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- 10 Greatest Players To Never Play In The NBA
Top 10 Players To Never Play In The NBA
Best 10 Basketball Players Who Not Played In The NBA
What if I told you some of the greatest basketball players to ever live on this earth never played in the NBA? It might seem crazy, but there were a number of amazing ballers that for one reason or another didn’t make it into the league.
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Some Of These 10 Great Ballers Had Tragic Life Stories :
10. Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell
A drug problem never allowed a playing career for Mitchell to occur.
9.Lenny Cooke
After averaging 25 Points and 10 Rebounds a game his junior year, he was averaging 31 points as a senior until he was ruled academically ineligible due to his 19th birthday. Instead of going to college he entered the 2002 NBA Draft, forfeiting his college eligibility. Nobody drafted him.
8.Marques Haynes
Harlem Globetrotters Team
7.Joe “The Destroyer” Hammond
Joe Hammond set the single game scoring record at Rucker Parker with 82 points, causing the Lakers to consider signing him to an NBA contract.Unfortunately, drugs consumed his life and a NBA playing career never occurred.
6. Benji Wilson
He had the potential to be a phenomenal professional player, but his life was tragically taken in a shooting at his school
5.Hank Gathers
Hank Gathers was the 1989 WCC Player of the year and a 2-time WCC Tournament MVP.Gathers was destined to be a great NBA player, but due to a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, he passed away at too young of an age. HE DIED ON COURT AFTER COVERTING AN ALLEY-OOP DURING A GAME . IMAGINE :(((
4.Oscar Schmidt
He played 26 years in the Brazilian league and scored 11,000 more points than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did in his professional career.
3.Earl “The Goat” Manigault
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar claims that Earl is the best player that he has ever played against, despite him never playing a second in the NBA.
2.Pee Wee Kirkland
Kirkland was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1969, but is said to have turned down the contract because he was making more money being a drug dealer.
1.Len Bias
Len Bias averaged 23 PPG and 7 RPG in his senior year at Maryland. He won accolades such as the 1986 ACC Athlete of the Year and the 1985-86 ACC Player of the year.
He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 2nd pick in the 1986 NBA Draft, but he suffered a tragic death two days later from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine
DONT DO DRUGS KIDS.
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I'm here for Hank Gathers......R.I.P. Hank Gathers 1967 - 1990
Oscar Schimdt actually had some source of invitations to the NBA, but FIBA didn't allowed NBA players to play for their national teams back then, so he decided not going there so he could play for Brazil. And he didn't just played in brazillian league, he played in Europe as well.
len bias would have been one of the greatest all-times
You missed Wayne Estes. He was the first Utah State BBall player to score more than 2000 points. He scored 48 in a game and then while walking home, tried to help fellow students injured in a car crash. He unfortunately grabbed a power line that had come loose and it electrocuted him. Much has been written about how this All-American would have been an awesome professional player. Very sad. No drugs, he was just high on life that night (was returning from phoning his mother to tell her about what he called his "best" ever performance) and was trying to help his fellow man.
LOL using the GOAT movie clips with Don Cheadle playing the Goat
Earl Manigault is definitely #1. He dunked from the free throw line in a game, he did 36 reverse dunks in a row, and he dunked twice with the same ball in the same jump, not to mention Kareem said he was the greatest players he's ever played against
All you mentioned was dunks, but that doesn't make you great, im not saying he not great.
Sorry not better than Sherman White ... Or don't you know who he is
I really liked Jay Edwards from IU as well--smooth, great clutch shooter. Hank broke my heart, I was in high school when that happened & I was devastated. Ben Wilson was another heart breaker, it's just devastating when these lives are cut short--he didn't even get to play college, killed the night before his high school senior year bball opener. 😢
I remember Len Bias, dude was a beast at Maryland.
At 5:52 Bias got up as high as Vince Carter. at least. When Bias died all I could think of is that he would have dethroned Jordan.
