Re: Nuggets pre-season game in Cincinnati may not happen

[Bryan Sherman]

I can understand him not wanting to play at the Shoe, but i hope they
can still have it here at US Bank arena or something...

On 10/4/05, Michael Ryan <address@hidden> wrote:
> From the Rocky Mountain News . . .
> (excerpt)
>
> Martin, meanwhile, is exercising no caution when discussing the University
> of Cincinnati's decision in August to force out coach Bob Huggins.
>
> Martin, who starred for Huggins and the Bearcats from 1996-97 to 1999-2000,
> said during a roast for Huggins last week he wants his No. 4 Bearcats jersey
> unretired and his awards removed from display on campus.
>
> Martin said Monday he will have his representatives make an official request
> to the school.  He said he has "no reason to go back to" the school and
> playing in any future preseason games there "ain't going to happen."
>
> Martin's stance could affect a Nuggets preseason game promoter Tim Johnson
> said is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 18, 2006, at the University of
> Cincinnati, although no contract has been signed.
>
> Nuggets assistant general manager David Fredman, who handles preseason
> scheduling, said nothing is "set in stone" and the team would consult Martin
> before playing in Cincinnati.  "Everybody that's played at Cincinnati (under
> Huggins) . . . has a bad feeling about the school now," said Nuggets guard
> DerMarr Johnson, who played for Cincinnati in 1999-2000 and said he also
> wishes to disassociate himself from the school.
>
> As for Martin's game, nobody knows it better than Johnson. The two are close
> friends. "He feels he can give us more than he did, especially a guy who
> came in and was paid so much money," Johnson said. "He's not content with
> that. He wants to give you what you give him."
>
>
> --
> Mike Ryan


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