Wayne Embry
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Wayne Embry
Wayne Richard Embryis a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11-year career spanned from 1958 to 1969. He played for the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, all of the NBA...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 March 1937
team transition
We are a team in transition and need to play our young guys.
anderson drafted energetic knight winning year
Sometimes you don't know where winning comes from. One year in Cleveland, we drafted Brevin Knight and Derek Anderson and I'll be damned if we didn't win 47 games. When you get young, enthusiastic energetic players, you can do some things.
bring older trying youth
We're trying to bring in young players, not older players. We're on a youth movement.
enthusiasm few involved knew looked needed oldest potential sixth team teams time
We looked at this team and where we were and knew it was time to rebuild. We were the sixth oldest team in the league. We needed youth, enthusiasm and potential ... I've been involved with teams like this a few times. We did it in Milwaukee. We did it in Cleveland. We can do it here.
best chance playoff respect team transition
We are a team in transition and need to play our young guys. Out of respect to Aaron, I thought it best for him to be with a team where he has a chance to play and that is in a playoff hunt.