Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The Rifleman
Many forget that early in Reggie Miller's career, he wasn't the ace on those upstart Pacers teams that gave the Celtics such a fight in the '91 and '92 playoffs'. It was Chuck Person. His career numbers aren't much to gawk at, and there's no clutch youtube video of him lighting it up. But I remember watching him and thinking he was the best shooter I had ever seen other than Larry. Granted, Bird humiliated him those 2 series with his trash talking and hot shooting. But Person is still a guy who doesn't really get the recognish he deserves for being a baller. If anyone's got a tape at home of the '91 playoffs, please Youtube some Person moves, they're a beauty to behold.
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There's a famous story about how Person gave Larry Bird some pregame shit against the P's one Xmas season. During the game, when Person was on the bench, Bird shot a three-pointer on the baseline right in front of Person and yelled "Merry fucking Christmas!"
There's another story from when they were squaring off in the '92 playoffs and Bird was torching Person for like 30 points. After sinking a 3 in his face, Larry ran by the Pacer bench and advised their coach to "take out Chuck, he's hurting you out there."
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