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Apr

30

Randy Brown Title Rings to be Auctioned

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Randy Brown with the Bulls (ViewImages) Randy Brown 1996-1997 Championship Ring Randy Brown as Kings’ Assistant Coach Former Bulls guard and Sacramento Kings assistant coach Randy Brown will have to auction his three championship rings as part of his bankruptcy.

That’s unfortunate news for Brown, whose 1996, 1997 and 1998 championship rings will be auctioned off as a set for a starting bid of 19,000.

It would be cool to see a former teammate (someone like MJ) help Brown out by buying the rings and giving them back to Brown.

While a reserve who did not play much on the Bulls second three-peat squads, Brown is a Chicago guy and always seemed to be jovial and entertaining persona as a player, somewhat like Cliff Levingston was on two of the team’s first three championships.

My favorite Randy Brown moment has to be Game 1 of the 1996 NBA Finals, and it had nothing to do with anything Brown did on the floor that game.

During the first game of that series, Seattle tried to use journeyman Frank Brickowski to get in eccentric Bulls’ forward Dennis Rodman’s head. Of course, Brickowski failed the part, getting ejected immediately and crying to the officials.

As Brickowski was being escorted off the floor, he had to pass the Bulls’ bench, where Brown proceeded to talk crap to him. Once Brickowski made his way to Brown, the Bulls’ guard wouldn’t let him pass for a moment and playfully bumped Brickowski’s chest.

After passing, Brickowski hurled a few expletives at Brown, who laughed and shrugged it off.

That’s how great those old Bulls teams used to be.

Even a career backup like Randy Brown had the gall and confidence to dismiss a jerk like Brickowski, who could be an effective shooter when he wasn’t acting like a tough-guy goon.

While some people would view Brown as being a punk for the way he handled Brickowski, it’s the sort of action you wouldn’t see from NBA players nowadays who think they’re real tough guys when they talk smack.

Brown was just goofing around back in 1996 and making Brickowski look like a bigger jackass in by doing a much more convincing impression of a goon.

In all seriousness though, Sports Illustrated had a great article back in March about professional athletes going broke.

Check out the link below; this story is definitely worth the read if you haven’t seen it already.

An estimated 60 percent of NBA players are broke five years after retiring from the game!

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