Diop wrote:LamarMatic7 wrote:Diop wrote:on a related note, how did Chuck Nevitt last for 10 or so years when he generally averaged about 5 minutes a game?
was he a side show attraction? they needed someone to hang the net?
Grantland actually did an article on Chuck Nevitt which used a video of mine:
http://grantland.com/features/chuck-nevitt-greg-kite-scott-hastings-history-nba-12th-man/I don't remember it all that well but, perhaps, it contains answers to your question.
what a great article, love the part about how MJ punched that guy in the nuts.
it looks like Chuck was a bit of a circus act too
yeah, that paragraph was so sad.
But Nevitt stayed on with the Lakers after Glass brokered a unique arrangement with general manager Jerry West. “We worked it out so Chuck would sell tickets,” says Glass, “and he’d also be able to work out with the team, post up with Kareem in practice, and if something happened to one of their guys, the Lakers would sign him.” While Nevitt sold tickets — sometimes at a local mall — and worked drills, he also auditioned, at Rodney Dangerfield’s request, for a part in the comedy Back to School. The idea was to place Nevitt inside a Tall and Fat, one of the clothing stores owned by Dangerfield’s character, Thornton Melon. It seemed logical — Nevitt had actually worked a similar job at a Houston-area big-and-tall shop called the King Size Company after being cut by the Rocket in 1983. He didn’t get the part.
I don't know if you've seen this but this 30 for 30 Short would definitely also be interesting to you. The director tackles the topic of being posterized and bases it on our own favorite tall guy - Shawn Bradley.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=10925703There are a couple of things I don't like about it but it's a decent effort. I watched it again since it came out like two years ago.
