Celtics made moves on Randy Moss...

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QuenteK25
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 4:20 pm Post subject: Celtics made moves on Randy Moss...

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Randy Moss’ love of basketball was once as well-known as the receiver’s proclivity for bad behavior.
And back in the summer of 1999, following the newest Patriot’s rookie NFL season in Minnesota, Celtics [team stats] general manager Chris Wallace had an interesting idea of how to “spice up” the Celtics’ summer league team.
Moss, who played basketball at Dupont High in West Virginia was in the habit back then of saying how much he loved the game.
So why not put him in Celtics green for the summer, Wallace thought.
Kansas City tight end Tony Gonzalez had been an NBA-worthy power forward at the University of California, and played for an NBA entry team in the Los Angeles Summer league in 1998.
“We had a couple of conversations with his agent at the time,” Wallace said yesterday of Moss. “I think there was even some interest from his agent, but it never went anywhere. I just remember that he had been considered a very good player in high school, and he was always talking about his desire to play.
“If it had worked out, it would have spiced things up for us a little bit.”
Wallace, also a native West Virginian, had never seen Moss play. As a 6-foot-4 swingman he was twice named West Virginia’s Mr. Basketball (1994, ’95). In 1993 he also won the state’s high school track titles at 100 and 200 meters.
Moss, who also drew some attention in baseball as a center fielder, clearly had that rare ability to excel in whatever he chose.
“All I know is that he won Gatorade’s slam dunk of the year while he was in high school,” Wallace said. “I never saw him, but I knew some college recruiters who had, and they were very impressed. If he had played in college he probably would have been in the swingman’s role. You know, a ‘3’ who could definitely get to the rim.
“It’s something that would have been a little different, if we had been able to do it.”

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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

Yea I actually remember hearing about this a while back. Good thing Moss stuck with football huh? _________________ Boston Celtic's GM 08'-09' Season: 40-42, Eliminated In Second Round, Game 7

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