All Good Orange Basketball Players Go To Reno

by Sean Keeley on Jan 27, 2012 9:00 AM EST in Syracuse Basketball

The rich history of Syracuse Orange basketball players who pass through the Reno Bighorns organization on their way to greatness is legendary.

Never more so than when Gerry McNamara, Damone Brown and Donte Greene all teamed up in the Biggest Little City in the World to make the Biggest Little Magic on the Court. Of course, their lives went in very different directions after that, but the point is, Bighorns 4 Life.

The Syracuse world got a little more Horny this week when the Idaho Stampede traded Eric Devendorf to the Bighorns.

"It's just another opportunity to try to take advantage of," Devendorf said. "So hopefully I can do that."

This isn't Devo's first rideo with the 'Horns. He joined the team in December 2009 and was promptly cut three games later. Hopefully he leaves a more lasting impression this time around.

Devo joins a roster that includes DePaul's Bobby Simmons and a whole bunch of people I've never heard of. He's expected to join the team in time for Saturday's game against Springfield.

We almost had a Devo-Paul Harris reunion this Sunday when Reno takes on Maine but Harris was waived by the Red Claws last week.

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I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

by DanteAmore on Jan 27, 2012 9:03 AM EST reply actions

I dressed like Devo for Halloween the year he got arrested...

True story.

by MrSmithatHam on Jan 27, 2012 9:05 AM EST reply actions

Devo was playing well for the Stampede prior to this trade. I wish him the best in his new stint in Reno.

by SweetDevo2 on Jan 27, 2012 9:33 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Devo is never going to make the League

I know he’s had his various issues with playing overseas, but the only real reason to play in the NBDL is for the shot at getting called up to the big show. You don’t do it for the money. Devo would be much better off getting a halfway decent deal with a reputable Euro club. Someplace where he’ll make more than he does in the D-League and will actually pay him on time. Maybe he could hook back up with Andy in Espana.

"If I ain't gonna be part of the greatest, I gotta be the greatest myself." Busta Rhymes

by FeloniousPhunk on Jan 27, 2012 9:37 AM EST reply actions

Reno?

Hmm, I live in Sacto and probably could make it up there for a game. I know when I lived an hour from Bako, I actually went to a game where Gerry and Damone were playing. That was the night that Greene got called back up to the Kings where he’s been ever since.

Without Gerry McNamara we wouldn't have won 10 f-- games, not 10

by PoetryInMoten on Jan 27, 2012 1:59 PM EST reply actions

I found myself in the NBA store in NYC during that stretch where we had all the Reno players. Almost bought a Bighorns hat…kinda wish I did in retrospect.

by Dan Lyons on Jan 28, 2012 2:50 AM EST reply actions