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Michael Sweetney Joins D-League's Erie BayHawks; Tag Team with John Bryant

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In what is almost certain to be the largest front court in basketball history, Mike Sweetney has joined the Erie BayHawks.  With the BayHawks, he'll team with the 6-foot-11, 300 pound rookie John Bryant to form the D-League's version of the Natural Disasters.

Since I've already broken down Sweetney's decision to play in the D-League, I'll just include some quick bullet points to round out this post.

  • Resident blogger Mike Gansey and Blake Ahearn are going to love running off screens from the big fellas.
  • It's a shame Erie's all but eliminated from the playoffs already, because this team (Ahearn-Gansey-Jackie Manuel-Sweetney-Bryant) could really do some damage.  Unfortunately, it's going to have to be in the role of the spoiler.
  • It seems Cleveland and Erie share a pretty close affiliation.  Since the Robert Traylor comeback didn't work out for the Cavs, think they asked Erie to give another big man a second chance?
  • I had a lot of trouble deciding if the Sweetney/Bryant tag team is more like the Nasty Boys or the aformentioned Natural Disasters.  I had no problem, however, deciding that if Gansey and Ahearn were to form a tag team, they'd be the Rockers (sans sad ending).
  • The Erie defense might not be pretty to watch.  While they have a lot of very capable scorers, there's going to be quite a few possible match up problems.

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actually looked slimmer than I expected a few days ago. He’s still around 300 pounds, but I was surprised.

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by Jon L on Mar 11, 2010 6:32 PM EST reply actions  

Yeah

He’s not really a fat 300 pounds, but he’s definitely a big dude.

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by Scott Schroeder on Mar 11, 2010 6:49 PM EST up reply actions  

Love the multiple wrestling tag team references

Bummed that the team seems destined to go down as a too-little too late story. They’ve really showed signs of life recently (especially with Jackson) but even the other day without him. I would love to have seen the Gansey/Ahearn combo for a full season together.

So, was Erie second in line behind Maine on the claim list? Any word on why Maine passed. Your post earlier today made a good case for why they would’ve wanted him.

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by blogtalkbayhawk on Mar 11, 2010 11:03 PM EST reply actions  

Interestingly enough, Erie was TENTH

And I have a story going up this morning on why Maine passed.

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by Scott Schroeder on Mar 12, 2010 3:15 AM EST up reply actions  

Saturday night ought to be an awesome tag team match...

In the white tights: Allred/Dabbert: Skinny, move, pick and pop, board well, no D

In the dark tights: Sweetney/Bryant: Large, lumber, at the rack, board well, no D

Too bad we don’t have a cage for this…

Idaho can’t f#%^ around, their playoffs have started already and every game counts.

by Rumble on Mar 12, 2010 12:23 AM EST reply actions  

It should be a good one

I’m a bit weary to see Sweetney on the second night of a back-to-back though after having not played since forever.

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by Scott Schroeder on Mar 12, 2010 12:31 AM EST up reply actions  

And don't forget Saturday Night's Main Event

Mike Gansey vs. Donell Taylor in a first blood match for the title their one and only game this season against their former team since being traded for each other.

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by blogtalkbayhawk on Mar 12, 2010 8:34 AM EST up reply actions  

If they both start

Will they be introduced as " At a total combined weight of 560 lbs!!

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by vipersradio on Mar 12, 2010 10:16 AM EST reply actions  

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