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Acres is from California originally and grew up a Laker fan (in other words he was a crappy version of Paul Pierce). He attended Oral Roberts and was drafted in the second round by the Mavericks before playing in Belgium for his first 2 seasons to build up his game to be NBA-ready. At age 25 the 6'11 center joined the Celtics for the 1987-88 campaign and proceeded to suck for the Green for 2 seasons. After 3 more seasons in Orlando, Acres rounded out his illustrious playing career with a cup of coffee with the Rockets and Bullets.
In searching the web I've found out that Mark Acres now teaches in middle school in California. In fact here's a quote from one of his students Veon Lee:
I am a 8th grader from jh hull middle school right now, and he just made me do cardio without running today. He is very old, and no one at our school really know that he was a basketball player!
That's right people, Mark Acres teaches 6th grade and is the gym coach at JH Hull middle school. Check it out: http://hulllevy.tusd.org/Staff/tabid/2246/Default.aspx
Maybe Celts fans can email him asking why he couldn't help the 1988 Celts more. Maybe if he had a pulse and could've given valuable minutes, Boston could've beaten Detroit that year. Don't forget: the depth of the Pistons really gave the Celts problems that year. Maybe if Acres was able to push himself like he seemed able to motivate Veon Lee, the Celts would be gunning for Banner 19 this year.
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Awesome article tb! It's really interesting and fun to find out about former players, in particular those from whom we haven't heard in longtime.
When I was a kid we had that game for PC called "Celtics vs Lakers and the NBA playoffs" and I always wonder what happened to guys like Kelvin Upshaw or Otis Birdsong...
By the way, Acres was in that game too :P
Hey I've taught 6th grade. Even when your not throwing out swears you still manage to offend someone. lol. No offense to my fellow teacher, but I think any team that is counting on Mark Acres to win a championship is in trouble. He was like Scal, but not as chubby or a red head, so fans didn't bond with him. And before someone reminds me how well Scal played last yr in the playoffs, remember the one year that we did win a championship, Scal was wearing sweaters on the bench.
Bohemian, Upshaw's been getting some serious consideration from me lol, we will see....
Actually JR I think it's fairly possible he was less-skilled than Scalabrine. Imagine that. He was like a poor man's Joe Kleine. Ouch...
"A crappy version of PP". LOL!
I'd love to see pieces on both Upshaw and Birdsong.
Hmm, let's see, Acres was a McDonalds All-American (in the same class as Jordan), was drafted in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft, played several years in the NBA, and you create 'content' for an embarrassingly amateurish blog. Yes, I can definitely see why you'd be so critical of his past and present career. Good luck, douchebag. By the way, great showing by them Celts this year. Pathetic.
I didn't make up content you cocksucker. And this isn't an amateur blog. Why don't you read the other articles on here before making such an idiotic comment.
And why don't you identify yourself you piece of dog shit? Or are you Mark Acres?
I once ate at the same McDonalds as Michael Jordan. Yay I'm in his class!
I blame Otis Birdsong for this.
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