Gerry Rigged

The State of the Orange blog says Gerry McNamara has been cut from the professional basketball team he was playing with in Greece. This move is a far cry from the buzzer beating three pointers Orange fans remember from yesteryear. Waters spoke to McNamara's agent and he says "The coach wanted him, but the owner wanted someone else, the owner fired the coach and got his way."

Since G-Mac last walked off the court for the Orange he has been logging lots of air miles. The former Orange star played summer ball in 2006 for the Orlando Magic. After not being offered a contract in O-Town he packed his bags for his first trip across the Atlantic to Greece. He suited up for Olympiacos BC and played all of one minute in his team's first five games. Then off to California he went, after reaching a contract settlement with his Greek squad he signed a deal with the Backersfield Jam of the NBDL. Then again he packed his bags.

On June 27, 2007 McNamara tried out for the Philadelphia 76ers and again no contract. Back to Greece he went. On November 7th he was cut...again. The pride of Scranton, Pennsylvania has suited up for 2 Greek teams, one NBDL team, one NBDL all-star team, two NBA summer teams and has been drafted by one team in the Continental Basketball Association.

So now what? State of the Orange is saying maybe it's going to be back in Syracuse. The Raging Bullz might not be his only option in Syracuse. Coach Boeheim may have a spot for G-Mac back on the bench, but that means hanging up the ball sneaks and picking up the clip board.
If he wants to keep playing he may have a chance to return to Bakersfield. He knows the coach and they should be able to track down an old McNamara jersey.

One of the wild things about this story is that Mateen Cleaves replaced McNamara in Greece. He's also the guy that took McNamara's spot last year in Bakersfield.

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