Fox Chooses No. 17 With Extra Feeling

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here is an article that appeared in todays LA Times. It has some Celt
content and I know some of you on the list would like an update of Mr.
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> [Los Angeles Times]         [NBA]
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>                                  Wednesday, October 15, 1997
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>   PRO BASKETBALL DAILY REPORT, LAKERS
>   Fox Chooses No. 17 With Extra Feeling
>   By SCOTT HOWARD-COOPER
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>           [T] urns out Rick Fox will keep the Boston Celtics close
             to his heart, after all.
>            Having been renounced early in the summer after six
             years in New England, clearing the way for him to sign a
>            free-agent deal with the Lakers, Fox did not choose
>            uniform No. 17 on a whim. Another emotion, maybe.
>            He wore 44 with the Celtics, but that's retired at
>            the Forum in honor of Jerry West. He thought about
>            cutting that in half, but that's also on the wall, to
>            commemorate Elgin Baylor. He thought about cutting it in
>            half another way, to a single 4, but decided against
>            that out of respect to Byron Scott. He even thought
>            about doubling it to 88, especially since Fox is a big
>            fan of fellow Canadian Eric Lindros, before concluding
>            it was too much like a football number.
>            So he settled on 17.
>            "Every year, I went to training camp with the goal
>            of helping the Celtics win their 17th championship," Fox
>            said. "This has become my reminder. Now, the race is on
>            in my mind, to see if they can get their championship
>            before I get mine. A reminder."
>            A grudge.
>            "I'm not sticking it to them," he said by way of
>            correction. "But I came in there every year striving for
>            their 17th and my first. That chance can't happen now
>            for me in Boston. So we'll see who gets their's first."
             But he's not sticking it to them.