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From the Gridiron to the Backcourt, the Journey of the Canton Bulldog
Growing Up . . . Snow
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They’ve always had talent, but what were the Cavaliers like before they became rich and gigantic and famous?

Cavs.com has talked with Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Damon Jones and Donyell Marshall.

Today, we move on to the Cavaliers rough and ready point guard, Eric Snow ...


My best coaches coming up were … probably my brother, Patrick, and my cousin, David Greer.

My brother, Patrick, introduced the game to me. He was molded into playing hard all the time. And my cousin David was molded into always doing things the right way – both on and off the court. He was taking me around pro players, around college players so I could kind of see things as a younger player.

My brother was … tough. I’d tell my mother when he was cursing at me.

I was the youngest … of seven. It was cool. I mean, they say I was spoiled. They say my mom spoiled me. But I’m not a spoiled person, though.

Whenever we wanted something, they’d always get me to ask. I thought they really cared about me. But now I realize they knew that was the only way to get it.

The other sports I played were … football and baseball. I was a running back and DB in football. In baseball, you know when you’re younger, they put you everywhere. I even pitched. But I guess third base is probably the position I played the most.

I was actually better … in football, I just liked basketball more. Football, it got to the point where I just wanted to play the games. And I knew, eventually, I could get hurt like that. And I didn’t want to get hurt and miss basketball. So I liked basketball, but I loved – loved – to play the game of football.

The rivalry between my high school, Canton-McKinley, and … the other school is so real that I don't even know what other school you're talking about. That’s how real it is. I don’t even know who that other team is. All I know is that we played a team that wore orange and black

I knew I could be a professional basketball player … after my fourth or fifth year in the league. It felt like a year-and-possibly-out thing until then. It wasn’t until then until I felt like I belong and I could make this a career.




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