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Dean Meminger

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Basketball Player

The Resume

    (May 13, 1948-August 23, 2013)
    Born in Waterboro, South Carolina
    Played for the New York Knicks (1971-74,1976-77) and Atlanta Hawks (1974-76)
    Coached the New York Stars (1978-80) and San Francisco Pioneers (1980-81) of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), the Albany Patroons of the Continetnal Basketball Association (1982) and the Long Island Knights of the United States Basketball League (1987)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was fired as coach of the Albany Patroons over his combative style with players, which included regularly suiting up to try to upstage the players during practices.
    After his firing as coach, he tried out unsuccessfully to be a player with the Patroons.
    He abused cocaine, even while working as a substance abuse counselor in the early 90s.
    He was found dead in a New York City hotel from a suspected drug overdose.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was MVP of the National Invitation Tournament (1970).
    His defense shut down Jo Jo White of the Boston Celtics in the deciding Game Seven of the 1973 Eastern Conference Finals.
    Wills Reed said, 'I credit Dean with that [1973] championship.... If he hadn't stopped Jo Jo, we never even play the Lakers.'
    He was WBL Coach of the Year after guiding the Stars to the championship (1980).
    He was badly burned in a fire in his Bronx apartment building (November 22, 2009).
    Although initial news stories claimed the fire was caused by Meminger smoking crack, a fire department investigation ruled otherwise. The fire department also reported that no crack paraphanalia was found in his room, further contradicting early press reports.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 79 Votes: 63.29% Annoying