RONNIE FIELDS "In the shadows" Why didn't he make the NBA? He was better than KOBE!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ส.ค. 2019
- As professional athletes coming into any professional sports, you don't get to determine where you will play for the first years of your career. You don't get to pick your coach, teammates, GM or fans like you do in college. Sometimes it works out for you and sometimes it doesn't. Here's an athlete it didn't workout for as of now. Here's 3 reasons why I think their growth was abruptly stunted. Who knows, maybe they'll return to form. I sure hope so. Thank you for watching. Please like, subscribe and share if you like this video and want more.
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Salute fam. Enjoy
@@stuntedgrowth Fo sho!!
@stuntedgrowth You're a very inspiring outreaching vlogger! Would we all benefit to take a page from your book of, "each one, teach one!" In some holy texts it's even commanded we do such! Young brother, continue to dispel the myths that railroaded far too many! That nothing comes easy lest it spoils and rots in the sun. Also, redemption is attainable no matter how far ones strays....provided they don't wait until all their time has gone! Continued success. Can't wait until your next post .
BRO! You just coming out with bangers! Ronnie Fields? JEEZ
Bro I’m from Chicago and dude is a legend had his own mural and everything dude was so NBA ready growth was definitely stunted!💯🔥
Fields was old in high school..
Jonathan Bender would be a good player to do a video on as well
Once again Great video bro. Lenny Cooke has to be next bro!!!
DonWonn25 that’s exactly the story that I’m waiting for
Def need to see Lenny Cooke
Real talk I remember Lenny Cooke from BK..he played in those ABCD Mega- Camps that LeBron James,Carmelo Anthony & Sebastian Telfair played in.. And Lenny Cooke was rated#1 overall in that camp, but somehow fell off due to BAD decisions and lack of effort off & on the basketball court.. Yeah he's the perfect example of wasted potential..Stunted Growth!!!!🙏🙏
Lenny had a documentary a few years back...saw it on TH-cam...pretty cool..it might still be up..
Great video can you do one of Ronnie Fields peer Paul McPherson he was from that Chicago area and went to DePaul in the late 90's with Quentin Richardson and Bobby Simmons he a brief stent in the NBA
Bruh... Paul McPherson was one of my favorite players and someone I patterned my game after when I hooped..
Bro you been dropping 🔥🔥
Can you have a do Kareem Reid the best kept secret New York's city legend Arkansas great
Indeed.
Good choice.
You goin crazy @stuntedgrowth ronnie fields is a certified legend #Salute
Hey here's an idea for another video. I went to college with this dude... I didnt know him personally but we were there at the same time, I graduated 2 years after him.
He actually MADE IT to the league but at the age of 29! At the time I think he was the oldest rookie EVER! He played on that Pistons team that lost in thr NBA Finals defending their title from the previous year. He was in the 2001 NCAA dunk contest too. The college we went to was only a division 3 school but he was a Star there. The crazy part about his story is that he might have gotten into the league at an earlier age but dropped out of high school to get a job because his girlfriend got pregnant. He probably was a D-1 prospect when he was younger but had to settle for a D-3 school because of his age I guess. His name is Horace Jenkins. Here is a clip of him in the 2001 NCAA dunk contest. There isn't much info on him on TH-cam. But they mentioned his name and did a little feature of his story back when the Finals aired. I remember watching it and taped it. I might even be able to find that VHS somewhere... maybe. Its a bitter sweet story. Dude made it... but it was kinda late. But better late than never. th-cam.com/video/huGxi0l5keU/w-d-xo.html
Great suggestion. Thank you. I'll check him out.
Horace Jenkins aka June is from Elizabeth New Jersey, he’s a legend in the city...
@@WEMADEUSENT Please tell us anything more you know about his story. Sounds like you grew up around him in the same city. I just saw somebody did an hour long interview with him on another TH-cam channel.
Yo this story was so sad but then turned great in the end. I really love that curriculum idea!
Way too many stories like Fields, in Hawaii they’re many who could jump out of the gym n ball, but because teacher(s), friends, and family take advantage of them now! And not help them get to the pros, or through college for the one term future. It’s sad to see this for many reasons but gals that he made it to the CBA, n over seas! He still got a taste of playing a game for $$! Thanks for sharing, Yong
Great video keep up the good work. Can you do Lenny Cooke next?
I was waiting on this one for awhile
Once again your videos keep me interested. I think a Nate Minnoy video should be next.
Great video. You should do a video on Paul McPhearson, another Chicago legend who held his own against Ronnie Fields.
Another dope video bro
You should find that Documentary they have of him online, VERY informative. He said the night he lost control of the car he was tired and sleepy. Someone offered him to stay the night, a sleep on the couch and leave in the morning so he could get some rest. But he refused and then that shit happen. SMH. Also even though he couldn't get into school because of grades it was some other factors that kept him out of DePaul so there's that too. But great jobs on your videos. You have another subscriber
Guys like Shaq n Garnett kinda had the one up on most because they where huge..a lot of these small gaurds had more skills but because there size wasn’t so crazy it made them less of a sure thing to nba scouts
Love, Love your work J. C !!
Saw Ronnie play in H. S with and without K. G. Met him once later in life. Great guy
How about a Sweet pea Daniels feature?
