Scoop B Radio: Chatting With Retired NBA Center Matt Geiger

Scoop B Radio pulled another throwback from the vault on Labor Day.

We chatted with retired NBA veteran, Matt Geiger. Drafted 42nd in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat out of Georgia Tech, Geiger played for ten years for the Heat, Charlotte Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 9.2 points and 5.7 rebounds for his career.

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Hey, did you know that Geiger famously once refused to waive the $1.2 million annual trade kicker for the final four seasons of his six-year, $47 million contact, which stopped a trade that the Sixers had in place which would have shipped Allen Iverson to the Detroit Pistons. What a save for the Philly faithful, because the next season, the Sixers would become NBA Eastern Conference Champions, Iverson was the league MVP and the Sixers would face the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers in the 2001 NBA Finals.

By the way, for those basketball heads keeping score at home, that proposed trade per ESPN’s Marc Stein went like this

Eddie Jones, Glen Rice, Jerome Williams and Dale Ellis were Philly-bound; Iverson and Geiger headed to Detroit; Jerry Stackhouse, Christian Laettner and Travis Knight routed to Charlotte; and Anthony Mason, Toni Kukoc and Todd Fuller dispatched to the LA Lakers.

Now a real estate investor, Matt lets us know about: being a Southpark fan, his favorite food, how to learn from making mistakes and so much more.

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Brandon Robinson

Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson is a managing editor and columnist at RESPECT Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopB and Instagram: @Scoop_B. As a 12 year old, he was a Nets reporter from 1997-1999, co-hosting a show called Nets Slammin' Planet with former New Jersey Net Albert King and Nets play-by-play man Chris Carrino. He's also been a writer and radio host at CBS and a staff writer at The Source Magazine. He's a graduate of both Eastern University and Hofstra University. You can catch him daily on the Scoop B Radio Podcast. Visit ScoopBRadio.com to listen. For inquiries and to contact Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson visit ScoopB.com

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