Where Are They Now? Part 13
Alton Ford, ex-Suns forward, is playing in the Bosnian league. The Bosnian league. That's all I have to say about that. Sharrod Ford, another former Sun if for a few days, is playing for Premiata Montegranaro in Italy. Danny Fortson's big contract expired finally last season, and Seattle had no interest in re-signing him. He has not played since. Tremaine Fowlkes has one-upped Alton Ford in the "who can sign in the most obscure basketball league around" sweepstakes, by signing for Al Jalaa Aleppo in the Syrian league. The effing Syrian league. How about that? He's not even the only ex-NBA'er on the roster, but we'll come to that later. (I have no doubt that the Syrian league pays well, though.) Fowlkes has also recently signed up to play next season for the "Fresno Legends", an expansion ABA franchise that, like all expansion ABA franchises, has pretty much no hope of survival. I'd think about sticking in Syria, Tremaine. (Note: the idea that this ABA franchise is doomed before it even begins is purely speculative and somewhat slanderous.) Richie Frahm played briefly for the Clippers earlier this season, and the Suns considered bringing him back before going with Linton Johnson and Gordan Giricek instead. Frahm is currently unsigned. Joel Freeland is playing for Gran Canaria in Spain. He's also going to be awesome. You heard it here first, unless you heard it from somewhere else first. Deng Gai - Luol Deng's cousin, who joined the Sixers for one training camp and who had absolutely no shot at making the team - is playing for Slask in Poland, smiling toothy smiles at the pretty ladies as they go by. (Maybe.) In the most eagerly anicipated news of the last 14 years, Reece Gaines is playing for Benetton Treviso in Italy. You probably know that Benetton Treviso is a good team, and therefore it's weird to see Reece Gaines there. Well, I'd explain it to you if I could, but I can't. Also, some bonus "What Happened To Shitty Ex-Magic Guards" information: Jeryl Sasser is playing for Al Arabi in Kuwait (see comments re: Syria), alongside his brother Jason. So that's fun. Mike Gansey is playing for The Arse. Alex Garcia is playing for Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel (more specifically, in Tel-Aviv). I've said it before (I think), but I'll say it again - the NBA scrub fest that Tel Aviv has on offer is pretty special. Garcia, Vonteego Cummings, Marcus Fizer, Yotam Halperin, Terence Morris, Lior Eliyahu, Will Bynum, Esteban Batista, David Blunthenal, Nikola Vujcic....... Hiram Fuller spent some time in France and is now playing for Mayaguez in Puerto Rico. Lawrence Funderburke has retired, and has just written his second book. I may pass on reviewing that one.Labels: Alton Ford, Danny Fortson, Deng Gai, Hiram Fuller, Joel Freeland, Lawrence Funderburke, Matt Freije, Mike Gansey, Reece Gaines, Richie Frahm, Sharrod Ford, Tremaine Fowlkes, Where Are They Now
posted by Sham at
3:08 PM
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I've been waiting for this moment my entire life.
Reece Gaines? Jerryl Sasser?
That is just too much to take in at once.
Much gratitude to you sir.
Would a Desmond Penigar update be too much to take in?
I don't think I could handle that.
The Magic were so bad that year, that when Penigar played his first game for them and pulled down something like, 7 or 8 boards, I thought he was the savior.
I'm a jackass.
I remember when the Bulls were deciding between the illustrious trio of Ronald Dupree, Desmond Penigar and Jemeil Rich. They plumped for Dupree. That's possibly the only threesome of players in the world featuring Ronald Dupree about which you can comfortably say that Ronald Dupree is the best player. A rare but special thing.
Desmond Penigar hasn't played professionaly this season. Ooooh! Opportunities!
He is, however, hosting a basketball summer camp this summer, which is a sensible time to host a summer camp. Buy promptly to avoid disppointment.
Deng Gai did make the team, actually, I believe on a 10-day contract. Played two games and put up five trillion.
You're bloody right, he did. I thought he was a training camp cut, but it appears he actually made ie through until December 8th 2005. Well done that Gai. (See what I did there?)
Also, speaking of trillions, I am absolutely convinced that Peter Cornell once put up a 28 trillion in a preseason or summer league game. I'm going off memory, but I'm a million percent sure that this happened. I can't find evidence for or against it anywhere, though. Help is needed.
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