re: "José...Don't shoot!"

The other thing about Jose was every once in a while he could pull off a simply dominating performance. I remember going to his very first game (I think at home against Loyola of Chicago with Alfrederick "the Great" Hughes). It was his and John Williams' first game as Tigers. Jose scored like 22 points, outscoring Williams who was a 5-star PF out of Los Angeles. I remember thinking, "Wow! We've got 2 great FR bigs!", but he was inconsistent.

I remember that after spending time in the Dominican Republic and playing basketball with some of the locals, including Jose, that Greg Cook is the one who spotted Jose and called Dale.

Jose just seemed like an all-around great guy. I know he got drafted by the Mavs after the 88-89 season but I lost touch with how long he stayed in the league.

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If I remember correctly Brown told the team, "No one throw it to Jose, and Jose, if you get it don't shoot."

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Dale never told them not to pass it to Jose. However, he did tell Jose not to shoot.....like 3 times. The final time, as they were about the break the huddle, he looked directly at Jose and said, "Don't shoot the ball".

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Where Dale was saying, "I don't want you guys taking any horse shite shots".

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I remember that. I think Dale’s exact words were. “No horse shite shots Jose!”

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Here is a great clip of Dale chewing out Jose.

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I did a few LSU charters years ago, a couple during the NCAA tournament, the players loved Dale but the dressing downs and arse chewings he'd give them behind closed doors and off camera(impossible today,) were vicious, wouldn't go over today and I don't think the cream puff egomaniac college athletes of today could handle it either, you could hear him going at it in flight through the cockpit door

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verbal assault from Bobby Knight or Dale Brown?

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no shite!

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The ole transfer portal would be spinning like a slot machine at the Casino.

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yep

I think it was more like " DO NOT LET JOSE TOUCH THE BALL"

Damn I had no clue he was drafted in the 2nd round. Sounds like he passed up a nice payday there to go overseas.

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He had sharp elbows and wasn't afraid to use them.

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from the games i attended that was ABSOLUTELY the main thing i remember. he would get a rebound and holy hell you better get out of his way as he was clearing the ball. that was some mr miyagi elbow movement.

thanks for the image.

I recall passing him in the quadrangle and thinking that he was the most evil looking dude I'd ever seen. He had these weird looking ears and bloodshot eyes. By all accounts, he was a good guy though.

Wasn't this game the game up at Georgetown, and not Kentucky? I'm pretty sure I remember it correctly.