This is the first edition of the segment I like to call Wanna Get to Know You (see post on 2/13 for more details). The inaugural member of the WGTKY team is Rodney Carney. You might ask, why Carney? What has he done to deserve this immense honor?
Well, Rodney Carney has mystified me since the end of December. I had no idea who he was until McHale took over as coach. He started to play more minutes and put together some fairly impressive stat lines. I had no idea where he came from and I wanted to get some more information on him and start to spread the gospel of Carney. So here it is:
Rodney Carney is originally from Indianapolis, and played college ball at Memphis. He was drafted by the Bulls in the 2006 draft and immediately traded to Philadelphia for Thabo Sefolosha. He spent the first two seasons of his NBA career there, and started to immerge as a solid scoring option for the team. While in Philly, he joined an R&B group called Boys II Men (pictured below).
Rodney in 2006 (middle back) with Boys II Men. So smooth.
Boys II Men had several number one hits throughout Carney's time with the group, but he was forced to leave them when he was traded to the Timberwolves this summer. He and Calvin Booth (who will definitely be featured in an upcoming segment of WGTKY) were traded to the Wolves in exchange for a $2.8 million trade exception. So in two NBA seasons, Carney has been traded twice. Things were not looking good for my man, even though he was regularly posterizing opposing players.
What up DWade. I like your tights. Here's a poster for you.
In the first few months of the 2008-2009 season, Rodney was not playing much. He plays as a small forward/shooting guard and was stuck behind Mike Miller and his ridiculous hair, and Rashad McCants and his mannish girlfriend. Then, at the start of the Wolves winning streak, he started getting more and more minutes. He had a four game stretch of 14, 22, 15, and 17 points in January while getting an average of 28 minutes per game. He even started to contemplate going back into the world of R&B.
His numbers have slid a little in February, but he remains a solid backup/off the bench guy. I'm convinced that one of the upcoming half time shows will just be Carney dunking, because it is an amazing thing to watch. More so than the spinning plates girl, or even the gymnastics teams. I'm going to offer my suggestion that the Reebok Performance Team should be replaced by Carney during each timeout and between quarters. He could do a choreographed dance, sing a little bit, and then come out and drain some threes. He's a triple threat.
That is all for now. Let me know if there are any Carney nuggets that I've left out.
-Sota
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