JimmyDfor31
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I realize I'm new here and this may have already been covered, but if you had the unenviable task of creating a six man "dream team" of current and former Weber State players (five starters and one sub), who would make your roster? Here's mine, below, filling each of the five traditional positions as well as I can. Keep in mind that many qualified and elite players will be left off this list. It's tragic.
The Roster:
PG--Jermaine "Supa Man" Boyette. I realize you purists might not consider him a "true" point guard because of his insatiable scoring appetite and shoot first mentality, but on this team, I was forced to move him to the point. His slash and dish skills would open up all kinds of looks for trey-busting teammates. So that's why he's playing the point.
SG--Ruben Nembhard. I was pretty young when I used to watch Ruben play, but he's unforgettable. True, I may have built him up in my head over the years, but this is a guy I saw play in a Jazz preseason game at the Dee back in 1995. A Weber State alum, in a Jazz uniform, playing at the Dee. It was gorgeous. I think he bounced around the NBA for a while after that. The guy could score. It's what he lived for. He was the driving force behind that 1995 team of destiny.
SF--Harold "The Show" Arceneaux. This guy is the absolute best scorer I've ever seen play in a live game. Period. That includes the NBA games I've been to (take that, Karl Malone). Despite his frumpy body, Harold was a threat from anywhere on the court, literally. The guy could have been drafted to the NBA if he'd left school as a junior (probably mid-to-late second round, but hey, that's still something), but he came back to thrill the fans at Weber for another year. If anyone questions this pick, check out the box score from the legendary UNC/WSu game in 1999. Teddy Dupay, who played on the Florida team that knocked Weber out in 1999 said that Harold was the best player he'd ever played against except Jason Williams, the tattooed thug point guard who played in the NBA for over 10 seasons. Dupay would have gone pro himself had he not gone to prison. Google that for an interesting story.
PF--Jimmy DeGraffenried. Jimmy was (is?) a freaking legend, and the man I patterned my own game after. Need some proof of his legendary status? In a pre-game shootaround, he complained that something was wrong with the hoop, since he was missing too many shots. They meausured the basket and sure enough, it wasn't set at 10 feet. That's the stuff that legends are made of. Need another mythic Jimmy story? The rumor goes he was playing pick-up ball in a gym on his mission somewhere (in the southern US, I think.) He was destroying the competition, including a few guys who happened to have played for Wake Forest. These guys call up some Wake execs, and they offer Jimmy a scholarship on the spot to play for them. True or not, it's a good story. Jimmy could make it rain from beyond the arc. That's also where I got my screen name on here....Jimmmmy Deeeeeee...for threeeeeee!
C--Lance Allred. He's a rebounding monster with a soft touch. He also played some NBA ball and was featured in the finest sports magazine on the planet, Sports Illustrated. I honestly never thought he was beyond good on the offensive end, but with his rebounding skills, we can let that slide.
Sub--Ryan Cuff. I'm going back to the mid-90's with this pick. Some of you youngsters may not even know who he is, because he only played one season at Weber. But this guy was Mr. Clutch. I watched him hit a buzzer beater against Utah State at the Delta Center to force overtime, a game Weber won. Cuff still holds several Utah high school records, most for scoring. He would score over 40 points routinely in high school, and Shawn Bradley fears him (read Bradley's terrible book, "Standing Tall" to learn more). Cuff was perhaps the most fundamental basketball player I've ever seen. He played for BYU and Arizona, if I'm not mistaken. With the game on the line, I'd want Cuff shooting the ball more than any of the other guys on this team.
The Roster:
PG--Jermaine "Supa Man" Boyette. I realize you purists might not consider him a "true" point guard because of his insatiable scoring appetite and shoot first mentality, but on this team, I was forced to move him to the point. His slash and dish skills would open up all kinds of looks for trey-busting teammates. So that's why he's playing the point.
SG--Ruben Nembhard. I was pretty young when I used to watch Ruben play, but he's unforgettable. True, I may have built him up in my head over the years, but this is a guy I saw play in a Jazz preseason game at the Dee back in 1995. A Weber State alum, in a Jazz uniform, playing at the Dee. It was gorgeous. I think he bounced around the NBA for a while after that. The guy could score. It's what he lived for. He was the driving force behind that 1995 team of destiny.
SF--Harold "The Show" Arceneaux. This guy is the absolute best scorer I've ever seen play in a live game. Period. That includes the NBA games I've been to (take that, Karl Malone). Despite his frumpy body, Harold was a threat from anywhere on the court, literally. The guy could have been drafted to the NBA if he'd left school as a junior (probably mid-to-late second round, but hey, that's still something), but he came back to thrill the fans at Weber for another year. If anyone questions this pick, check out the box score from the legendary UNC/WSu game in 1999. Teddy Dupay, who played on the Florida team that knocked Weber out in 1999 said that Harold was the best player he'd ever played against except Jason Williams, the tattooed thug point guard who played in the NBA for over 10 seasons. Dupay would have gone pro himself had he not gone to prison. Google that for an interesting story.
PF--Jimmy DeGraffenried. Jimmy was (is?) a freaking legend, and the man I patterned my own game after. Need some proof of his legendary status? In a pre-game shootaround, he complained that something was wrong with the hoop, since he was missing too many shots. They meausured the basket and sure enough, it wasn't set at 10 feet. That's the stuff that legends are made of. Need another mythic Jimmy story? The rumor goes he was playing pick-up ball in a gym on his mission somewhere (in the southern US, I think.) He was destroying the competition, including a few guys who happened to have played for Wake Forest. These guys call up some Wake execs, and they offer Jimmy a scholarship on the spot to play for them. True or not, it's a good story. Jimmy could make it rain from beyond the arc. That's also where I got my screen name on here....Jimmmmy Deeeeeee...for threeeeeee!
C--Lance Allred. He's a rebounding monster with a soft touch. He also played some NBA ball and was featured in the finest sports magazine on the planet, Sports Illustrated. I honestly never thought he was beyond good on the offensive end, but with his rebounding skills, we can let that slide.
Sub--Ryan Cuff. I'm going back to the mid-90's with this pick. Some of you youngsters may not even know who he is, because he only played one season at Weber. But this guy was Mr. Clutch. I watched him hit a buzzer beater against Utah State at the Delta Center to force overtime, a game Weber won. Cuff still holds several Utah high school records, most for scoring. He would score over 40 points routinely in high school, and Shawn Bradley fears him (read Bradley's terrible book, "Standing Tall" to learn more). Cuff was perhaps the most fundamental basketball player I've ever seen. He played for BYU and Arizona, if I'm not mistaken. With the game on the line, I'd want Cuff shooting the ball more than any of the other guys on this team.
