star-telegram.com - 10/16/2008
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The shooting guard is pecking away and enjoying his pregame "meals."
redsarmy.wordpress.com - 10/17/2008
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redsarmy.wordpress.com —
Remember the story in the middle of…….. that
season…….. two years ago when Doc Rivers had to...
tell his players what proper nutrition was after he saw someone eating a hamburger before a game? Well… after reading ...
(more)
It Was Gerald Green!
sports.yahoo.com - 10/17/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
As the NBA preseason marches on, Ball Don't
Lie looks at all 30 teams, outlining off-season transactions,...
projecting win totals, spinning tracks, and much, much more. It's a fun, hot mess. Today, finally heading West, the Dallas Mavericks . Last ...
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BDL's 2008-09 NBA Season Preview: Dallas Mavericks
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Gerald Green’s Struggle
SLAM Online —
... Mr. Cupcake is doing all he can to stick with the Mavs, and discussed his rather curious pregame meal: An arena hot dog, with ketchup….”It was a Snickers and a Coke in high school, but candy will mess up your teeth.” ...
The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Jeff Caplan of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram: “Traded by Boston to Minnesota, then dealt to Houston and finally cut by the Rockets, all in a span of eight months last year, the long and lean, 6-foot-8 Green knows the emptiness of unemployment. His rocky transition from the pedestal of high school hot-shot, he said, has not been an issue of arrogance or entitlement, but rather one of maturity and self-preparedness.” ...
Thursday Morning Links
Mavs Moneyball —
Jeff Caplan writes about Gerald Green working hard to try and get playing time. Sefko has the same article over at the DMN.
The most interesting things in these articles are that Green has an arena hot dog before each game and that his finger was amputated after his ring got caught on a nail while playing basketball as a kid. Ouch.
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The Detroit News has an article on Rick Carlisle with quotes from some of his former players.
"It will be interesting to see how that ...
Gerald Green's delicious and nutritious pregame meal
Ball Don't Lie —
What? At least hot dogs are healthier than the "Snickers and Coke" he used to chow down in high school.
It Was Gerald Green!
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans —
... Remember the story in the middle of…….. that season…….. two years ago when Doc Rivers had to tell his players what proper nutrition was after he saw someone eating a hamburger before a game?
Well… after reading this story… I’m pretty confident it was Gerald Green. ...
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