted by the Orlando Magic in the first round (15th overall) of the 2003 NBA draft and signed with the club on July 18, 2003. He spent one season on the bench in Orlando (1.8 points, 1.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists in 38 games) before being traded to the Houston Rockets (along with Tracy McGrady, Juwan Howard and Tyronn Lue) in exchange for Steve Francis, Cuttino Mobley and Kelvin Cato.[5].
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Post#2 » by Furinkazan » Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:09 pm

good for him
still a click bait title haha
Im enetering guns blazing like Yosemite Sam and read its about Reece Gaines ^^ cool story bro
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Re: Another former 1st rnd pick doing good somewhere else 

Post#3 » by Nemesis21 » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:23 pm

Nothing to see here. Misleading thread title. IBTL
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Post#4 » by the_hobo » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:08 pm

Favorite Magic players of all time:
1. Dennis Scott
2. Andrew Nicholson
3. Anthony "no-neck" Johnson
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Post#5 » by Furinkazan » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:27 pm


as weird as it sounds I miss the torture chamber :lol:
liked when our announcers did talk about it....more than thAT cake talk they do now
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Post#6 » by the_hobo » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:35 am

~Snoopy~ wrote:

as weird as it sounds I miss the torture chamber :lol:
liked when our announcers did talk about it....more than thAT cake talk they do now


It was the one thing about basketball that got me excited! Nobody has moves anymore. Its only crossovers and long 3s.
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Post#7 » by FFBlitzace » Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:42 am

I absolutely think Nicholson is an NBA player. It's not even like he's a "relic." He has an outside shot. He has his struggles moving his feet defensively, but his interior defense had actually become pretty good. He was good at defending straight up without fouling. Very strange to me that he was cast off like he was. At least he's getting his money.
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Post#8 » by Furinkazan » Tue Feb 27, 2018 4:46 am

the_hobo wrote:
~Snoopy~ wrote:

as weird as it sounds I miss the torture chamber :lol:
liked when our announcers did talk about it....more than thAT cake talk they do now


It was the one thing about basketball that got me excited! Nobody has moves anymore. Its only crossovers and long 3s.


yep no more old school moves under the basket ...NBA evoloved weird way
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Post#9 » by shadrock » Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:37 am

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Post#10 » by Furinkazan » Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:21 pm

shadrock in his usuall mood :lol:

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yeah maybe its basicly a lock type of topic but at least it led to recall some positive emotions about Nicholson instad of topic hero :D for few of us :lol:

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Post#11 » by MagicFan101 » Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:27 pm

Not all coaches are good for their students athletes, so I don’t think you can draw this conclusion by only the information provided.

*cough*

In case my point was lost on you; in the (paraphrased) words of the great Tracy Jordan:

Superman does good. Our former first round picks are doing well.
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Re: Another former 1st rnd pick doing good somewhere else 

Post#12 » by MoMM » Thu Mar 1, 2018 11:09 am

Well, Chinese league doesn't count, at least if it was european...

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