Umass' Camby

Marcus Camby goes up for a slam at the Springfield Civic Center with Dick Vitale announcing.

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• basketball
• Marcus
• Camby
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[maninredhelm]

@TA14um That's correct except for the timing. Camby took gifts from an agent during the summer between his 2nd and 3rd seasons at UMass, in exchange for his promise to hire the agent when he went pro. Had he done so after declaring for the draft like you said, he would not have lost his eligibility during his 3rd year and the Final Four wouldn't have been vacated. Your main point is correct though, he was not paid to come to UMass. He just got impatient and greedy for his NBA money.

[julabask]

@cheezta also remeber camby came from an incredibly poor family and obviously wanted to change that if he could so money to him was a big deal for him to get as he and his family suffered miserably from being poor. so for him to make money for playing basketball and support his family was possibly one of his main goals. now i think he supports them fine while in the nba. but in college you can only imagine he was probably anxious and had no idea if he would make it so taking money was important

[julabask]

@cheezta he was getting money from people to play there which he was no supposed to be taking. which is why to this day his number is no hung up in the ceiling of the mullin center which is a pitty. because he is truelly one of the greatest from that school for basketball. and many of my fellow students who go to umass who follow basketball some how still dont even know his name. sad

[julabask]

@cheezta also let me tell you calipari getting camby is truelly one of the biggest things he ever did to make his career grow but its also the main thing that made the uconn coach officially hate him for ever as you can only imagine. he stole the legend from uconns backyard. also i dont remember how but camby's mother also influenced him to go there i dont remember why at the moment but she was a big part. i think some might have even been money.

[julabask]

@cheezta as i live right next to umass i read many articles about this exact reason. calipari was the main reason he recruited him. first marcus camby stated he always wanted to be his local hero and play for a team locally. his dream was to always play for uconn or some other local team. but in the end he kept his eyes open for other local teams. and calapari gave him an incredible impression much better then any other coach. and was very persistant to get camby attention.

[TA14um]

that's cute BC, the official NCAA books say UMass never appeared in the final four. The banner is still there, trust me I was at the Mullins Center just last night. Camby wasn't paid to go to UMass, he accepted gifts (jewelry) from a sports agent AFTER he delcared for the NBA draft. It had nothing to do with UMass basketball or John Calipari (the coach)

[BCproductions]

Youre a dumbass, you obv dont know anything either. He got paid to go to Umass....look it up, their final 4 banner is gone

[cheezta]

It's obvious you don't have the knowlege and intelligence to answer my simple question. It's a shame people like you have to compensate for thier subpar intellect with sarcasm. Keep watching family guy and south park !!

[TA14um]

Think for a second. Who was in the national championship game last year? Memphis. Where to they play? C-USA, a conference getting even less love than the A-10 was in the early 90's. John Calipari came in, who by the way is a recruiting genius, and did his thing. Same thing he did in the early 90's. The success just helped his cause. A man like Camby wanted to stick to his principles and also his mother had a big influence on his decision.

[cheezta]

Using your logic it would mean that teams such as George Mason should get the top recruits each year over schools like UNC and memphis. I like your little hip words like "turbo", your friends must find you so hip. Typical Massachusetts Tool