AlphaWolf24
08-21-2014, 12:16 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/an-important-basketball-reminder--luc-longley-s-stories-are-still-the-best-152951721.html
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The Big Man from Perth....
Lucien James "Luc" Longley (born 19 January 1969) is a retired Australian professional basketball player. He was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for 11 seasons.
Longley, playing alongside Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoc and Dennis Rodman, was the starting center during the Chicago Bulls' second "three-peat" championship seasons from 1996–1998, including the Bulls' 1995–96 season, in which they set an NBA record by going 72–10 during the regular season.
Luc Longley was born 19 January 1969[1] in Melbourne, Victoria. At age sixteen Luc was a member of the Australian Under-19 side and the following year, 1986, he joined the Perth Wildcats, with whom he played two games.[2] Longley was recruited out of Scotch College, Perth by the University of New Mexico's basketball coach, Gary Colson, who went to Perth to recruit Andrew Vlahov, who attended Stanford University.[3] Vlahov and Longley both played their junior basketball for the Belmont Redbacks District Basketball Club on the same team. Longley attended college at the University of New Mexico, from 1987 to 1991, where he averaged 19.1 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his senior year.[4] At nineteen he was a member of the national team for the Seoul Olympics, where they came fourth, the best result an Australian senior men's basketball team has achieved in Olympic competition.
When Longley returned home to Perth during college breaks, he regularly suited up for the Belmont Redbacks, helping the team to consecutive State Basketball League (SBL) championships in 1989 and 1990.
Longley was drafted 7th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1991. He made his NBA debut on 30 November 1991.[5] In 1992 he again represented Australia at the Barcelona Olympics. After two plus mediocre seasons with the struggling franchise, the 7'2" (218 cm) center was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Stacey King late in the 1993–94 season. He went on to become the team's starting center. He won three straight championships with the Bulls from 1996 to 1998, becoming not only the first Australian player to play in the NBA, but also the first Australian to win a league championship.
And of course no Q&A session with Longley would be complete without a fantastic Jordan story.
"We were playing Detroit and I came out on fire in the first half. I think I had 17-18 points, half-a-dozen rebounds, a couple of blocks — playing like an All-Star. For the first time ever, because Michael was very cautious with his praise, he came into the locker room high-fiving me, slapping me, hugging me, saying, 'Man, you play like that, we’re going to win the world championship. That’s awesome! You’re an All-Star. Why don’t you play like that every day? I knew you had it in ya.' Anyway, so we went out for the second half ... and I finished the game with exactly the same stat line as I had at half-time. I had a terrible second half. We came in after the game — we’d won. When everybody else was happy to be winning, Michael was furious. He said, “Luc, I am never, ever going to say a nice thing about you again.” It demonstrated how Michael thought that because he said something good … Like, it had nothing to do with Michael, really. It was me playing the game. I just drew a couple of fouls and didn’t play as well and didn’t get my opportunities. He was true to his word; never said anything nice again."
Saving his family from a house fire
"Um, about five years ago my house burnt down; that was pretty freaky. I had separated with the mother of my daughters by that stage. My girlfriend had only just moved in. The lot went. She literally had nothing and I had nothing, so we started again. We ended up marrying. She’s a high-school buddy — was in a band called the Jam Tarts, who were very popular when we were young. I used to go watch her play. Anna (cooking TV personality Anna Gare) and I ended up with a “Brady Bunch” — two kids of mine and two of hers. Now they’re all off at university, so we’re going to pack up the camper and head down south."
This story is wild for many reasons, the least of which is the fact he married a woman who once fronted an all-girl band named the Jam Tarts and now makes a mean vegemite sandwich. Truth is, Longley is selling himself short here, since he reportedly saved his girlfriend, kids and a couple friends from the fire that claimed much of his Bulls memorabilia, except for his three championship rings.
http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/assets/2012/05/luc-longley.jpg
Longley is currentley an assistant Basketball coach for the Australian national team
http://celebpictu.com/images/luc-longley-06.jpg
The Big Man from Perth....
