For a time, Drew Gooden has been known to sport a square of hair on the back of his head about two inches by two inches. It was an absolutely dreadful thing to see, but there it was anyway. It's like one of those plugs in The Matrix, except Drew is otherwise hairless on his head so it looks even stupider.
Maybe he didn't know it was there, and his barber left it there and told Drew he'd shaved it off. Either way, I can''t justify it. If he did it on purpose, he's a fool. and if he didn't know it was there, then he's just too trusting. But anyway, that's that covered.
Drew Gooden is everything that Marcus Fizer thinks he is. A good athlete for his size, Gooden has tremendous rebounding instincts, and the height/reach/mobility to get them. He also has a decent mid range jumpshot, out to but not including three point range, and the ability to finish around the rim without drawing a foul shot (which is not necessarily a compliment). He can handle the ball very well for a guy of his size, which gave some people the notion that he had some small forward days in his future (which turned out to be bollocks).
But if he touches the ball on offense in a decent position, the chances are he's going to shoot it, regardless of where the defense is. And speaking of defense, Drew's not a fan; he has the worst defensive rotations that you've ever seen in your life. So many times you'll see him rotate in completely the wrong direction, and get out of the way of an encroaching guard, that you'll start to wondered if he's being bribed. It's baffling.
He is, however, a talented piano player. And with that, we have crescendoed nicely into a positive conclusion..
- 17th February, 2009.
Anagram: "Rondo wedge," a move a bit like Hack-A-Shaq. Alternatively, "drowned ego" - if only he would.
Agent: Dan Fegan (Blue Entertainment Sports Television). Formerly Calvin Andrews.
Note: As you can probably tell,
some of the nicknames were made up. Many are genuine, though, and they
are only made up in the instances where a real one couldn't be traced.
Many given nicknames are of common usage, but some are also sourced
from lesser known sources - these sources are not often cited, not because
I hate the people involved, but because there's too many to do so. For
argument's sake, just assume that the unfunny ones are mine.
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player has more than one agent. Simple, really. This is rather commonplace
- a lot of times, a player will sign with a big agency, and they will
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their affairs. (Where that happens, the primary agent is listed first.)
Also, foreign players tend to have both American and domestic agents.
Where the details of such are known, they are listed. It's essentially
like a fun multiple choice game, except without the "fun", "multiple
choice" and "game" elements.
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