Kenneth Faried goes #22

Nice snag by Denver. Faried now appears on TV, daughter on his lap and wearing his usual dreadlocks. A colorful media presence.

Career rebounding leader in post-1973 Division I college history, breaking Tim Duncan’s record. (1973 is when freshmen became eligible and the NCAA switched to the Division I, II, and III system. Hence the “modern” era begins in ’73.)

Shocking to see that Derrick Coleman is the #3 career rebounding leader post-1973. Wasn’t Coleman too lazy to rebound? But I guess in college Coleman wasn’t quite the lazy Derrick Coleman yet. I seem to remember him being considered a good guy as a Syracuse freshman in ’86-’87, not the selfish, showboating, gluttonously eating cancer of later NBA years. Sad to see what paths some people take.

Anecdote: when Coleman was sent from New Jersey to Philadelphia in the Sean Bradley trade, Coleman was booed by the Philly crowd as soon as he entered his first game! One sportswriter responded by saying: “Philadelphia fans would boo a blind child at an Easter egg hunt.”