I agree. As a sixers fan It truly broke my heart When Len bias died. incredible player.
pee wee was too OG for the Nba
he's a straight savage
Madison Steorts King and True meaning of a Streetball legend
Len Bias was incredible, he was expected to be the next MJ and Larry Birds replacement on the Celtics. What a waste that he killed himself with Cocaine...
+Joe Cap I read article about that like 15 years ago in some magazine. Not sure if true but they said he used cocaine for the first time that night. He went to some house party and friends made him has some fun. Even if he survived I doubt he would have great career as expected considering this behavior to let someone makes you use heavy drugs.
To be very successful in sport you need talent (he had it) but also to be smart, surrounded by good friends and family, live healthy, rest much, to have passion and working ethic. And luck a bit. Even Bryant and MJ had some downs but all the rest were on extreme. Out of basketball Novak Djokovic and Federer (even I stopped being his fan since Djokovic have appeared) are one of the best examples what you should do to become true legend.
+Tom Dzeri I remember the hype about Bias. I live in Boston and went to the games back then. You may be right, but unfortunately we will never know
+Joe Cap yeah usually the kids that have this much talent don't make it because of drug's.
+Tom Dzeri indeed some of these kids are straight up thugs with a ton of talent.
Nothing more pathetic than shitting away raw talent on drugs
Damn, I watched the 30 for 30 documentary on Benji Wilson
So sad what happened over some petty shit. He could have been great
thats Chicago for you. (mind you, that was a loooooong time ago)
Andrew Phillips True, I know he died in like the late 80s
DubsOddysee mid 80s
DubsOdyssey same hers
DubsOdyssey same
Ben Benji Wilson is a legend here in Chicago.I remember the day Ben Wilson died i was in the 8th grade when the news broke that he died from a gunshot wound.I remember everybody in my hood in West Englewood was crying.Black,White whatever everyone in the city came to his funeral that year.Believe me if Benji was still alive he would have been the greatest to comeout of Chicago since Cazzie Russell that's how good he was.#ripBenji
as great as Benji was and not to tarnish Cazzie Russell, but remember Isiah Thomas, Mark Aguirre, Eddie Johnson, Terry Cummings just to name a few from Chicago. I purposely didn't mention Derrick Rose
oh yeah, kevin garnett
David Moore You forgot Dwayne Wade
Wow how did I do that?
David Moore I know and the names you mentioned i saw play when they were in high school and college but Benji was a special talent
Some great players on this list. Roger Brown was tremendous and unjustly banned from the nba because of a point shaving scandal that he had nothing to do with. Brown had a dominating career in the ABA and would have been a perrenial nba mvp candidate
Roger the Dodger and big Mel Daniels were the core of the Pacers during their ABA years.
Mel TECHNICALLY played in the NBA - for a few games during his last season.
John Wooden -- 3 time All American Indiana Rubber Man chose not to go pro because back then because gamblers ran the league. By the time the league became legit, he was well into his 30s and he was already coaching.
Great List, R.I.P Benji And Len
And hank
Nobody had more physical tools than Len Bias. If you could draw up a blueprint for the perfect basketball player, Len Bias would be the template. Had he possessed Michael Jordan's unreinguishing focus he would have been the greatest player ever. Instead he blew his NBA career and his life in a sea of white powder. Another tragic detour was taken by the brilliant Earl "The Goat" Manigault. Perhaps the greatest street yard player ever, he competed with the then Lew Alcindor at Brooklyn Prep. Alcindor was revolutionizing the game at Power Memorial in New York. After he became Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Kareem said that The GOAT was the best he'd ever seen. Heroin was the Goats undoing. All the talent in the world is often undone by a losing attitude and lack of discipline.
Joe Hammond was by far the best dropped 50 on Dr J & Joe only played the 2nd half! Imagine he played the whole game?
great video.....though real basketball fans already know who these guys are, maybe still add some narration as to explain why they didn't make it or what happen to them.
