Bender

[peter delevett <pdelevett@amcity.com>]

Bender is exactly like Dirk Nowitzki: he has built his mystique on ONE GAME,
the high school All Star game where he broke Jordan's scoring record. Prior to
that, he was signed to go to Mississippi State, which gives you some idea of
how hot a prospect he was.

Both he and Nowitzki could well end up being NBA stars, or at least good
players. But Garnett was THE blue chip recruit in the country that year.


Alex Wang <awang@mit.edu> wrote:

>Now there are additional rumors involving Walker going to Indiana.
>The only players that I could see interesting the Celtics as principals
>in the exchange would be Jalen Rose, Dale Davis, and Jonathan Bender.
>It was reported that the Celtics were interested in Bender during the
>draft. Here is Chris Wallace's commentary on Bender: