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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...general manager Jerry West orchestrated Shaquille O'Neal's signing brilliantly, trading away Anthony Peeler and George Lynch to Vancouver in order to free up the necessary money under the salary cap. The recent trade of Cedric Ceballos to Phoenix for Robert Horry underscored West's place as the NBA's top executive...
Similarly, West has taken risks through the draft, signing a moody Nick Van Exel when many other teams passed because of his attitude. The Lakers first-round draft picks have consistently become solid NBA players: Vlade Divac, Elden Campbell, Doug Christie, Anthony Peeler and Eddie Jones, are important contributors to their teams, if not stars...
...same cannot be said for many of Boston's draft-day selections; although they have no doubt learned Italian or discovered the best doughnut shop in Cedar Rapids, few have ever contributed to any NBA team...
Which isn't to say that Harvard didn't have its moments. The Terriers have a lot of talent--Beard is a highly-recruited transfer from Duke, and forward Tunji Awojobi may end up in the NBA some day. And in that first half, Grancio and center Kyle Snowden held the duo to a combined 12 points and seven rebounds...
When I was growing up, I had the chance to see some of this. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson revitalized the NBA, but I was too young to really understand what was going on. The same thing is true with Wayne Gretsky, Michael Jordan, Dan Marino, and Jerry Rice. They were not really of my generation, I didn't have the chance to watch it all develop with full comprehension...