All the stories are in the description
I honestly feel like Len Bias was some illuminati type shit, like he had everything to be better than Jordan.
I know its kinda far fetched but I wondered that about Len Bias, Benji Wilson, and Reggie Lewis. Did you see when Reggie blocked MJ 4 times in one game?
Parker Fox yes that what I thought in my head
Parker Fox Yeah because Brian Tribble should have been given a life sentence for givin' Lenny that pure uncut cocaine!!! 💯💯💯 #RIP Len Bias
I kinda thought the same thing
I've always kinda though the same thing. Lenny was 2" taller, had the best mid range jumper in the game, and could jump to the moon. I watched 7 footers try to come out to block his jumper and he just elevated over them. Sadly we will never know, he and Jordan could have been like Magic and Bird.
Where ia Bodiroga he is considered to be greatest european to never play in NBA
Bodiroga was far worse than Nick Galis.
I know he played but it bugs me we didn't get to see Arvydas Sabonis in his prime
Dontdoittoyoself wow that was a legend, I think he was the best European basketballer in his time. He did play a short stint in the NBA (trail blazers?), but it was way past his prime.
Sorry but you have never heard about Nick Galis who is by far better than Bodiroga and he proved that being a top 3 scorer in college in Larry Bird's college era
This list is about american high school talent it have nothing to do with euro player you can do a video of euro league prospect if you want to
earl manigault is the best basketball player in the history of the world
he would whoop Jordans ass
Earl Maniguilt aka the goat is by far the greatest to never make it to the nba. Kareem Abdul Jabbar till this day still says he's the greatest player he has ever seen
Kareem WOULD know as HE is the NBAS true GOAT,not"Yokel"Jordan!!
No Earl Manigault is GOAT smh
Lets not forget the greatest college basketball scorer ever. Clarence (Bevo) Francis.
manny perez nba 2k17?
manny perez I hate that there is no real footage of him or Peewee
Len Bias! The only person that could have ever made me a Boston Celtics fan.
Me 2
Wayne Estes of Utah State University...certainly should be on this list.
These are all sad Stories but Ben Wilson, Len Bias, & Hank Gathers are Tragedies. I wish I could have seen Earl Manigault play, to be 6"1 and jump like that is unreal! Thanks for posting this!
Really!?!, yall actually showing movie highlights with Don Cheadle as 'Earl the Goat', lol, dam...
Eddie G i know right. Nobody born after '84 knows of the O.G. Of streetball earl manigault the Goat. That Don Cheadle movie rebound tells the story and lays homage but real footage would have been awesome.
Shawn Starkey they don't have real footage of him
Eddie G there isn't any footage of the real Earl.
he was double dipping like that!?
I don't know how good he was, but Dave Winfield was so good that he was drafted into the NBA even when he made it clear that he preferred baseball. It's clear that he made a great decision by choosing baseball. Does anyone have footage on him?
He was drafted by the NFL as well.
I remember Hank Gathers the year he died playing against LSU (at LSU). The had Chris Jackson, Stanely Roberts a 7 footer over 300 lbs, and some guy named "Shaq". Gathers at 6'7'' dropped 44 on them that game, going against 3 All Americans.
The saddest to me is Len Bias death. The day he was drafted #1 to the Celtics, he kills himself with crack. He would've been going to the raining NBA Champs alongside Bird, McHale and Parrish. Can you imagine that team!? Although I recently heard Bird say, "if Bias would've lived, I would've shut it down and retired."
great video. Can you turn down the volume of the music when the interview with Hammond is on. Id like to hear what he said but the music drowns out his words.
Imagine Len Bias on those Celtic teams in the 80's. Scary.
I'm here for Ben Wilson. My mother went to Simeon with him. That man is a legend in the Chi.
