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Thoughts on Rick Fox?



Thoughts on Rick Fox?

by NoMereRanger73

41 Comments

  1. My wife once delivered food to his house when he was with the Lakers. Vanessa was lying nude on the bed in the background. My wife told Rick that I was a HUGE Celtics and he said to her, “Sorry to hear that.”

    EDIT: Sorry, when I realized the story didn’t make sense I double-checked with the wife and it was a hotel room, not their house. She has numerous stories of running into celebs back in those days. I tend to get the details wrong when retelling them.

  2. He would regularly make some frustrating decisions on the court. After he moved on to the Lakers it was reported he had ADHD, which made sense in retrospect. Those were some pretty bleak years for Celtics fans when he was captain.

  3. Peterbutonreddit

    First name is short for Richard and his last name is an animal

  4. One of the top five stiffest Celtics ever. Greg Kite and Leon Powe are 1 and 2.

  5. First in a list of disappointing UNC draft picks by the Celtics during my fandom, along with Montross and Forte.

  6. WiserStudent557

    I really don’t think of him much as a Celtic. I never forget he played here but I hardly remember it either.

  7. Common_Effective_625

    Met him once at a thanksgiving day high school football game when he was with Eliza Dushku. He asked me what nfl teams were playing that day so I told him lol super random

  8. melkipersr

    I liked the episode of Party Down he was in.

    But, I liked every episode of Party Down, so that doesn’t mean much. Granted, I have only seen the original seasons and not the reboot.

  9. guitarpatch

    Another Rick Pitino casualty

    They had a 33 million dollar extension in place. Pitino then went and signed Travis Knight at the last minute. It put the Celtics over the cap as the league decided they couldn’t extend Fox after the deal

    Fox then went to sign w the Lakers for a 1 million dollar deal as it was late in FA and most teams had used their cap space

  10. Solid player.

    Possibly most handsome Celtic ever.

  11. The_Ruhmanizer

    Good roll player. I had some years where he was close to star level. He seems like a good guy in interviews, at least. I like him.

  12. Valuable-Baked

    Sucks he played for the Lakers and won there

    Loved him in The Big Bang Theory!

  13. ChickenWhiskers

    Everybody is being way too harsh in here. He’s a Laker, I get that but — Rick Fox was a lot of fun while he was here and was a fan favorite for a short while. Was saddled with years of Celtics’ teams with identity issues, disappointing youth, elder free agents and poor coaching yet showed incredible hustle on a night to night basis.

    Fox’s defense improved every single year while he was here (an immediately elite lane defender out of school), had a really nice interior game and basically carried our paltry second unit on his back from 92-94.

    Would have been a nice player for us during the Pierce years the same way he was a nice player during the Shaq & Kobe years, but of course Pitino let him walk to a rival.

    It’s almost like nobody in here is old enough to remember being excited he was in EDDIE.

  14. guesswhatIdontknow

    He’s no Dino Radja but still pretty good😂

  15. wesleyjosephson

    according to wikipedia he was married to Vanessa Williams and dated Eliza Dushku so I must admit I’m a huge fan of Rick Fox

  16. HueyLewisFan1

    I liked him and was upset Pitino traded him

  17. Willis050

    I liked him in the HBO show Oz. He plays a professional player thrown into jail

  18. SpezMechman

    Bill Walton voice: “Rick Fox is as good as any player in the history of the Los Angeles Lakers.”

    Not making that up. True quote from Walton. RIP Bill

  19. Laszlo-Panaflex

    Our org did him dirty, so on some level, I can’t fault him for the hate he had for us. Still, fuck Rick Fox. I enjoyed it when he was traded back here and we essentially forced him to retire.

  20. midnightbluesky_2

    great in my mom’s favorite hallmark movies

  21. Latter-Reference-458

    I liked his role in “Dope”

    My friend also worked for him at EchoFox and said he’s a nice guy (which seems to be rare for any celebrity)

  22. DontStealMyPen1

    At his peak, he was the 2nd or 3rd best player for the Celtics during a horrid time in the history of the franchise (imo Dino #1, Dee Brown #2).

  23. Finn_Fellow

    looks like he’s holding one huge egg to me 🧐 i mean the guy loves his eggs 😳

  24. He was alright in One Tree Hill. Those sorts of thoughts?

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