Friday, April 27, 2007

Legend of the Day.


Okay, maybe the word "legend" and "Dennis Scott" don't match up for all hoops fans, but I'm sorry, I loved Dennis Scott.

This guy was one of my favorite players of all-time. He was such a great shooter, absolute money from long range and he played on one of the coolest teams of my time, the Orlando Magic of the mid 1990s. Shaq, Penny, 3-D, Nick Anderson...it didn't get better outside of Hakeem and Clyde, MJ and Pippen and Ewing and Starks.

So today, we honor Dennis Scott, for being simply awesome..Mitchell and Ness needs to put out a throwback of him immediately.

Here is an exerpt on Scott from Wikipedia:
Scott spent the majority of his career with the Magic, earning the nickname 3-D for his ability to consistently make long three-point field goal attempts. Until the drafting of Shaquille O'Neal in 1992, Scott and Nick Anderson were the leading scorers for the Magic. In 1995-96 Scott set an NBA single-season three-point field goal tally with 267 (which was broken ten years later by Ray Allen). He also set the NBA record for most three pointers made in a single game with 11 on April 18, 1996. On his record breaking shot the assist came from teammate and the holder of the record, Brian Shaw (he made 10 three pointers on April 8, 1993). This record has also since been broken by Kobe Bryant who made 12 three pointers on January 7, 2003 and by Donyell Marshall who also made 12 three pointers on March 12, 2005. He was honored by the Magic on March 26, 2006 as part of their "Remember the Past Nights" program,[citation needed] where the Magic remembers past players for their accomplishments. Other players to be honored so far were Nick Anderson and Scott Skiles.

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