Where Are They Now?
This is a new feature which The Win Column will run, whenever we deem appropriate.
Today's missing man: VICTOR PAGE, best known to the average sports fan as Allen Iverson's running mate (likely in more ways than one) while attending Georgetown.
Before even graduating high school, Page's father (of pneumonia) and mother (of AIDS) had died. Before enrolling at Georgetown, he had already been arrested for weapon possession and cocaine possession.
After leading the Big East in scoring (22.5 PPG) during the 1996-1997 campaign, Page declared for the NBA Draft -- he went undrafted. Coincidentally, Page blames "an evening of drinking and carousing" for his draft's status freefall. Makes sense, considering his night of "carousing" caused him to miss the next morning's pre-draft camp.
Page later went 11th in the CBA Draft -- he briefly ascended to the NBA in September 1997 as part of the Minnesota Timberwolves' training camp roster, but was cut a few weeks later when he lied to team officials about getting into a fight. In turn, he returned to the CBA to play for the Sioux Falls Skyforce. When he left the team in 2001, he left as the team's all-time leading scorer. His jersey, #20, was retired in 2004. His Skyforce years were, nevertheless, marred with violence and instability. His role in "The Christmas Day Massacre," an incident which occurred on Christmas 1997, is well documented...when mid-game, he took a broom from behind the basket and chased and jabbed an opposing player with it.
In 2003, Victor Page suffered his greatest setback when he was shot in the right eye while in his childhood neighborhood (in southeast DC). Page lost his eye completely and now wears an eyepatch. Are you laughing yet?? Page claims to know the assailant, but has never revealed his identity to police. In 2004, Page was arrested for another weapons offense and plead guilty to a lesser charge to receive probation. In that same year, his cousin Jerome Stroud killed two teenagers -- prosecutors at Stroud's trial suggested that the shootings were in retaliation for the shooting of Page.
The latest word relating to Victor Page is that an independent filmmaker is working on a documentary about Page's life.
Today's missing man: VICTOR PAGE, best known to the average sports fan as Allen Iverson's running mate (likely in more ways than one) while attending Georgetown.
Before even graduating high school, Page's father (of pneumonia) and mother (of AIDS) had died. Before enrolling at Georgetown, he had already been arrested for weapon possession and cocaine possession.
After leading the Big East in scoring (22.5 PPG) during the 1996-1997 campaign, Page declared for the NBA Draft -- he went undrafted. Coincidentally, Page blames "an evening of drinking and carousing" for his draft's status freefall. Makes sense, considering his night of "carousing" caused him to miss the next morning's pre-draft camp.
Page later went 11th in the CBA Draft -- he briefly ascended to the NBA in September 1997 as part of the Minnesota Timberwolves' training camp roster, but was cut a few weeks later when he lied to team officials about getting into a fight. In turn, he returned to the CBA to play for the Sioux Falls Skyforce. When he left the team in 2001, he left as the team's all-time leading scorer. His jersey, #20, was retired in 2004. His Skyforce years were, nevertheless, marred with violence and instability. His role in "The Christmas Day Massacre," an incident which occurred on Christmas 1997, is well documented...when mid-game, he took a broom from behind the basket and chased and jabbed an opposing player with it.
In 2003, Victor Page suffered his greatest setback when he was shot in the right eye while in his childhood neighborhood (in southeast DC). Page lost his eye completely and now wears an eyepatch. Are you laughing yet?? Page claims to know the assailant, but has never revealed his identity to police. In 2004, Page was arrested for another weapons offense and plead guilty to a lesser charge to receive probation. In that same year, his cousin Jerome Stroud killed two teenagers -- prosecutors at Stroud's trial suggested that the shootings were in retaliation for the shooting of Page.
The latest word relating to Victor Page is that an independent filmmaker is working on a documentary about Page's life.
3 comments:
wow....great post. I would watch that doc
A.I. should give him some loot to get a glass eye.
victor page is my friend and a very kindhearted person. I never met someone so sweet. So all the people who think its funny or want to crack jokes can go kill ya'll selves..n even with his eye missing he will still go ham...so stop dat big bullshit..
:)
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