First of all, please spell Eric's name correctly in the topic heading.
The keen NBA Watch here reminds me of my first crack at following ex-Rams in The Association. It can be an exasperating experience, to say the least, keeping tabs on these rooks.
In '74, I kept a close look on two VCU players, Jesse Dark (32nd pick overall by Knicks) and Bernard Harris (63rd overall by Buffalo Braves).
On a team with Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Bill Bradley and Phil Jackson, Dark played 47 games, 401 minutes, and averaged 3.8 points. The Knicks were 40-42.
Harris was little more than a bench ornament on a squad featuring Bob McAdoo. The 6-10 Roanoke native played just 11 games, 25, minutes with two field goals and one FT - yet he dressed every game.
Both were gone from the NBA the next year. To my knowledge the only other VCU alumni to actually play in NBA regular-season games were Gerald Henderson and Ed Sherod.
Curiously, all of VCU's NBA check cashers, prior to Maynor, arrived at VCU in the '70s, when the program was in its infancy, with no conference affiliation, just a scattering of fans and many home games still at Franklin Street.
Makes you wonder.
The keen NBA Watch here reminds me of my first crack at following ex-Rams in The Association. It can be an exasperating experience, to say the least, keeping tabs on these rooks.
In '74, I kept a close look on two VCU players, Jesse Dark (32nd pick overall by Knicks) and Bernard Harris (63rd overall by Buffalo Braves).
On a team with Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, Bill Bradley and Phil Jackson, Dark played 47 games, 401 minutes, and averaged 3.8 points. The Knicks were 40-42.
Harris was little more than a bench ornament on a squad featuring Bob McAdoo. The 6-10 Roanoke native played just 11 games, 25, minutes with two field goals and one FT - yet he dressed every game.
Both were gone from the NBA the next year. To my knowledge the only other VCU alumni to actually play in NBA regular-season games were Gerald Henderson and Ed Sherod.
Curiously, all of VCU's NBA check cashers, prior to Maynor, arrived at VCU in the '70s, when the program was in its infancy, with no conference affiliation, just a scattering of fans and many home games still at Franklin Street.
Makes you wonder.
