Fennis Dembo

[MisterCreosote]

 

[JackReacher]

I collected basketball cards as a kid. And for some reason, my one set was complete for MONTHS.....except for the Fennis Dembo card. I couldn't find that ******* card no matter how many packs I bought. I eventually found it, but still. **** Fennis Dembo.

 

[Songbird]

... was supposed to be THE ****!

I really liked Fennis Dembo.

But wasn't there another SI cover shot where he's flying thru the air?

 

[MisterCreosote]

All he did was win championships. One NBA season, one championship ring.

Greatest ever.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I have a game program signed by Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Fennis Dembo from 1988.

It's not quite as bad as the training camp autographs I used to get at Niners training camp in Rocklin where Jerry Rice would sign next to four guys who were cut after the second preseason game...

 

[Steak Snabler]

I have a game program signed by Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Fennis Dembo from 1988.

It's not quite as bad as the training camp autographs I used to get at Niners training camp in Rocklin where Jerry Rice would sign next to four guys who were cut after the second preseason game...

The same thing used to happen at the Senior Bowl. I remember waiting in line for half an hour to get Tracy Rocker's autograph in 1989, thinking he would be the next great NFL D-tackle. I also got autographs from 10 or 12 guys on the field after the '83 game (Bill Elko, John Tice, Steve Korte), but somehow missed Dan Marino.

 

[joe king]

I was way ahead of this curve.

I can't believe a thread like this has gone this long without mentioning Fennis Dembo.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Has Wyoming ever had another cover?

 

[Boom_70]

Always thought he should change his name to Dembo Fennis.

 

[joe king]

Always thought he should change his name to Dembo Fennis.

Or Dennis Fembo.

 

[Boom_70]

Desmond Mason was the poor man's Fennis Dembo

 

[slappy4428]

Remember interviewing him at the airport when the Pistons' plane landed... he was a little kid, eyes wide in disbelief over the crowd and winning a championship...

 

[93Devil]

Eric Leckner weeps.

 

[SoCalDude]

Saw Dembo and Leckner run UCLA off the court in the NCAA first round.
Next year, saw LMU run Dembo and Leckner off the court in the NCAA first round.

 

[Bubbler]

"Can the Hoosiers repeat?"

Uh, no.

 

[SpeedTchr]

Remember Dembo from Fox Tech high school in San Antonio. Had a sister named Fenise.

 

[joe king]

Remember Dembo from Fox Tech high school in San Antonio. Had a sister named Fenise.

That's odd. The story I always heard about his name was that it was a variation of finis, as in finished, because his mother said when he was born that she was done having kids.

 

[qtlaw]

Loved it when out of the blue there would be a team like Wyoming making a run through the NCAAs.

 

[Small Town Guy]

Loved Dembo and Derrick Chievous; had a thing for late-80s high-scoring forwards who did nothing in the pros.

 

[joe king]

Loved Dembo and Derrick Chievous; had a thing for late-80s high-scoring forwards who did nothing in the pros.

Wasn't Derrick Chievous the kid whose nickname was Band-Aid because he always wore a band-aid somewhere on him for no reason whatsoever?