Cavaliers' Snow looking ahead to coaching

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, April, 2008 | by PHIL JASNER jasnerp@phillynews.com

HE WILL TURN 35 on April 24. He has an arthritic left knee. He hasn't been in a game since Feb. 22. When Eric Snow arrived last night with the Cleveland Cavaliers, it could be - despite having another year left on his contract - the last time he enters the Wachovia Center as an NBA player.

This is Snow's 13th season. This is when he realized how long his career has been, and how quickly it has gone.

"It goes fast, extremely fast," the former 76ers point guard said. "But when you're having fun, doing something you have a passion for, it's going to go fast."

Snow's career began as a deep sub with Seattle in 1995-96, then blossomed when the Sixers acquired him during the 1997-98 season. He emerged as the solid, defense-oriented point guard that quarterbacked them...