My Rodney Rogers Memories

In case you haven't heard former NBA Player Rodney Rogers Crashed his ATV and was left paralyzed from the Shoulders Down. Midway through the 2002 season, the Celtics decided it was a bright idea to their rookie 6 foot 7 guard that they selected with the #10 pick in the draft. Why? They wanted to make a run at the weak Eastern Conference and needed some veteran help to give them a chance. So they packaged up Joe Johnson (now his 4th straight year 20+) for Tony Delk and Rodney Rogers. At the time it seemed like a move desperate to get the Celtics into a 2nd place position (because no East team had a shot against any West team) but Johnson wasn't doing much and at least it would give you some excitement in the postseason.That version of the Celtics consisted of the dynamic duo of Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker, with Kenny Anderson at the point, tough Eric Williams fightin downlow, Tony Brickhands Battie, and of course Walta. It was a team that in most years wouldn't sn...