Good to see former PSU basketball player Calvin Booth to be named GM of the Denver Nuggets
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That’s really great. Outstanding player for us. Lasted a good while in the League.
Remember how raw he was when he started? By the time he graduated he was a finisher and had a nice little jumper. He was always a good defender and shot blocker. IIRC he held the all-time B1G record for a while.
I didn’t follow what he was doing after his playing days, obviously he wasn’t just sitting around.
Remember how raw he was when he started? By the time he graduated he was a finisher and had a nice little jumper. He was always a good defender and shot blocker. IIRC he held the all-time B1G record for a while.
I didn’t follow what he was doing after his playing days, obviously he wasn’t just sitting around.
Always amazed me how he kept getting contract after contract.
I will bet a thank you. that he had a longer NBA career than any other PSU player ever.
As I recall, from around Columbus, Ohio, and averaged circa 12.5 pets per game and maybe high single digit rebounds. Not all that highly recruited, made himself into a good player. Same that Parkhill left coaching around that time.
Those were good PSU teams with Earl, Lisicky, Sekunda ( transfer from Syracuse) and #24 from western Pa., a good forward. Believe one of their years, maybe the first or second in the BJC, they had 12-6 Big Ten record. Our daughter was at psu then, and I remember going to the Mich State game and the place was either sold out or close to it. Our daughter had a great time going to basketball games.
I will bet a thank you. that he had a longer NBA career than any other PSU player ever.
As I recall, from around Columbus, Ohio, and averaged circa 12.5 pets per game and maybe high single digit rebounds. Not all that highly recruited, made himself into a good player. Same that Parkhill left coaching around that time.
Those were good PSU teams with Earl, Lisicky, Sekunda ( transfer from Syracuse) and #24 from western Pa., a good forward. Believe one of their years, maybe the first or second in the BJC, they had 12-6 Big Ten record. Our daughter was at psu then, and I remember going to the Mich State game and the place was either sold out or close to it. Our daughter had a great time going to basketball games.
We were in a Labor Industrial Studies class together back in the day. Freakish tall. He had already perfected the "earphones so no one bothers me" before all these modern day athletes. The class was in Chambers...go figure.
You would lose that bet. If you are talking playing career, he's third or fifth depending on how you want to count (years, games, or minutes). If you are talking years employed, he's second. He is first if you count by $$$ earned.
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My first guess is "Who is Bobby Weiss?", who played at PSU in the 60s and was with the Bulls (I think) for a long time. What say you, Lar Trebek?
Frank Brikowski would be my guessMy first guess is "Who is Bobby Weiss?", who played at PSU in the 60s and was with the Bulls (I think) for a long time. What say you, Lar Trebek?
A few buddies and I routinely went to as many home games as we could as a student at PSU during that time period. It was great. Booth was fun to watch and I am very excited for his continued success in life.
Thank you. My swag was as a player. Technical as you are, I would choose years under contract, since as I recall he always seemed to be 9-12 man on a roster. Don’t think his minutes per game was never all that much.
I’ll have to actually spend a moment looking up the data.
Played ‘99-‘ 09 = 11 years ( under contract).
7 teams: two of which he played for twice ( amazing): Washington ( which drafted him in the 2nd rd.) and Dallas.
For his career, he roughly averaged 3.3 points and 2.8 rebounds. Man did he make the most of his production.
This backup, big man sure got a lot out of his talent.
7 teams: two of which he played for twice ( amazing): Washington ( which drafted him in the 2nd rd.) and Dallas.
For his career, he roughly averaged 3.3 points and 2.8 rebounds. Man did he make the most of his production.
This backup, big man sure got a lot out of his talent.
Yes--Reynoldsburg (a suburb) actually. Got to meet him a few times at Central Ohio club events. Fairly quiet guy. His dad passed recently.
I am a big fan of Calvin Booth. It may surprise a number of posters here to learn that Calvin Booth is both well known and well thought of among Cal alums. He would in any event merit some notoriety due to the fact that he played in the Association, but his status among Cal fans derives much more from the fact that he had a script "Cal" tattooed on his left arm.
Cal alums and fans aren't laboring under the delusion that Mr. Booth has any particular affinity for U.C. Berkeley. (He may well be unaware that U.C. Berkeley and Cal are, respectively, academic and sporting alter egos.) But Cal alums find it amusing and endearing that he elevated redundancy to high art in having his own name tattooed on his arm, and in a script Cal format, no less. This has resulted in the word "booth" becoming part of the Board lexicon on all of the Cal internet bulletin boards. The term is used as a one word response when someone posts something that has already been posted, or is otherwise redundant.
Cal alums and fans aren't laboring under the delusion that Mr. Booth has any particular affinity for U.C. Berkeley. (He may well be unaware that U.C. Berkeley and Cal are, respectively, academic and sporting alter egos.) But Cal alums find it amusing and endearing that he elevated redundancy to high art in having his own name tattooed on his arm, and in a script Cal format, no less. This has resulted in the word "booth" becoming part of the Board lexicon on all of the Cal internet bulletin boards. The term is used as a one word response when someone posts something that has already been posted, or is otherwise redundant.
Yeah I thougth maybe himtoo, but sure how long he lasted, he played on the Bucks in the early 90's and had a few good seasons there but then he got traded and not sure he played again.
My first guess is "Who is Bobby Weiss?", who played at PSU in the 60s and was with the Bulls (I think) for a long time. What say you, Lar Trebek?
Brickowski is first in years in the league (13) but with an asterisk (he sat out one season with an injury so he only actually played in 12 of those 13 years). Weiss is second (12). Booth is third (10).
Weiss is first in games played (783). Brickowski is second (731). Booth is third (366).
Weiss is first in minutes played (17,277). Brickowski is second 16,278). Tim Frazier is third (4818), John Amaechi is fourth (4811). Booth is fifth (4477).
http://www.happyvalleyhoops.com/2015/02/23/tim-frazier-nba-watch/
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$$$$ earned would have been our boy amaechi by far if he had signed with the lakers iirc to backup shaq. They were offering like $27 million for 6 years or something and amaechi decided to be loyal to the magic, they cut him after one year. Teams are probably mixed up but I was like 12 and I knew he was an idiot
Meech turned down 6 years/$17 million. Even with that, he would have still been well behind Calvin.
I hope that Cal turns out to be a more successful GM than Matt Millen was with the Detroit Lions.
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