Richie Whitt on Quinton Ross
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 12:30 pmFrom the Dallas Observer blog:
S-M-Who?
Filed under: Sports
Think SMU hasn’t produced a decent NBA player since, oh, Jon Koncak?
Don’t sell that load of Peruna droppings to the league’s two-time MVP.
That’s because Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash is getting his mane all
tangled up in a former Mustang named Quinton Ross. In Thursday night’s
Game 6 of the Suns-L.A. Clippers Western Conference Semifinals, for
example, Ross consistently posted up the smaller Nash and totally
embarrassed him to the tune of a career high 18 points.
Of course, don’t blame Nash for not seeing it coming. Folks in Ross’ own
backyard are shocked by his superlatives. After an all-state career at
Kimball High School, Ross went to SMU and finished as the school’s
fourth all-time leading scorer. He was the 2003 WAC Player of the Year,
but got only nibbles at the next level. His hoop dreams detoured to a
year in Belgium before the Clippers signed him as a free agent before
the season. Suddenly, everyone knows his name. Right, Steve?
–Richie Whitt
S-M-Who?
Filed under: Sports
Think SMU hasn’t produced a decent NBA player since, oh, Jon Koncak?
Don’t sell that load of Peruna droppings to the league’s two-time MVP.
That’s because Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash is getting his mane all
tangled up in a former Mustang named Quinton Ross. In Thursday night’s
Game 6 of the Suns-L.A. Clippers Western Conference Semifinals, for
example, Ross consistently posted up the smaller Nash and totally
embarrassed him to the tune of a career high 18 points.
Of course, don’t blame Nash for not seeing it coming. Folks in Ross’ own
backyard are shocked by his superlatives. After an all-state career at
Kimball High School, Ross went to SMU and finished as the school’s
fourth all-time leading scorer. He was the 2003 WAC Player of the Year,
but got only nibbles at the next level. His hoop dreams detoured to a
year in Belgium before the Clippers signed him as a free agent before
the season. Suddenly, everyone knows his name. Right, Steve?
–Richie Whitt