I REALLY wish we would've gotten to see him play college & NBA, wow what he would've developed into. However, most sorry for his family & friends--his son who never knew his Dad. God Bless.
Hank is #1 The Greatest NCAA player of all time. Was a fan when I was young.
great vid man. really original. this is the first time I've seen someone do this top ten.
Nikos Galis ,Dejan Bodiroga ,Dimitris Diamantnidis , Gregor Fučka , Thodoris papaloukas , Sergei Belov , JR Holden , Dino Meneghin , Sergio Llull
My former coworker was best friends with the GOAT and was also mad nice in ball also. Small world we live in.
I never tried coke because of Len Bias...Thank you Len (RIHeaven)........BTW.....The City of.Los Angeles' best two players never played in the association....Raymond Lewis and Freeman Williams
Freeman Williams played six seasons in the NBA. Agree about Raymond Lewis, what a tremendous talent, he should be at or near the top of the list.
Did Jay Edwards (Indiana) evervolay in the NBA? He was something else!
Got this from his Wikipedia page. Edwards was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1989 NBA Draft. A 6'4" guard from Indiana University, Edwards played in only four games for the Clippers in his NBA career. Since I'm an IU fan, I watched him play. Wish he would of stayed all four years. Great player! 🏀
Nice vid
+ASH BG Never
Raymond Lewis. L.A. street Legend. Excellent documentary can be found on him here on TH-cam.
Great video..
Growing up In Harlem, I've heard many great things about Pee Wee Kirkland..what a dope story he has
Great list
I would add some euro players: Bodiroga, Dalipagic, Delibasic, Cosic, Korac, Nick Gallis, Kicanovic, Belov (+ maybe: Papaloukas, Diamantidis, Dubuisson, Meneghin, Epi etc...)
Historically speaking, the biggest streetball legends not in the NBA (I'm not counting athletes succumbing before the NBA) :
* Earl Manigault whom had competed in a Division 2 Program on the NCAA level : he was a member of the Johnson C. Smith University Golden Bulls. He never played a minute during a game and he quit after one semester, but he made the team.
On the HS level, the GOAT finished high school at a private academy, Laurinburg Institute, in North Carolina, where he averaged 31 points and 13 rebounds per game.
* The best streetballer ever, Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond was a former professional basketball athlete himself.
In the EBL, Hammond averaged 20.6 PPG, 4.7 TRB, 2.9 AST during his two years stint with the Allenton Jets before the Los Angeles Lakers drafted him :
www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3354:joe-hammond&Itemid=342
Of course, other streetballer legends could be brought into conversation, but they weren't as good as the Destroyer : Hot Sauce, The Professor, Bone Collector...
I didn't expect to see Kramer on this list after his sorry exhibition of a 360 dunk back in about season 4.
ronnie fields bruh
Hank gathers and Ben wilson should be 2 and 3 respectively
Saw the title so came here to see if Harold "the show' Arceneaux was on the list. I honestly think he's in the top 10.
no Ronnie Fields seriously now?
smh the only reason I really watched the video for tbh with all due respect tho
He can take Lenny Cooke spot. Lenny Cooke had 4 points in a summer league game against LeBron James.
Lenny Cooke was legit. You're gonna discredit him because he had a 4 point game in an AAU tournament? Get the f**k outta here
Mike Abel Damn you all butt hurt and emotional. I'm saying I'm taking Fields and the other 9 guys on this list over him. So you get ya bitch ass the FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!
+Dontdoittoyoself You're pretty emotional
How Oscar isn't 1?
Len Bias
Oscar número 1 brasileño 🇧🇷 tremendo jugador.
João Silva probably because it was a way easier time playing in the Brazilian and Italian league
he was an unbelievable scorer, but couldn't do anything else and was allergic to defense. He was extremely selfish and not a team player. Just an individual scorer.
Oscar refused two offers To play in NBA Just because it would turn him unable to play for the national team. Schmidt is a hero in Brazil.
