Otis Thorpe

One of the reasons the Grizzlies might be interested in trading Shareef Abdur-Rahim or Mike Bibby is Vancouver's need for another first-round draft pick. To complete their 1997 acquisition of Otis Thorpe from...

Phyllis Freed is a sports agent—and a tough one

New power forward Otis Thorpe (right) figures to improve Vancouver's rebounding, a category in which the Grizzlies were 27th in the league last season. But how much? "I don't know," says one scout. "He's 63 years...

A fact that has long been known in the underground surfaced during the playoffs last season: Pound for pound, the best pick setters in the league are a pair of scrawny guards, the Jazz's John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek.

Pistons forward Otis Thorpe is one of the league's hardest-working and most unselfish players—but also one of its most thin-skinned