Lucien James "Luc" Longley (born 19 January 1969) is a retired Australian professional basketball player. He was the first Australian to play in the NBA, where he played for 11 seasons.
Longley, playing alongside Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoc and Dennis Rodman, was the starting center during the Chicago Bulls' second "three-peat" championship seasons from 1996–1998, including the Bulls' 1995–96 season, in which they set an NBA record by going 72–10 during the regular season.
Luc Longley was born 19 January 1969[1] in Melbourne, Victoria. At age sixteen Luc was a member of the Australian Under-19 side and the following year, 1986, he joined the Perth Wildcats, with whom he played two games.[2] Longley was recruited out of Scotch College, Perth by the University of New Mexico's basketball coach, Gary Colson, who went to Perth to recruit Andrew Vlahov, who attended Stanford University.[3] Vlahov and Longley both played their junior basketball for the Belmont Redbacks District Basketball Club on the same team. Longley attended college at the University of New Mexico, from 1987 to 1991, where he averaged 19.1 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists in his senior year.[4] At nineteen he was a member of the national team for the Seoul Olympics, where they came fourth, the best result an Australian senior men's basketball team has achieved in Olympic competition.
When Longley returned home to Perth during college breaks, he regularly suited up for the Belmont Redbacks, helping the team to consecutive State Basketball League (SBL) championships in 1989 and 1990.
Longley was drafted 7th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1991. He made his NBA debut on 30 November 1991.[5] In 1992 he again represented Australia at the Barcelona Olympics. After two plus mediocre seasons with the struggling franchise, the 7'2" (218 cm) center was traded to the Chicago Bulls for Stacey King late in the 1993–94 season. He went on to become the team's starting center. He won three straight championships with the Bulls from 1996 to 1998, becoming not only the first Australian player to play in the NBA, but also the first Australian to win a league championship.
And of course no Q&A session with Longley would be complete without a fantastic Jordan story.
"We were playing Detroit and I came out on fire in the first half. I think I had 17-18 points, half-a-dozen rebounds, a couple of blocks — playing like an All-Star. For the first time ever, because Michael was very cautious with his praise, he came into the locker room high-fiving me, slapping me, hugging me, saying, 'Man, you play like that, we’re going to win the world championship. That’s awesome! You’re an All-Star. Why don’t you play like that every day? I knew you had it in ya.' Anyway, so we went out for the second half ... and I finished the game with exactly the same stat line as I had at half-time. I had a terrible second half. We came in after the game — we’d won. When everybody else was happy to be winning, Michael was furious. He said, “Luc, I am never, ever going to say a nice thing about you again.” It demonstrated how Michael thought that because he said something good … Like, it had nothing to do with Michael, really. It was me playing the game. I just drew a couple of fouls and didn’t play as well and didn’t get my opportunities. He was true to his word; never said anything nice again."
Saving his family from a house fire
"Um, about five years ago my house burnt down; that was pretty freaky. I had separated with the mother of my daughters by that stage. My girlfriend had only just moved in. The lot went. She literally had nothing and I had nothing, so we started again. We ended up marrying. She’s a high-school buddy — was in a band called the Jam Tarts, who were very popular when we were young. I used to go watch her play. Anna (cooking TV personality Anna Gare) and I ended up with a “Brady Bunch” — two kids of mine and two of hers. Now they’re all off at university, so we’re going to pack up the camper and head down south."
This story is wild for many reasons, the least of which is the fact he married a woman who once fronted an all-girl band named the Jam Tarts and now makes a mean vegemite sandwich. Truth is, Longley is selling himself short here, since he reportedly saved his girlfriend, kids and a couple friends from the fire that claimed much of his Bulls memorabilia, except for his three championship rings.
http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/assets/2012/05/luc-longley.jpg
Longley is currentley an assistant Basketball coach for the Australian national team