DimeMag just posted this in their daily rundown:
"Leftover note from the weekend: During the Pistons/Jazz game on Friday, there was a kid in the crowd wearing a Brian Williams/Bison Dele #8 Pistons jersey, back from the teal-colored, horse-logo era …"
That's a pretty nice find. The only jersey from that series I own is a Mateen Cleaves one, which I personally think is neat. But Bison Dele is on another level.
For those who don't remember, he was an All Star in those years the league had Isaac Austin looking good enough to get a huge contract. Not saying Bison Dele wasn't a good player, he actually put up big numbers and was involved in those humongous trades between Dallas, Denver, New Jersey and Phoenix. These clubs managed to suit up over 30 players during a season while winning only a few games.
Those teams just pulled trades like these:
"February 17, 1997: DALLAS traded G Sam Cassell, G Jim Jackson, G George McCloud, F Chris Gatling and C Eric Montross to NEW JERSEY for C Shawn Bradley, G Robert Pack, G Khalid Reeves and F Ed O’Bannon."
Phoenix actually had Kevin Johnson, Sam Cassel, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Danny Manning, Rex Chapman, Cedric Ceballos, Clifford Robinson, Robert Horry, Wesley Person, Michael Finley, AC Green, Danny Manning and Antonio McDyess on their squad at one time during those years. Funny thing is, with those great point guards (they could've suited up Nash, Kidd, Kevin Johnson and Rex Chapman during the same game), Rex Chapman was looking like one of the more legit players on that team.
Well back to Bison Dele, he looked like a borderline AllStar at the age of 30 scoring over 16 points and grabbing about 9 rebounds a game the year before the lock-out shortened season. He did have some problems with the Piston's front office though and while Detroit was ready to trade Bison Dele, Dele himself decided to retire and walk away from the 5 year/36 million contract he had.
"Leftover note from the weekend: During the Pistons/Jazz game on Friday, there was a kid in the crowd wearing a Brian Williams/Bison Dele #8 Pistons jersey, back from the teal-colored, horse-logo era …"
That's a pretty nice find. The only jersey from that series I own is a Mateen Cleaves one, which I personally think is neat. But Bison Dele is on another level.
For those who don't remember, he was an All Star in those years the league had Isaac Austin looking good enough to get a huge contract. Not saying Bison Dele wasn't a good player, he actually put up big numbers and was involved in those humongous trades between Dallas, Denver, New Jersey and Phoenix. These clubs managed to suit up over 30 players during a season while winning only a few games.
Those teams just pulled trades like these:
"February 17, 1997: DALLAS traded G Sam Cassell, G Jim Jackson, G George McCloud, F Chris Gatling and C Eric Montross to NEW JERSEY for C Shawn Bradley, G Robert Pack, G Khalid Reeves and F Ed O’Bannon."
Phoenix actually had Kevin Johnson, Sam Cassel, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Danny Manning, Rex Chapman, Cedric Ceballos, Clifford Robinson, Robert Horry, Wesley Person, Michael Finley, AC Green, Danny Manning and Antonio McDyess on their squad at one time during those years. Funny thing is, with those great point guards (they could've suited up Nash, Kidd, Kevin Johnson and Rex Chapman during the same game), Rex Chapman was looking like one of the more legit players on that team.
Well back to Bison Dele, he looked like a borderline AllStar at the age of 30 scoring over 16 points and grabbing about 9 rebounds a game the year before the lock-out shortened season. He did have some problems with the Piston's front office though and while Detroit was ready to trade Bison Dele, Dele himself decided to retire and walk away from the 5 year/36 million contract he had.
After that things got weirder and weirder after his yacht dissapeared... A well-written piece on Bison Dele can be read here.
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