Jackson on Dean Meminger

Terraholm

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Nov 26, 2009, 2:31:19 AM11/26/09

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Phil Jackson was hoping to see former Knicks guard Dean Meminger in August
when a contingent of the 1973 Knicks championship team -- their last
championship team -- got together for dinner in New York.

But Meminger, who lived in The Bronx, never made it, and it's unclear if
Jackson will see him again. Meminger was said to be in critical condition
after a Bronx fire earlier this week, reportedly with a crack pipe found by
his bed. Meminger had suffered from drug-abuse problems.

"We were teammates for three years. I was concerned. I hope he makes it
through this," a somber Jackson said before last night's 100-90 win over
the
Knicks.

Johnny

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Nov 26, 2009, 6:08:55 AM11/26/09

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They called him The Dream before Olajuwan copyrighted it. Al McGuire told a story about his hot recruiting battle with LSU over Meminger. Al had the science dept. at Marquette make him a giant replica of a real ugly insect to take with him on a visit to Dean's home in the Bronx. Al showed him the bug and told him that's how big the bugs were in Louisiana. Al said The Dream took one look at that thing and committed to Marquette.

PeterL

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Nov 27, 2009, 3:06:35 AM11/27/09

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On Nov 25, 11:31 pm, Terraholm <terraholmSPAM...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/jackson_worried_about_meminger_...

>
> Phil Jackson was hoping to see former Knicks guard Dean Meminger in August
> when a contingent of the 1973 Knicks championship team -- their last
> championship team -- got together for dinner in New York.
>
> But Meminger, who lived in The Bronx, never made it, and it's unclear if
> Jackson will see him again. Meminger was said to be in critical condition
> after a Bronx fire earlier this week, reportedly with a crack pipe found by
> his bed. Meminger had suffered from drug-abuse problems.
>
> "We were teammates for three years. I was concerned. I hope he makes it
> through this," a somber Jackson said before last night's 100-90 win over
> the
> Knicks.

That guy was smooth before Wilkes.

Ironside

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Nov 27, 2009, 3:21:53 AM11/27/09

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Please. He was smooth in sliding his but accros the bench. He had
marginal NBA talent at best. After the merger with the ABA he was out
of work like most marginal players.

Gary Collard

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Nov 27, 2009, 3:38:28 PM11/27/09

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May be a chicken and egg thing, though, as his drug problem may have
been why he never reached his promise. He was a brilliant college
player and athletic enough for his game to translate, something went
wrong there.

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Ironside

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Nov 27, 2009, 9:36:00 PM11/27/09

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On 27 Nov, 12:38, Gary Collard <garycoll...@netscape.net> wrote:
> Ironside wrote:
> > On 27 Nov, 00:06, PeterL <po.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Nov 25, 11:31 pm, Terraholm <terraholmSPAM...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/jackson_worried_about_meminger_...
> >>> Phil Jackson was hoping to see former Knicks guard Dean Meminger in August
> >>> when a contingent of the 1973 Knicks championship team -- their last
> >>> championship team -- got together for dinner in New York.
> >>> But Meminger, who lived in The Bronx, never made it, and it's unclear if
> >>> Jackson will see him again. Meminger was said to be in critical condition
> >>> after a Bronx fire earlier this week, reportedly with a crack pipe found by
> >>> his bed. Meminger had suffered from drug-abuse problems.
> >>> "We were teammates for three years. I was concerned. I hope he makes it
> >>> through this," a somber Jackson said before last night's 100-90 win over
> >>> the
> >>> Knicks.
> >> That guy was smooth before Wilkes.
>
> > Please. He was smooth in sliding his but accros the bench. He had
> > marginal NBA talent at best. After the merger with the ABA he was out
> > of work like most marginal players.
>
> May be a chicken and egg thing, though, as his drug problem may have
> been why he never reached his promise. He was a brilliant college
> player and athletic enough for his game to translate, something went
> wrong there.

He played for Gene Bartow his junior and senior years at Memphis St.
IMO it was the system that he played under that allowed him to get the
most out of his game.

Gary Collard

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Nov 30, 2009, 12:51:19 AM11/30/09

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No, he played his entire career at Marquette under Al McGuire. Well,
somebody else probably coached the freshman team, but you know what I mean.