Bias and Bird together? NBA was about to be MAGNIFICENT!🇺🇲
The best I've seen yet. My only change would be
2. The Goat
1. Len Bias
I think St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson was another one nobody mentions. Was a monster in college and played on the Harlem Globetrotters also.
Yes
Bob Gibson was a baaaaad man
And where Is Krešimir Cosic from Croatia. He was first european who was drafted by nba team (La lakers)
Nick Galis is the all time best Fiba scorer in ppg and got the scoring title in every international tournament he played leaving guys like Oscar and Petro in the dust..the most amazing thing is that most of his scoring came from the paint with an overall .6 shooting whitch is indane for a 6 foot SG while the opposing teams were focusing their defenses solely on him knowing that if he goes unchecked it will be 45 on .7 shooting..on a moderate day he would give you 30 + no matter what!
That picture at 5:11 is incredibly crazy
Oscar Schmidt had also a succesful career in Europe! He's is an absolutely respectable player with great statistics even in age 40. And for sure he had not a tragic story. Great player!!!
prediction: Len Bias is #1
Yeah definitely can't be a legit list without Ronnie Fields. No myth. Kid was a lottery pick out of HS the year after KG (his HS teammate) had he not broke his neck in that car accident his Sr. year. Plenty of film out there of him. (I came out of that area, 2 years younger than Ronnie so I know)
I understand that the other top guys had potential, but Oscar Schmidt destroyed every pro-defense outside the NBA for 25 years.
Italy (2nd best League in the world at the time), European Cups, Olympics, World Cups, Pan-Am Cups. I think N.°4 is a little underrated considering that 2 of the 3 guys in front of him basically never played organized basketball.
You can’t always assume how good or great someone WOULD have been. For example if Ralph Sampson had tragically passed away before he got to the nba people would have been saying he would’ve been the greatest ever. I recall Al McGuire saying that Ralph Sampson would go down as the GOAT.
Then there is the OTHER extreme. No one and I mean no one made a big deal about Sam Bowie being chosen before Michael Jordan until after their NBA careers went in complete opposite directions. Then and only then was the pick ridiculed.
I actually thought that Danny Manning after his performance against Oklahoma in the natl championship would be top 5 of all time and clearly I was wrong. My only point being we do not know if these guys would’ve been great in the nba.
In those days that seemed to be a fairly standard opinion of Danny Manning. I can remember hearing sportscasters using his name with the reverence due a future all-time-great. It was a huge disappointment to me that he didn't live up to the hype.
For folks like Roger Brown, you CAN have a lot of info about how good he would have been in the NBA.
But he DID play every year of the "other league" - the ABA - that ended up being BETTER than the NBA in their cross-league matched EVERY YEAR after the first couple.
I don't ridicule the Bowie pick - big men were still BIG at the time and the team that picked him needed a BIG MAN.
If he had been a late 1'st round pick, he would NOT be counted as a bust.
You missed one. Ronnie Fields. The GOAT was played by Don Chields. Great job, but I would have saved that spot for Ronnie since there was no authentic footage.
The list should include Sergei Belov, Nikos Galis, Dejan Bodiroga, Dino Meneghin, Drazen Dalipagic.
5:06 I didn't know Denzel played ball😂😂😂😂😂
Shout Out to Curtis Jones R.I.P The best to ever come out of Detroit Northwestern 1968.
Amen, brother. Guy won a city championship against Spencer Haywood and Ralph Simpson, both went to the league
I respect that at least they put my boy Joe The Destroyer Hammond in this Top 10
The goat could pass for Don Cheadle
Ronnie Fields instead of Hook. Hook was a great dunker, but Fields would have been one of the best had he not broken his neck.
The late Raymond Lewis, out of Verbum Dei HS in South Central, is definitely in this group!
That's a great list. I know things are subject to opinion but that's a great list
Hook had crazy hops
lenny cooke for is the best.. he carried his team here in the philippines before got injured here in the pba..
