Mark Price

[macbdog]

Need a closer ? here’s the guy….That machine is a better passer than Windler

 

[bronko]

Wayne Embry's debut as Cavalier GM in 1986.
1. Trade Roy Hinson for the 1st pick in the 1986 draft (Brad Daugherty).
2. Trade a 1989 2nd round pick for Price, who the Mavericks took in rd 2.
3. Draft Ron Harper with their own 1st rounder, number 8 pick.
Helluva start for Embry.

 

[sailfish]

Need a closer ? here’s the guy….That machine is a better passer than Windler

He’s still got it…what a beautiful stroke!

 

[2 For The Brew]

Wayne Embry's debut as Cavalier GM in 1986.
1. Trade Roy Hinson for the 1st pick in the 1986 draft (Brad Daugherty).
2. Trade a 1989 2nd round pick for Price, who the Mavericks took in rd 2.
3. Draft Ron Harper with their own 1st rounder, number 8 pick.
Helluva start for Embry.

Embry was not the GM for the draft as he still had a relationship with Indiana. He advised the Cavaliers to take Brad but the other decisions were made by Cavalier President Thaxter Trafton and his attorney. Embry was very surprised by the Price deal. The Harper pick was pretty obvious. Full story is in the book Forty Eight Minutes by Bob Ryan and Terry Pluto.

Embry does get full credit for Larry Nance and protecting Mike Sanders over Dell Curry.

 

[sailfish]

Wayne Embry's debut as Cavalier GM in 1986.
1. Trade Roy Hinson for the 1st pick in the 1986 draft (Brad Daugherty).
2. Trade a 1989 2nd round pick for Price, who the Mavericks took in rd 2.
3. Draft Ron Harper with their own 1st rounder, number 8 pick.
Helluva start for Embry.

Helluva draft! I know he tried (Mike Sanders, Randolph Keys, Winston Bennett, Chris Mills), but Embry could never land a very good small forward. Where he finally lost me was when he took Trajan Langdon over Ron Artest, Corey Maggette, & others in the ‘99 draft. Embry refused to adapt and couldn’t bring himself to draft underclassmen.

 

[2 For The Brew]

Helluva draft! I know he tried (Mike Sanders, Randolph Keys, Winston Bennett, Chris Mills), but Embry could never land a very good small forward. Where he finally lost me was when he took Trajan Langdon over Ron Artest, Corey Maggette, & others in the ‘99 draft. Embry refused to adapt and couldn’t bring himself to draft underclassmen.

Embry hated drafting underclassman going back fifty years ago when he drafted Julius Erving after the Doc had played for Virginia. He hated the ABA for doing that but it was a mistake not to adjust.

 

[bronko]

This was my second favorite era for the Cavaliers. Nothing can top the first Miracle at Richfield Cavs team. Austin Carr, Nate Thurmond, Bingo, Foots Walker. The Celtic playoffs were the craziest sporting events I ever attended. Great times.

 

[Sebastian]

Zeke lauds Price for being the proto-Curry.

Openly admits he was the best PG of the era.

He implies, at the end, that the foundations of what Kerr and Curry later created may have come to them thanks to the proximity of Price.

 

[Sebastian]

It is not unreasonable to think that in today's NBA, Price would be putting up 22-25 PPG, and around 9 APG.

Today dude would be shooting 10 3PA a game and getting to the line a lot more often too.

He'd be killing it.

 

[Kyrieville]

Does anyone remember the Mark Price candy bar? That was good stuff.

 

[PIP]

Just had one with a Crystal Pepsi

 

[Kyrieville]

 

[Sebastian]