RIP, Robert "Tractor" Traylor

[imjustagirl]

Apparently confirmed by his Puerto Rican team. Dead of a massive heart attack at 34.

http://www.huliq.com/10164/former-michigan-nba-player-robert-%E2%80%9Ctractor%E2%80%9D-traylor-found-dead-34

Hell.

 

[MileHigh]

Holy ****.

 

[Scouter]

Wow

 

[imjustagirl]

From wiki:

In the 2005 offseason, Traylor had surgery on his aorta.

I wonder how much he weighed at this point?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

 

[Iron_chet]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

Assume you mean in the draft and not by The Grim Reaper?

 

[CarltonBanks]

Covered him in his brief career with the Cavaliers. Great, great guy. This is heartbreaking.

 

[MileHigh]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

Yup. Sixth, Dirk was ninth. Then they were traded (Milwaukee and Dallas).

 

[NickMordo]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

I thought he was traded for Dirk

 

[CarltonBanks]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

I thought he was traded for Dirk

He was on draft day I believe. I think Dallas picked Traylor for Milwaukee, then Mil. chose Nowitzki for Dallas. They swapped and Milwaukee threw in something.

 

[Gutter]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

I thought he was traded for Dirk

He was on draft day I believe. I think Dallas picked Traylor for Milwaukee, then Mil. chose Nowitzki for Dallas. They swapped and Milwaukee threw in something.

Milwaukee threw in the rights to Pat Garrity as well.

Arguably could go down as one of the worst draft-day trades in history.

 

[CarltonBanks]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

I thought he was traded for Dirk

He was on draft day I believe. I think Dallas picked Traylor for Milwaukee, then Mil. chose Nowitzki for Dallas. They swapped and Milwaukee threw in something.

Milwaukee threw in the rights to Pat Garrity as well.

Arguably could go down as one of the worst draft-day trades in history.

Agreed. HOW in the HECK could Milwaukee part with Pat Garrity????

 

[melock]

Did anyone watch the video clip on the link? Good stuff.

As a Michigan fan, Traylor was a beast but part of a team that constantly underachieved. Never knew this, but he was part of a trade that brought Derrick Coleman to the 76ers.

Sad stuff though. Seemed like he was playing pretty well in PR.

 

[floridanewbie31]

scary and sad

 

[Bubbler]

Yep. The Taylor-Nowitzki trade fits in nicely with the general stupidity of the Bucks franchise from the 90s onward.

 

[Gator]

Drafted ahead of Paul Pierce, too. RIP.

 

[ifilus]

Yep. The Taylor-Nowitzki trade fits in nicely with the general stupidity of the Bucks franchise from the 90s onward.

The deal was prearranged. The Bucks knew they never had a chance to sign Nowitzki. He was recruited by Nelson for Dallas and had stated long before the draft that he would not come to the U.S. to play in Milwaukee.

 

[NickMordo]

Did anyone watch the video clip on the link? Good stuff.

As a Michigan fan, Traylor was a beast but part of a team that constantly underachieved. Never knew this, but he was part of a trade that brought Derrick Coleman to the 76ers.

Sad stuff though. Seemed like he was playing pretty well in PR.

He was also real good friends with some of the Flintstones, especially Mateen Cleaves, but both went to rival schools.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

Assume you mean in the draft and not by The Grim Reaper?

I chortled at this.

 

[Jake_Taylor]

Was he taken ahead of Nowitzki?

I thought he was traded for Dirk

He was on draft day I believe. I think Dallas picked Traylor for Milwaukee, then Mil. chose Nowitzki for Dallas. They swapped and Milwaukee threw in something.

Milwaukee threw in the rights to Pat Garrity as well.

Arguably could go down as one of the worst draft-day trades in history.

And Dallas turned around and traded Garrity for Steve Nash. Pretty good draft day for the Mavs.