OT: Mookie Blaylock on Life Support http://www.11alive.com/news/article/294873/40/Former-Hawks-player-Mookie-Blaylock-on-life-support- Horrible news... he was always one of my favorite players when I was a kid in Atlanta... he'll be in my prayers for sure...
Re: OT: Mookie Blaylock on Life Support Sounds like he was the cause of the accident: http://www.atlantadailyworld.com/201305316420/Original/former-hawks-star-mookie-blaylock-in-critical-condition-after-car-crash Sad all the way around.
Re: OT: Mookie Blaylock on Life Support Mookie's 1st 3 years were as a Net, with one of my favorite coaches, Bill Fitch...played with Bowie, Dudley, and Petrovic...with the 2nd pick in the weak 1991 draft, Fitch was outraged the Nets drafted tiny Kenny Anderson over Billy Owens, who had looked like a superstar in international play...so feisty Fitch gave 3rd-year Blaylock double the minutes rookie Anderson got. Owens continued the Syracuse hex and had an injury-filled and shortened career. When Mookie was better than Kenny due to Fitch's revenge, that's when the league knew he had something special.
Re: OT: Mookie Blaylock on Life Support Not exactly the cause. His vehicle was though. It could have been some sort of malfunction. Anyhow, I'm with the rest of you in hoping he recovers and lives a long rest of his life.
Re: OT: Mookie Blaylock on Life Support Mookie Blaylock was the original name for one of my favorite bands of all-time. Stacey King and Blaylock should have won a title against that Kansas team led by Danny Manning.
Re: OT: Mookie Blaylock on Life Support http://www.11alive.com/news/article...ie-Blaylock-in-guarded-but-critical-condition Wow... so prayers not only to Mookie but to everyone involved... sounds like just a horrible situation all around... Mookie's also had problems with marijuana in the past... I hope they didn't find any in his system, that could get ugly... On a lighter note, I don't think I knew Mookie had two twins that played football for Kentucky. As for Pearl Jam, that's always one of my favorite go-to obscure trivia questions. I didn't realize it was that well known. I guess ya'll are in the northwest though...
Noticed that after I posted. I checked the OT forum first but didn't think it would be in the Blazers forum.
His health seems to be getting better, but apparently he's getting charged with vehicular manslaughter plus driving w/ a suspended license and one other charge. The video that goes with the link says they haven't checked his blood yet for drugs/alcohol and that his family said he's been having seizures the past few months. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9338862/mookie-blaylock-charged-vehicular-homicide
