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Titolo: Domanda Pesarese per esperti NBA

Forse qualcuno di Voi si ricorderà di Norm Nixon: il fenomenale americano
che vestì la maglia dei biancorossi Pesaresi nella stagione '88-'89.
Ricordo, dalle discussioni fatte al momento del suo arrivo, che era stato un
grande protagonista della scena professionistica americana tra la fine dei
70 e l'inizio degli 80.
Giocava nei Lakers (nello starting-five accanto a Magic) e aveva vinto un
paio di anelli con L. A. segnando parecchi punti di media (si parlava di una
ventina).
I miei ricordi sono un pò annebbiati ma si diceva addirittura fosse il 7°
assist-man di sempre nella lega (6500 assist circa!?!?) e che fosse stato
votato nella squadra delle matricole all'esordio.
Vorrei sapere se esiste qualcosa di vero in quanto ricordo o se si tratta
solamente di leggende urbane Pesaresi messe in giro ad arte da Valter
Scavolini per aumentare il prezzo dei biglietti!
Grazie in anticipo a chi potrà illuminarmi!
P.S. 1: La domanda di cui sopra e già apparsa in un mio precedente messaggio
(nel thread Richardson - Danilovic), non ricevendo risposta.
Ho deciso di ri-postarla perché forse era un pò nascosta in quel mare di
messaggi (oppure, probabilmente, non frega un cazzo a nessuno:-()
P.S. 2: Noto con disappunto che i miei messaggi arrivano in triplice o
quadrupla copia sul newsgroup; me ne scuso e cercherò di porvi rimedio.
Ciao,
Stefano