What about Raymond Lewis? Jerry Tarkanian said he was the best high school player he ever saw! Had 50 points against UCLA back in their hey day.
Oscar Schmidt was arguably the greatest scorer that ever will be and the only reason he isn't taken in the conversation as the greatest basketball player of all time is because when he was in his prime he preferred to play in the Olympics rather than going professional. Michael Jordan might have been the one Kobe looked up to when he was in the NBA but when he was learning to play the game and moving his first steps in his career Oscar was his idol
Talent is talent, no matter where you're playing. Oscar could have played on mars and still would have been one of the best players ever
You do realize that he is the only one in the list who even made the HOF, right ?
The mid '80s basketball landscape isn't the same as today, you can't apply the same criteria to every player. It wasn't the same at that time and the NBA didn't have the same kind of global range it has today. Oscar proved himself against USA in 1987 and dropped 44 against David Robinson (arguably one of the best centers ever)
Very bad list. Where is Korac, Galis, Bodiroga, Diamantidis and Teododsic?
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+RyuuseiBlizzard trust me if you start watching euroleague,you will understand why those players need to be in that list...sorry for my bad english:)
+Ilias Vergakis *perfect english bad grammar tho
+Jovan Vidojevic Dalipagic i Cosic
Dino Meneghin,Zarko Paspaji
that no. 8 is so unbelievable... for some majority belief that today' s league has better dribbling,but in reality, old player like pistol pete is better because old dribbling, palming is not allowed
Len was MJs true rival. Boston would have won at least 3 more titles. Sad - we were robbed as was he.
Before looking, going for Len Bias, Oscar Scmidt and Earl Manigault (not sure how to spell those last two though).
Nice, but I guess it was obvious. I gotta look up this Pee-Wee guy though!
Hank should be #1. No question. Guy had LeBron's body. Amazing man.
Len Bias save my life thank u so much
How
+Bryce Stricklett because of his overdose I Neva tried Cocaine
Inspiration
So, when you try cocaine you're instantly dead?!! Sorry mate, you've tried to sound inspirational but your statement is actually really dumb. You sound like you had a plan or something to try and continue to use cocaine for years until you overdose but because of Len Bias you gave up on that plan. The statement would be great if you actually were an addict who gave up on cocaine after hearing about Lens death, but this way it's just dumb
+MateMišo how in the hell was I suppose to become a addict at 8yrs old when he died ?🤔
It suck Len bias died because it was sad to hear about his death and he would have been a tremendous nba player
Definitely liking the list but what about Booger Smith out of Brooklyn!??
Anyone seen Miidle School films of Demetrius Walker? HE WAS A BEEEASSSTT!! He was the best middle school player 2 years in a row!
Never will I ever forget the day Len Bias died. Summer of '86. June 19th.
Me either, one of the saddest days of my entire life.
I saw Bias' last game for U Maryland during the NCAA tourney against UNLV at the Long Beach Arena. After a slow first half took charge in the second. 6'-8" had tremendous hang on his jump shot.
Len bias looks like cash
Kreso Čosić, Dejan Bodiroga, J.R.Holden....
Hook played w/ my dad, mf used to fly back then man. My dad told me he had the wrong drug after HS n lost his mf mind. He could've been in the NBA had he not went down the wrong path. Sad to see ppl end up like that man. I still see Hook, but he just isn't the same man.
Sorry but you've never heard about a 6"0 ft guy, his name is Nick Galis who was ABSOLUTELY a MONSTER in college and he was averaging sometimes 40 points per game.Also Larry Bird believes it.When Larry says something like this, you know that is special
Lenny Cook has a sweet J, Oscar Schmidt was money. He routinely destroyed Thunder Dan Maherly (sp) in the Olympics. PeeWee Kirkland, Hammond, The Goat, Frosty,Lenny Cook, Oscar Schmidt, and Mouse McFadden would beat some NBA teams.
good vid, I kind of could tell by #7's nickname that he took drugs
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Meadowlark Lemon?
