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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Where have you gone Neil Fingleton?
Last time we checked in with former Holy Cross backup center Neil Fingleton, the 7-6 British giant was looking for a new team after being cut by the Austin Toros of the NBDL.
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So where is Fingleton now? Back with his old English club, the Teesside Mohawks of the English Basketball League, who appear to be well entrenched in the cellar of the EBL's Division 3 North, according to the latest standings we could find, with a 1-9 record. Fingleton played for the club from 1996 to 1998, before coming to the states to play at Holy Name H.S. in Worcester, where he was a McDonald's All-American before heading off to North Carolina, and later to Holy Cross.

From the Dec. 7 issue of the British paper
The Evening Gazette:The game saw the debut of 24-year-old, 7ft 6in ex-All American High school and Boston Frenzy star Neil Fingleton.
Apparently "star" is one of those words that are used differently in "English English" than "American English."

Here's a search page from the Evening Gazette's Web site listing stories in which Fingleton appeared. Most of the mentions are in box scores. Despite seeming to score in double figures most games, there are few mentions of Fingleton in the game stories we bothered to read.

The Brits are certainly no power in European basketball. But Fingleton did not make the country's team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. In fairness to Fingleton, one of the team's centers (or centres, as the Brits spell it) is John Amaechi, who played with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz and the Houston Rockets. The team also includes stars like Fabulous Flournoy.
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