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CJ Fair Was a Mad Ant Last Season
Rak to Indianapolis, Could Be a Mad Ant (indystar.com; Buckner)
The Indiana Pacers made a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday to send a 2019 second round pickin exchange for Rakeem Christmas.
Christmas, a 6-9 forward, played four seasons at Syracuse and averaged 7.8 points and 5.6 rebounds over his career. In May, Christmas participated in the first Pacers’ pre-draft workout as a potential second-round pick. On draft night, the Minnesota Timberwolves chose Christmas with the No. 36 selection and traded his rights to Cleveland.
“We really liked Rakeem when he came in for pre-draft workouts,” said Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird in a press release. “He is a solid player who was a contributor all four years at Syracuse and we look forward to having him on our team.”
With Christmas, the Pacers currently have six bigs (players who could fulfill the power forward and/or center positions) on the roster, including Lavoy Allen, Jordan Hill, Ian Mahinmi, Myles Turner and Shayne Whittington.
The logjam of bigs just may signal the Pacers’ plans to utilize the NBA Development League team Fort Wayne Mad Ants to help advance younger players.
Among this crop, Whittington, a second-year forward/center, has agreed to a two-year deal with the Pacers with the first year fully guaranteed. During his rookie year, Whittington made a late season trip to Fort Wayne and also appeared in 20 NBA games. Whittington averaged 2.9 points and 1.0 rebounds in limited time on the court – he not only played behind four veterans but also began the year while recovering from a broken fibula in his left leg.
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Cuse TV: The Tammi Reiss Interview (cuse.com; Higgins)
Assistant women's basketball coach Tammi Reiss certainly sports an impressive résumé as she heads into her first season at Syracuse University. Reiss starred at Virginia and in the WNBA, has acted, and coached in the collegiate and professional ranks.
Cuse TV's Brian Higgins caught up with the first-year assistant coach in the Carmelo K. Anthony Center. One can view the video by clicking on the play button above or by accessing the link in the side menu.
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Syracuse Professor Reveals Process Behind Stunning Tree of 40 Fruit (PS; Video; Herbert)
How do you make a tree bear more than one kind of fruit?
Syracuse University professor Sam Van Aken has not only found the answer, he's managed to do it with 40 different fruits. And he's sharing the secrets behind the painstaking process to make his stunning "Tree of 40 Fruit."
In a new National Geographicvideo, the artist and sculptor, who teaches at SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts, shows how he creates the trees through "chip grafting." The result is a "crazy" multi-colored tree that can bear 40 different varieties of stone fruit -- those with pits.
"The idea came from a fascination with the process of grafting. When I'd seen it done as a child it was Dr. Seuss and Frankenstein and just about everything fantastic," Van Aken told National Geographic.
The project began in 2008 when Van Aken discovered an orchard at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva that had more than 200 varieties of plums and apricots. When he learned it was to be abandoned, he picked up the lease and began experimenting with "sculpture through grafting."
In the clip, he explains that grafting works by slicing branches with buds from one tree and inserting it into a matching slit in a branch on the Tree of 40 Fruit. He wraps the wound with tape, and as it heals the bud grows into a new branch.
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