Comments on: Hey! Whatever Happened To Oliver Miller?

By: Lawrence Butler

Lawrence Butler — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:26:10 +0000

Played a round of golf with big “O”. Nice guy. Weight is sometimes a challenge that’s towers when there are other challenges in our lives. Not sure if this applies to “O” howe ver this was my concern. I now trimming down and trying enjoying life. Big “o” hats off to you. you’re also a force on the golf course.

By: Austin Kent

Austin Kent — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:27:39 +0000

I remember my first ever NBA game at the end of 1995. There I was, a 9 year old taking in the magic of my very first professional basketball game. It was in the Skydome and the Brian Williams-era Detroit Pistons were in town. The game came down to the wire and all I can remember is thinking that in the confines of this complex, nothing could ever go wrong. It was perfect. I think the Raps were down by two points with less than the shot clock remaining, maybe three points. In the final seconds we had the ball out of bounds and I fully expected Damon Stoudamire to jack the game winning three, he was, after all Mighty Mouse, and when you’re nine years old a Superhero nickname is enough to defy all rational thoughts of probability. We were going to win that game. But after the ball was inbounded the play broke down and who stepped up to jack the potential miracle? Big Oliver himself.

Oliver Miller would go on to miss that three pointer, and I grew up to be perfectly happy and healthy young man. But I can’t help but think about how much sweeter my life would be if he nailed it.

By: BothTeamsPlayedHard

BothTeamsPlayedHard — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:43:01 +0000

I’ll always remember the first game I ever went to in Boston’s new Fleetcenter back in ‘96…You know, the one where former Celtic Acie Earl dropped 40 and 12.

And great work in bringing up the two All Name Team Hall of Famers, Lee Mayberry and Exree Hipp. Forgot about my boy Hipp entirely.

As for Colossal Oliver, I was fortunate enough to have caught him during his stint with the Globetrotters a few years back (along with blind-fold extraordinaire Cedric Ceballos, no less) playing St. John’s in the Garden.
And I know it’s cliche’……But you really haven’t lived until you’ve seen Oliver Miller weezing up and down the court of MSG in a Trotter jersey, repeatedly missing layups after catching passes from the worst dunk champ in NBA history.

By: Rashad

Rashad — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:26:06 +0000

Seeing this dude crash and burn hurt me, because he really had talent. And it seems to me if the only thing standing between millions of dollars and sitting at home, is weight, that you should be hitting up Dick Gregory, Oprah and Jared to get that done. Instead he was overweight, and had straight men like me trying to sneak a peek under his jersey..I swear he looks like Barney in that pic you have.

On a more serious note, that brief mention of Exree made me remember that Laron Cephas passed a couple days back..

By: Ryan McNeill

Ryan McNeill — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:01:33 +0000

Thanks for this great blast from the past and it helped me deal with the Raps game being so horrible tonight. The line “sweating twinkies” had me in stitches - thanks buddy!

Your Wizards almost pulled out the win tonight… it’s a shame that Jamison couldn’t get any help from the supporting cast! I bet your keeping your fingers crossed that Butler is able to return in time for the playoffs. I’ll be scoreboard watching again tomorrow night to see if the Bulls can knock off the Nets and if Washington can take out Indy so that they can secure the sixth seed. As a Raps fan I’d prefer to see the Wiz because of their injuries AND because it looks like I’ll be able to score an interview with a writer for the Washington Post to chat about the series!

By: Strik

Strik — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:42:12 +0000

Ah the Big O. I remember when he averaged 12 pts 7 boards a game for the Raptors in 95-96. As a Raps fan I was foolish enough to think at the time that “maybe, just maybe the Big O is gonna turn it around for good.” Wrong. Oh well we still had Mighty Mouse, Alvin Robertson (who you should profile next. The man did get a quadruple double once upon a time.) and Sharone Wright to keep us happy. Man those were some BAD teams!