Vinny Del Negro
Vinny Del Negro, which in espanol translates to:’of or from the black’, is a definite candidate for the starting 2 guard on the All time spare team. Although Peter Holt and the Spurs would disagree as they named him to the Spurs top 25 all time team. The fact that Vinny would make the same list as the Iceman George Gervin is ludacris. As for his run in the Italian league I think we can all agree that those accomplishments are as questionable as the talent that played in Europe in the early ’90s. You’ve got to give it to a guy that actually keeps a hairstlye that was ‘in’ 20+years ago only to have it come back in style. Along with his fundamental hair ‘do’ how about Vinny’s overall fundamentals. Absolutely perfect. Coach Cook would appreciate the proper execution of BEEF while attempting the Set Jump Shot and Free Throws. Vinny played for five different teams (Sacramento, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Golden State and Phoenix) and appeared in 771 games, starting almost half of those. He averaged 9.1 ppg, 3.2 apg and 2.3 rpg… among some of the coaches he played for in the NBA were: Jerry Reynolds, Dick Motta, John Lucas, Bob Hill, Gregg Popovich, Dave Cowens, George Karl and Scott Skiles … he was selected 29th overall (which in that time was a second round pick) of the 1988 NBA Draft … spent two seasons in Italy with Benetton Treviso (1990-92) … he actually won an Italian League Championship and was named playoff MVP… was a member of the Spurs for six seasons (1992-98) and was selected to San Antonio’s 25th Anniversary Team as one of the top 25 players in Spurs history, after helping San Antonio claim two Midwest Division titles …he also signed with Milwaukee … and finally appeared in 38 games with Phoenix during the 2000-01 campaign prior to being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team trade, but he never suited up for the Clippers. He was recently signed as Head Coach of the Chicago Bulls after a run in the front office for the Phoenix Suns.
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