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Post by hchoops on Oct 23, 2019 12:40:33 GMT -5
MM received this last night. First for an HC player since Heinsohn ?
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Post by matunuck on Oct 26, 2019 22:25:45 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Oct 26, 2019 23:03:50 GMT -5
Malcolm played 5 minutes tonight in a 24 point win. 0 points 0-1 from 3 3 rebs. +2 rating
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Malcolm
Oct 28, 2019 17:35:47 GMT -5
Post by hchoops on Oct 28, 2019 17:35:47 GMT -5
There is an W&T article on Malcolm continuing the HC tradition of accepting Championship rings. Needs someone with a substriction
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Post by Tom on Oct 29, 2019 7:34:51 GMT -5
BOSTON — Along with his teammates, Malcolm Miller received his NBA championship ring on Tuesday night before the Raptors defeated New Orleans in their season opener in Toronto.
It was a night to remember for the 6-foot-7 Holy Cross graduate. The day before Miller, 26, had earned the 15th and final spot on the Raptors roster for this season, so he was on hand for the ring ceremony.
“My career has been built with ups and downs,” Miller said, “so it’s been great to be on the upside of things recently. Working my butt off throughout training camp and preseason to earn a spot and then be part of that amazing team last year and be rewarded with that ring, it’s definitely a top moment in my life.”
Miller became only the third Holy Cross graduate to win an NBA championship and the first in 43 years. On Friday night when the Raptors visited the Garden to play the Celtics in their home opener, he got to see Celtics broadcast legend Tommy Heinsohn, a 1956 Holy Cross graduate, who won eight NBA titles as a Celtics player and two more as a Celtics coach, the last coming in 1976.
Bob Cousy won six NBA titles after graduating from HC. Togo Palazzi played for the Celtics for part of their 1956-57 NBA championship season, but was sold to Syracuse before the playoffs.
“Knowing those guys personally,” Miller said, “and being able to talk to them a couple of times, it’s a privilege to actually be mentioned with them.”
Raptors coach Nick Nurse said Miller’s strong training camp earned him the final roster spot. During the preseason, he averaged 5.5 points and shot 50 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from 3-point distance. Miller said his game is based on “3 and D.” In addition to shooting 3s, he can defend multiple positions.
Nurse said Miller didn’t play as well as expected last winter in the G-League after suffering a torn labrum in his right shoulder during the 2018 NBA Summer League and was sidelined for several months.
“We weren’t really sure if we were even going to bring him to camp,” Nurse said, “but we brought him to camp and he was great. He’s healthy and he made shots and he’s a good, solid defender and he’s a quick decision-maker.”
“Perseverance paid off for him,” Heinsohn said. “I love to see stuff like that.”
Nurse created an inbounds play the other day and named it “Holy Cross” in honor of Miller.
“Then all kinds of Holy Cross facts started coming out,” Nurse said. “I think he’s the first Holy Cross player in the NBA in like 37 years or something like that.”
Actually, Miller is the first HC graduate to play in the NBA since Garry Witts played 46 games for Washington in 1981-82. Miller admitted he had never heard of Witts.
Over the last two years, the resident of Rockville, Maryland, has played in 25 games for the Raptors and averaged 2.9 points in 7.7 minutes. In the NBA playoffs last season, he scored eight points in 10 games and played in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against Golden State.
Miller also played for Toronto’s G-League team the last two years. He scored 1,013 points for Holy Cross and averaged 14.5 points and shot 37.2 percent from 3-point distance as senior for coach Milan Brown during the 2014-15 season. He played for the Maine Red Claws, the Celtics G-League affiliate, the following year and spent a year in Germany before signing with the Raptors.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 9:05:53 GMT -5
Post by hchoops on Oct 29, 2019 9:05:53 GMT -5
thanks, Tom
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 9:24:46 GMT -5
Post by purplehaze on Oct 29, 2019 9:24:46 GMT -5
Looks like MM was a healthy scratch last night for the Raptors as not included among the DNP players in the box score - can someone explain to me how the roster size works in the NBA? It seems there are 15 on the roster but only 13 dress for each game - is that correct, and why ?
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 9:43:36 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 9:43:36 GMT -5
Not for nothing, but how could MM have never heard of Garry Witts (as stated in the article)? I could see not knowing guys like Dave Mulquin, Tom Seaman etc from that era but the last guy to play in the NBA today before yourself? These kids today...
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 29, 2019 10:16:49 GMT -5
Just to put some perspective on this, I certainly heard of Garry when he was playing for Holy Cross but had no idea (or at least don't remember - that might be the issue) that he played in the NBA.
I assume that unlike Cousy, Heinsohn, Gary was a "journeyman."
And I will add, 20 years from now, some HC football player will make the NFL and he'll say "Kalif, who?"
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 10:19:55 GMT -5
Post by hchoops on Oct 29, 2019 10:19:55 GMT -5
Looks like MM was a healthy scratch last night for the Raptors as not included among the DNP players in the box score - can someone explain to me how the roster size works in the NBA? It seems there are 15 on the roster but only 13 dress for each game - is that correct, and why ? correct 15 on active roster 13 dress they keep 15 for injuries, practice, etc. do not know why only 13 dress
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Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 10:28:47 GMT -5
Still unfathomable to me...but I sort of understand given the "short attention span, short shrift given to history" of today's culture.
Just hard to believe that given all the work etc MM put in to make the NBA...he wouldn't at some point wonder "who was the last guy to make the NBA from here anyway?"
