Winnipeg Free Press (May 13, 2006)
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It's why this week -- as Victoria's Steve Nash won his second straight NBA MVP award -- it was hard not to think of Winnipeg's Todd MacCulloch.
"Huge odds," says MacCulloch. "Just to get to the NBA is tough. Staying there is tough. Staying healthy is tough. And so to do what Steve has done is practically impossible.MacCulloch played centre for the 76ers in 2001 when the Lakers won their second straight NBA final -- and O'[Neal] won his second straight series MVP. And then the very next year, MacCulloch played the same role -- only this time with the New Jersey Nets -- as the Lakers made it a three-peat and O'Neal collected his third straight Finals MVP award.Hoop Dreams and Fate's Schemes
As MacCulloch battles affliction, he marvels at MVP Nash
THE symmetry was always so striking.Two white kids from Canada take up basketball and defy long odds -- and a cavernous cultural divide -- to crack the NBA.They're novelties at first in a ...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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