I remember I was on summer vacation and was in the kitchen when I heard the news. Absolutely devastated. He remains my favorite basketball player of all time.
http://m.espn.go.com/nba/story?storyId=9345747&src=desktop No mention of Bill Fitch, only one mention of Chuck Daly--the whole ESPN article is a tribute to Willis Reed. The speeding girlfriend killed him in Germany--in today's overfunded American legal system, drivers go to prison for that. Rudy Fernandez tried like Petrovic to get traded quietly, but with Rudy, stupid management's delay forced it out into the open. Wow, this is new information. The 6-2 female player on Turkey's national team, who was in the back seat, still can't last at jobs 20 years later due to memory malfunctions. http://m.nydailynews.com/1.948653
Rick liked the Clyde/Jerome combo. For the majority of the minutes. Both Drazen and then Ainge were both frustrated by it. I think that it was partly Dexler's reluctance to want to play SF. It used to piss me off. I loved it when they used the 3 guard units of either Portler/Drazen/Cylde or Porter/Ainge/Clyde. Maybe Rick was right. You can't argue with his success, but IMO his stubbornness to go small more often was a mistake. Clyde was big enough to play SF, and getting that extra three point shooter in the game really opened things up. I mean we are talking about two really good 3 pt shooters in Ainge and Drazen. Then you add Porter.........
I've driven the A9 a number of times through Bavaria and always think of Drazen. We made a great pick, that turned out to be almost too good, because Clyde was one of the few guys Petro couldn't beat out for a job.
