The Story Of Walter Herrmann (really sad)

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Herrmann is 25 years old. He is one of two new members to the Argentina team that won the silver medal in the 2002 World Championships. In 2002-2003.…he was the MVP of the Spanish league in which he played in as a rookie.

On July 18, 2003.…a car was driving along a country road and collided, head-on, with a car with an older couple. The car contained Herrmann’s sister, mother and fianc?….as well as two friends of the family. Everyone in the accident died.

The day that happened, Herrmann was training with the National team. He had a little time off between practices….and called his girlfriend’s family, which is where the car was headed. That was when he learned of his fianc?e dying. He was so upset that he trashed the hotel room in which he was staying.

Now, I just stated he learned of his girlfriend’s death…….no one told him of the others’ fate. In a car on the way to the airport [to go and be with his girlfriend’s parents]….he made a few phone calls and learned about the deaths of his mother and sister. He flew to Buenos Aires…drove a few hours to the village where all of the bodies were located.

After a period of mourning….Herrmann decided to rejoin his Spanish league team and resume his career. When the season ended, he went back to Argentina to try out for the Olympic team. He earned a spot on that team….and on the one year anniversary of the tragedy…July 18, 2004.…he had 38 points and 11 boards to win the South America Championship and a berth in the Olympic Games.

When Herrmann returned to his hotel room….he learned that his father died of a heart attack.</div>
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Oh my God, that has to be horrible to go through...I feel bad for him. Wasn't McGrady going through something like that last season? I couldn't fathom that, at all.

 

Talk about a sad string of events.

 

Wow! This guy has been thru some bad times. I can't even imagine what that was like to go thru. Can't wait to see him play!

 

I think you guys should like him but I don't see how he and Morrison will be able to play together. He's a great shooter, strong and fairly big (probably 6-9 or 6-10) but he's not an NBA power forward.

With Morrison and Wallace there already I wouldn't think Walter would get a whole lot of run.

 

He can play a little PF whenever we are trying to go small ball but other then that he will probably be sharing the backup 2/3 minutes with Bernard Robinson, Alan Anderson, and Matt Carroll