Wilt Chamberlain once said “Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player l've ever seen.”
Hank Gathers LMU, and Xavier McDaniel Wichita St. , the only 2 dudes to lead NCAA Div. 1 in scoring and rebounds in the same season, 👍
Kurt thomas TCU
True, 1995, Good Call
BIG PROBLEM ! You don't have the player who, in college, led the nation in scoring, was considered the #1 player in the nation, was going to be drafted #1 by the Knicks & honored by Madison Square Garden as one of the top 50 players ever to play at the Garden. Amend the list and give the #1 spot to: THE GREAT... SHERMAN WHITE, Long Island University RESPECT !!
I really enjoyed this list:
The only person on this list I never heard of was 4-Ocscar Schmidt, but his games looks like it would have definitely fit the 80's big man NBA.
knew very little of Hook Mitchell. Marq Haynes is probably one of at least 4 Harlem Globetrotters that could be on this list
I remember Lenny Cooke and all the hype around him like he was a Super star already with clothes and Jewels, looking back I think he could have been a serviceable nba player-but his lifestyle was too flashy and over the top then; he was 12 years too soon-he would fit in perfectly with today's entitled millennial ballers.
Why is there never a video of Pee Wee Kirkland or Joe Hammond playing? We have other grainy videos of other players from the 60-70's playing ball-all that drug money Pee Wee had and he never bought a simple video camera to capture his or Joe's skills?
---same thing with Earl the Goat, where's the "real" footage? I hope none of you all thought that was him!
lol-that was damn Don Cheadle in the biopic movie of his life!
i had saw Benji's name on lists before but only got to see him play when they made that ESPN 30 for 30 about him.
His game kinda reminds me of what Penny Hardaway probably looked like in high school.
I still remember sitting with my dad and watching Hank Gathers collapse on the on court-but we didn't learn until years later that it happened a couple times before while he was in college, kinda makes me think it could have been prevented.
And then there's Len Bias-the world still shakes it's head about him, nuff said
Oscar Schmidt may still be the all-time leading scorer in Olympic hoops.
I don’t think millennials are entitled 😂 they jus started to realize players have a voice more than they were previously led to believe
It’s a oxymoron to say entitled when ego is part of the game
Oscar Schmidt has a career total of 50,000 points, I ain't even capping. He got drafted by Boston and something happened in the contract negotiations or something and he got cut.
even if they did played in the NBA, they were destined for failure. Talent can only get you so far, they didn't have the discipline already at a young age.
Benji had the discipline, as did Gathers! Don't paint them all with one broad brush. Gathers and Benji weren't drug users, stayed out of trouble, went to school, and were well-liked. They practiced hard and always out-worked everyone around them, which was how they became so good.
Dis Nuts p
where's Nick Galis tho...
In Greece
Dejan Bodiroga , Dino Meneghin , Kresemir Cosic must be included.
Oscar great player but not in 4 position, if Brasil beated in Pan-am games in 1988 Canada and not Usa certainly not included
+cristiano garbin Bem, além da vitória no Pan de 1987, Oscar é o maior pontuador da história do basquete e também da história dos Jogos Olímpicos
Galis, Bodiroga, Dalipagić, Ćosić, Kićanović.... that's the true legends who never played in NBA. On this list you have only Oscar and others are street ball players, failed talents, drug problems and drug dealers, few tragedy including Len Bias.
man it's a shame that everyone has forgot about EMIL THERE'S Something IN THE AIR HEBERT, He Did BEAT HOOK 5 times And gets up much higher than HOOK, boy I would like to see some of his best dunks.
Gianmarco Pozzecco he play the summer league whit Cavs but after come back in Italy.he s a Italian Jason Williams
If Ronnie Fields & Benji aren't on this I will lose my mind