There are a lot of these I'd like to know. There was a mystery man that Tony Jones said we almost obtained back like 3 years ago. Forget his name, but I think it was speculated that one dude from Orlando. I know that's super vague but he was a wing who had okay scoring numbers, would be a good bench guy and could start for some teams but not a strong starter.
Anyway, most of these "what if" scenarios are from eras where nobody is around to tell the story. Last night I was thinking about how the dynamics of beat writing has changed. For instance, not that any of us know Tony on a personal level, but it's different with Twitter and the internet and being able to interact with people that we at least have an idea of who Tony is, a bit about his background, a bit about his personality, etc., because of the way the internet has changed access. Contrast this to the late 90s / early 2000s (even with the internet) and you had someone like Tim Buckley with the Deseret News. I have no clue who that guy is. I have no clue if there's any basketball background or if he was just a journalist and took that job. The only way there was any kind of interaction (that I recall) was when he would go on something like "Talkin' Sports" and field email questions. These people are all long gone and who knows what they knew. It didn't ever sound like they knew much. Again, this was also in the days where the guys on KFAN were sources, not because they were good, but because there really weren't other sources out there. I remember sending in faxes of fake trades that they'd read on air (I was in high school). At that time, there was something more official about having a fax machine that gave it more legitimacy.
