Know Your Audience; Know Rick Robey
It's getting kind of slow in NBA news and I was wondering what type of basement-dwelling-blog-readers/writers we have here. I had this idea in my Guinness-induced-Joycean-stream-of-consciousness kind of way (oddly enough, my thoughts came without any of life's anesthetic, so it's either due to age or the lack of the aforementioned anesthetic).
Who remembers Rick Robey? Take the poll and let me know. Keep in mind that "remember" and "know about" are two different things. Please be specific. Take the poll without doing any internets sluething, please.
For those of you who do remember, please feel free to reiminisce in the comments section. I'll probably do some sort of follow-up based on the responses (although, I may have to visit Seamus' to figure out what's next).
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No Idea who he is....
im guessing an old suns player though…
by dontTradeAaronNelson! on Jul 23, 2009 10:21 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I know that he played for Phoenix in the 80's, and that he sucked the big one.
Am I missing anything else?
"Fun fact: Larry Hughes, who couldn’t stay healthy if all his human parts were replaced with bionic implants, is out for the next four weeks with a bruised leg. Do you think that Willis Reed ever reads about all these players missing time with bruises and sprained fingers and throws up in his mouth a little?"
by Diosnomeama on Jul 23, 2009 10:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
If a player retired in 1986
I will only remember him if he played for the Atlanta Braves, which seems unlikely in Robey’s case, because the first NBA team I can remember really trying to follow, like watching all the games I could and checking the paper every morning for box scores, was the 90-91 Sixers (when I was ten).
It’s kind of a random team considering I had grown up in South Texas, but I had grown to love Charles Barkley in a video game called Lakers v. Celtics. And b/c I loved Barkley I started loving the Suns in 92-93.
So there you go. But Robey? No idea pre-internet sleuthing.
Don't feel bad, Channing. We can't rebound either.
by rosewood on Jul 23, 2009 11:03 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh dear lord...
Three thoughts:
1) Really? 66% of the votes don’t even know who he is? Man I feel old.
2) Is this question supposed to be some sort of reminder that the current Suns administration doesn’t have a monopoly on idiotic trades?
3) I REALLY feel old.
by Beatuofa on Jul 24, 2009 1:07 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I remember Jerrod Mustaf, 2nd overall pick, power forward of the future
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jul 24, 2009 1:19 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Mustaf wasn't the second overall pick.
Armon Gilliam was. Mustaf was a 17th overall pick by the Knicks in 1990, then traded to the Suns. Now you want bad, drafting Ed Pickney in 1985 with Karl Malone still on the board.
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
by Grockcubs on Jul 24, 2009 10:01 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks for the phact checking =D
I still hate Jerrod Mustaf anyway.
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Aug 1, 2009 4:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
wuz
wasn’t Robey the consolation prize in the Lew Alcinder (Kareem) coin toss? That’s about all I know, never saw him play. Whoops apparently he was our prize for giving Dennis Johnson to the Celtics. yay.
I saw Dennis Johnson play anyway Robey not so much
by eagleheart on Jul 24, 2009 2:35 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Kentucky
I mainly remember Robey from college because he won a national championship at Kentucky (beating Duke), the year before the Bird vs Magic game, I think. I take it he didn’t cover himself with glory for the Suns ….
by SueB on Jul 24, 2009 8:59 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
LISTEN UP, CHILDREN
OK, so I have about 35 years of Suns experience talking here, I’d say maybe a little less because I didn’t know what a basketball was until I was about 5 or 6 maybe. And Rick Robey causes a myriad of emotions for me:
Joy-that is mainly laughter, thinking about a big, pasty white, graceles,s tall guy with no physique and nut huggers on running around attempting to be a basketball player. Kind of like Jackie Moon. More laughter considering what a one sided, terrible mistake Mr. Jerry (Godfather of Phoenix) Colangelo made with this one. I’d love to hear him explain how and why this trade went down now.
Frustration-The Suns, for all, 40 years of their existence have been looking for the ultimate big man in the middle. And with the exception of an elderly Shaq, we’ve never been able to find that guy. I can think of some other names of the past: Rich Kelly, Andrew Lang, Nick Vanos (R.I.P.) that were supposed to be great big men in the middle for the Suns and never made it. Rick Robey was also supposed to be that guy. And um, no, needless to say, he was not that guy.
Sadness/Resignation-Dennis Johnson (R.I.P.), was a very solid, great at times 5 time NBA Allstar, 7 time All NBA Defensive team and 1978-9 NBA NBA Finals MVP. He was traded away for the infamous big man the Suns desperately needed. Robey put up some solid numbers for the Celtics, yet upon his arrival in Phoenix, turned into a, well, sucky player. Maybe it was the heat that melted the snowman, I don’t know. Robey barely played 100 games in three seasons for the Suns, averaged about 9 uninspired points a game and retired (or couldn’t find a job) after the 85-86 season.
Anger-alright, now I’m pissed again. What a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid trade.
by Wil Cantrell on Jul 24, 2009 9:19 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I guess I am a old guy to.
Fan since 1972. Robey was a stiff, and well DJ ended up in the Hall and described by Bird as one of the finest players he played with.
This trade is so like, Thunder Dan for Hot Rod Williams, ouch.
Suns always lose out on the big man, lose the coin flip for Alcinder ( Jabbar) Suns draft Neal Walk, lose the lottery to the Spurs, Spurs get David Robinson, Suns Draft Armon Gilliam, and so it goes.
"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"
by Grockcubs on Jul 24, 2009 9:52 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
thou shalt not covet thy neighbors big man...
must be written in the suns charter
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Aug 1, 2009 4:15 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs



