Non sono esperto NBA, ma ho trovato questa scheda, spero basti.
Saluti. Paolo.
NORM NIXON
Born: 10/11/55
 College: Duquesne
 Drafted By: Los Angeles Lakers, 1977
 Height: 6-2
 Weight: 175 lbs.
 Career Statistics
  A rare mix of athleticism, competitiveness, wit, and intelligence made Norm
 Nixon a truly special basketball player. Point guards came and went during the
 1970s and 1980s, but few left a deeper impression on the game than did Nixon.
On the court, Nixon was as talented as he was consistent, and as savvy as he was
 dedicated. Following 10 seasons of play with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San
 Diego (later Los Angeles) Clippers, Nixon ranked seventh among the all-time
assists
 leaders; he placed in the top 10 in assists in all nine of his complete
seasons. Playing
 shoulder to shoulder with Magic Johnson, Nixon helped steer the Lakers to two
 NBA Championships in the early 1980s. An accomplished passer, fine outside
 shooter, and tough defender, the two-time All-Star was among the league's best
 all-around guards. His upright, high-handed shooting and passing style was his
 signature.
 Nixon exhibited levels of poise, composure, and steadiness virtually unmatched
in
 the league. He was a proud player and a tireless motivator of his teammates.
Sadly,
 two serious leg injuries brought his playing days to an early end.
 Off the court, Nixon was a student of life. A voracious reader, he was quick to
tell
 his teammates about his latest discoveries, whether they concerned John F.
 Kennedy, the Amish people of Pennsylvania, or the reason why so much beer is
 brewed in Milwaukee. He even learned ballet from his wife, actress and dancer
 Debbie Allen.
 Nixon always seemed to want it all. At Southwest High School in Macon, Georgia,
 he was a basketball and football star as well as a top-flight student and
senior-class
 president. As a teen he played trumpet in local jazz and blues clubs. Nixon
 continued to excel as a scholar and athlete at Duquesne, where he took premed
 courses and ultimately majored in math while starring on the basketball team.
 The Lakers, coming off a league-best 53-29 record in 1976-77, made Nixon the
 final pick in the first round of the 1977 NBA Draft. Los Angeles stumbled to a
 fourth-place finish the next year, but around the league people were talking
about the
 Lakers' rookie point guard. With passing targets such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
and
 Adrian Dantley, Nixon led the team in assists with 6.8 per game, fourth in the
NBA.
 He also chipped in 13.7 points per contest on .497 shooting from the field and
was
 named to the NBA All-Rookie Team.
Nixon led the Lakers in assists for the next three seasons while scoring between
17
 and 18 points per game. In 1979-80 Nixon was paired with the rookie Johnson,
 giving Los Angeles perhaps the best backcourt in the league. The two players,
 placing fourth and seventh in the league in assists that year, steered the
Lakers to a
 60-22 record and the NBA title over the equally explosive Philadelphia 76ers.
 Two years later the Lakers won another championship. Nixon averaged 17.6 points
 and 8.0 assists in 1981-82, while Johnson contributed 18.6 and 9.5. Johnson
 ranked second in the league in assists, and Nixon placed fifth. Along with
Johnson,
 the high-spirited Nixon became a spark plug for the team. "We used to call
Norman
 'Mr. Big,'" Johnson recalled in the San Diego Union, "because he would ride all
the
 big guys in the huddle, telling us to 'eat glass' to get tougher."
 With Johnson assuming more of the team's playmaking duties, Nixon handled the
 ball less and less. By 1982-83 Nixon was averaging 7.2 assists, and Johnson was
 leading the league with 10.5. Prior to the 1983-84 season, on the day before
 Nixon's 28th birthday, the Lakers surprised the basketball establishment when
they
 traded Nixon, guard Eddie Jordan, and two draft picks to the San Diego Clippers
 for guard Byron Scott and center Swen Nater.
 Many Lakers were crushed. Johnson told the San Diego Union, "We miss Norm, as
 much for the person he is as for what he did on the court." Nixon continued to
be
 baffled by the trade well into the following year, but he took the move in
stride. "I
 have a saying: Out of failure comes contemplation, and the larger the failure,
the
 more you have to think about it," he said in the Union. "That's how you grow.
And
 who wants to remain the same?"
 Nixon picked up where he had left off in Los Angeles, leading the Clippers in
assists
 with 11.1 per game, second in the league behind former teammate Johnson (13.1
 apg), and scoring 17.0 points per game. But while the Lakers were building
their
 dynasty, the Clippers were wallowing in last place in the Pacific Division.
After
 Nixon's first season with his new team it moved, ironically, to Los Angeles.
 Nixon became the Clippers' team captain and proved to be quite the cutup in
 practice. His warmth and spirit made him one of the team's most popular
players.
 "He's been terrific in the community," Clippers General Manager Paul Phipps
 remarked in the San Diego Union. "We get more requests for Norm to appear than
 anyone else on the team. He's our most valuable player in every sense of the
word.
 Really, I can't think of anything bad to say about him."
 Nixon continued to lead the struggling Clippers in assists and put up
respectable
 scoring numbers, 17.2 points per game in 1984-85 and 14.6 the next season.
 "People ask me all the time, 'Norman, how do you stand playing for such a lousy
 team?'" he said. "I tell them that's what makes life interesting."
 In the offseason following 1985-86 Nixon ruptured the quadriceps tendon in his
left
 knee while chasing a flyball during a softball game in New York's Central Park.
He
 missed the entire 1986-87 season. Then, tragically, he ruptured his right
Achilles
 tendon just before the 1987-88 season. He returned for the 1988-89 campaign,
but
 at age 33 he wasn't the same player. During a dismal 1-32 stretch for the
Clippers,
 Nixon shot only .276 from the field. His touch finally came back, but he
decided to
 retire rather than sit on the bench behind rookie guard Gary Grant.
 In his final season Nixon surpassed the Boston Celtics' John Havlicek and Los
 Angeles's Jerry West to rank seventh on the all-time assist ledger with 6,386
(8.3
 apg). He scored 12,065 points (15.7 ppg).
 The spring after he left the NBA, Nixon moved to Europe to become a star player
 with defending Italian League champion Scavolini Pesaro.

  with defending Italian League champion Scavolini Pesaro.
Siiii! Ci siamo anche noi!!! :-)))))
Grazie mille di nuovo!!!

  with defending Italian League champion Scavolini Pesaro.
Siiii! Ci siamo anche noi!!! :-)))))
Grazie mille di nuovo!!!