Again, no slight on MM, just sort of blew my mind that someone who spent so much of his time, energy etc in the program wouldn't have known that.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 12:59:12 GMT -5
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Post by HC92 on Oct 29, 2019 12:59:12 GMT -5
Still unfathomable to me...but I sort of understand given the "short attention span, short shrift given to history" of today's culture. Just hard to believe that given all the work etc MM put in to make the NBA...he wouldn't at some point wonder "who was the last guy to make the NBA from here anyway?" Again, no slight on MM, just sort of blew my mind that someone who spent so much of his time, energy etc in the program wouldn't have known that. Tough to fault a player for not knowing about a guy who played half a season 15 years before the guy was born. I’m a pretty big sports fan and HC fanatic and I don’t think I would have come up with Gary Witts on the spot.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 15:20:48 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 15:20:48 GMT -5
Yeah, but especially in this internet day and age....how hard is it to Google search "HC players in the NBA?"
I'm more dumbfounded than anything.....again, not a slight....just find it perplexing more than anything else.
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Post by Ray on Oct 29, 2019 16:22:27 GMT -5
You've already put far more thought into it than Malcolm did.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 16:43:45 GMT -5
Post by sader1970 on Oct 29, 2019 16:43:45 GMT -5
I suspect Malcolm was too busy working on his game improving his skills than googling former Holy Cross NBA players. Just a thought.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 17:47:20 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Oct 29, 2019 17:47:20 GMT -5
Yeah, but especially in this internet day and age....how hard is it to Google search "HC players in the NBA?" I'm more dumbfounded than anything.....again, not a slight....just find it perplexing more than anything else. He probably did. Found the name, then forgot about it...why would he remember it?
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 21:34:01 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 21:34:01 GMT -5
I'm sorry....it's odd....you spend 4 years in the program, presumably met many HC players and coaches from the past during that time, your goal, particularly during your Sr year, is to play professionally and you don't know the last guy from HC to play in the NBA?
HC in many ways is known for its professional network, be it business, legal, academia, medical, athletics etc....I'm just surprised he wouldn't know that. It's akin to someone wanting to go to law school and not knowing Clarence Thomas went to HC.
It was it is ....just found it very strange.
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Post by HC16 on Oct 29, 2019 21:40:12 GMT -5
I'm sorry....it's odd....you spend 4 years in the program, presumably met many HC players and coaches from the past during that time, your goal, particularly during your Sr year, is to play professionally and you don't know the last guy from HC to play in the NBA? HC in many ways is known for its professional network, be it business, legal, academia, medical, athletics etc....I'm just surprised he wouldn't know that. It's akin to someone wanting to go to law school and not knowing Clarence Brooks went to HC. It was it is ....just found it very strange. Who?
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 21:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 29, 2019 21:41:32 GMT -5
I'm sorry....it's odd....you spend 4 years in the program, presumably met many HC players and coaches from the past during that time, your goal, particularly during your Sr year, is to play professionally and you don't know the last guy from HC to play in the NBA? HC in many ways is known for its professional network, be it business, legal, academia, medical, athletics etc....I'm just surprised he wouldn't know that. It's akin to someone wanting to go to law school and not knowing Clarence Brooks went to HC. It was it is ....just found it very strange. “Clarence Brooks”—- that is just too funny!!! How about an administrator not knowing former HC President John Thomas?
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 21:47:06 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 21:47:06 GMT -5
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 21:54:23 GMT -5
Post by CHC8485 on Oct 29, 2019 21:54:23 GMT -5
I'm sorry....it's odd....you spend 4 years in the program, presumably met many HC players and coaches from the past during that time, your goal, particularly during your Sr year, is to play professionally and you don't know the last guy from HC to play in the NBA? HC in many ways is known for its professional network, be it business, legal, academia, medical, athletics etc....I'm just surprised he wouldn't know that. It's akin to someone wanting to go to law school and not knowing Clarence Brooks went to HC. It was it is ....just found it very strange. Who? Clarence Brooks? Is he the ambulance chaser from Fall River who used to advertise at midnight on channel 56 & 38? 😁😜
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Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 22:00:51 GMT -5
Actually, we'd all be fortunate to have lived a life close to Clarence Brooks. A much better person in many ways than our famous Clarence.
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Post by HC16 on Oct 29, 2019 22:04:47 GMT -5
Stepping back here, the only HC players from the past really known for playing in the NBA to the general campus population are Cousy, Tommy, and maybe Togo. You might get Ron Perry (understood to be Jr.) from a few more knowledgeable students, even if that's not exactly ccurate. Witts (and Vicens and Potter) are total unknowns to the student populace. The late 70's are the "Ron Perry era".
Hand up, I didn't even know Garry Witts played in the NBA, and I've followed HC basketball since 02 and read the board regularly since about 05.
I doubt Malcolm or any player knows that much more about the history of the program than someone like 92 or me. Certainly not more than Sader1970. Maybe it came up in passing, but I doubt it's been brought up often with the team since Witts is one year away from his 40th reunion. Heck, the Ralph Willard era started before the current Freshmen and some Sophomores were born.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 22:25:02 GMT -5
Post by hc87 on Oct 29, 2019 22:25:02 GMT -5
Garry Witts is from a different era granted (actually the last time we were really playing big boy D1 hoop) but being a member (especially a prominent one) of the team, one is privy to meeting older players, coaches etc much moreso than we peon fams/alums....again, just surprised it never came up that someone wouldn't have said something like "Malcolm, you keep playing like you are...you could be the first HC guy in the league since Witts" or something to that effect.
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Malcolm
Oct 29, 2019 22:27:55 GMT -5
Post by efg72 on Oct 29, 2019 22:27:55 GMT -5
Garry played a season and then Nov and December games the next year until he was released once Holland returned from an injury.
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