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Post by permutojoe on Aug 27, 2020 3:02:01 GMT
Funny thing about Tree Rollins. For a 7'1" athletic guy, there's almost no highlights of him to be found. One YouTube vid shows him getting into a scuffle with Danny Ainge. Another shows him fouling out against the Bulls, but other than that I see almost nothing. In fact the video I initially saw him in (linked below) appears to be the closest thing to a highlight reel he has. And side note, Cliff Levingston looks pretty sharp here as well.
From what I can gather he was more of a defensive stalwart; is currently 9th on career blocked shots. But he also looks like a pretty adept cleanup/putback guy. He does show flashes of being able to finish quick and strong, although my guess is he had virtually no offensive footwork to speak of.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 27, 2020 3:50:52 GMT
tree up!
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Post by poelzig on Aug 27, 2020 3:54:15 GMT
Man I loved the Hawks teams of that era when I was a kid. Went to a ton of games. Nique is still my all time favorite NBA player. He's a fellow Georgia alumnus and I've met him a few times over the years. He owns several vape stores in my area and he was there both times I went in. The second time he remembered me and we chatted for about 30 minutes about the Dawgs and other things. I ranted against Bird for derailing Atlanta so many times and also about how he was cheated in the Slam Dunk Contest the year it was in Chicago and they gifted it to that jerk Jordan. He laughed like hell but never really piled on with me. I still don't know how the Hawks didn't win a Championship with Nique, Moses Malone and Reggie Theus as well as the Doc Rivers, Kevin Willis etc... Doc should have been Atlanta's coach. Another perplexing miss by Hawks front office.
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Post by poelzig on Aug 27, 2020 3:55:20 GMT
Oh yeah. Pro tree all the way.
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