Great video can you do a video on Rob Phelps from Providence big east / Nazareth High School
I'm with DonnWonn25 can we get one on Lenny Cooke or even Josh Smith??? Great videos bro keep em coming
Good video
can you do one on Keith Appling and Renardo Sydney he was hyped to be a monster and fell from grace love your channel, thanks for convincing me to suscribe
Land of the Dread Heads almost cats weren’t checking for Appling LMAO. Sidney may be interesting
My nigga Kieth fucking blew up no stunted growth and describe it cuz I was on the block with him wondering why he on the block tryna hustle when the nba was right in his hands smh
10,000 dubs congrats man
💯Love bro
Cliff Alexander of Kansas, Chris Walker of Florida, Rashad Mcants, Sean May, Juan Dixon,
Wut up my boi u should do Lenny Cooke when get a chance
Lenny wasn't the same after Lebron destroyed him
Fax bro that humbled him real quick he was OD cocky played him once he had like 40 but I gave him 30 cause he was a head case and had no defense but he could ball can’t front @mrstanbmw
My guy. Do Richard Dumas.
Boi!!!! He was becoming a monster then disappeared.
Cocain
Man Richard Dunas was good. If he stayed in course Phoenix would've challenged the Bulls and San Antonio for years to come. So sad about his drug habit.
He did one on him just recently
Damn I remember Fields. Like watching these videos and learning what happened to these players. Glad he turned his life around.
Fields was a CBA legend though... at least he managed to excel somewhere, even if it was in a minor league. The CBA gave so many players to the NBA... but Fields' reputation prevented him from having a shot in the league
What part of his rep messed up his NBA prospects?
@@lefty206 he got arrested. That’s a BIG NO NO for the nba. When u have a criminal record before making the nba it’s almost impossible to make it
@@keyballaAllen was arrested and served Jail time. Ronnie fields simply wasn't good enough
Mad respect bro Ronnie Fields def a Chi Town phenom.
Do the guys that went to Findlay Prep when Micheal Peck was there. Dominic Artis, Nigel Williams-Goss, Brandon Ashley, Nick Johnson, Myck Kabongo. Thanks
Do Randy Livingston
Give me a shout I was the only one who mentioned Ronnie Fields
Ben Wilson need one
I never knew he even had an opportunity to go to college or that he played in league. I thought his sorry ended after HS. I'm glad you made this vid, gave me a bit more insight that I missed. I knew about Ronnie, just didn't know ALL of this. Btw, you're a fool for the "no respect from me, trying to secretly run a train on a chick. ." Comment. That had me dying. Not as much as your other comment on the Ball video, but it still had me dying. And facts btw, can not respect that either, if you're not upfront about your intentions with the female.
You have to do Kenny satterfield
Should do one on Hassan Adams someday
Dude was jumping out the gym at Arizona
Played against Hassan growing up. He was raw back in the 8th grade. Dunking was never an issue. Dude jumped out gym & played w a lot of confidence.
Excellent video i remember he was suppose to be the next M.J sometimes our creator has a different plan set for us and it's not always the one we expect.....
Please do Lloyd "Sweet Pea" Daniels.
He already did Sweet Pea
Do Ed "Booger" Smith next!
How about you do one on Dejuan Wagner if you haven't already
Classic line...”You gets no respect for secretly trying to run a train in my book” LMAO 😂
Man this is wild
Thank u I learned about him from the all the smoke 🚬 podcast with Kevin Garnett
How come kg n fields couldn’t pass the sat to get in college..these hood High schools aren’t teaching our kids to be academically good
THIS WAS OUR MICHAEL JORDAN IN CHICAGO. RONNIE FIELDS--KG--MICHAEL WRIGHT. GREAT TRIO
Please do Rashad McCants.
Yes please! I have been requesting McCants for a long time!
Might as well do one on Seventh Woods now and get it out the way...🤷♂️
Tom was slow asf in that clip 😂😂
Where can his documentary bounce back Ronnie fields story be watch at?
Do Shea Cotton
Never realized he got hurt early morning after his birthday. So he can't be looked at too bad for going out. Passing classes to go to college also couldn't be held against him. His first option was the league. At that point in his life he was far removed from education. He would have failed at somepoint. He should have gone overseas first to get money right after high school and worked his way back into the league and gotten away from negative influences.
Yeah.....um....he DID go overseas. Between the CBA and international ball....that was his professional career.
🔥🔥🔥🔥
BLAKE DA GREAT boy you fast!
Do one on Kenny Brunner
Oh dude, have you done Lenny Cook yet?
Can u make a stunted Growth on Mississippian Malik Newman???
Do ED Gray from Riverside ca fam.
Do Antonio Lawrence, #1 freshman & Sophomore....Then vanished and was blackballed.
RED! He was highly ranked in high school and starred at the ABCD camp, but he then disappointed in college... he played in the ABA (Jacksonville Giants) for a few seasons
@Southside_slim how was he blackballed?… huh? He moved to fresno is all I know then nothing almost .. u know the story?
ronnie was part of the reason kg left south carolina to move to chicago ronnie was in slam magizine they called him ronnie jordan
Ronnie's family took in Kevin's family...Kevin's family was having financial problems when he met Ronnie at the camp. Ronnie told his mom about Kevin's family situation and she let his entire family live with them in Chicago. When Kevin and his family moved to Chicago, he attended Farragut HS with Ronnie...I graduated elementary school with Ronnie...and the rest is history...I
@@qianabrown3662 also kg decided to leave SC because he got blamed for a fight at school he left because he didn't want to end up like Iverson who spent his senior year in jail tell Ronnie I'm a fan and them chi town ballers are underrated
Good for him✌
Can you do one on Jerome (Buddy) Harper. He was one of the best from South Carolina not to make it.
Jamal Tinsley had a short lived NBA career as well. I thought he would be a lot better
Tinsley forever a brooklyn legend. Wish his career would've went differently.
@@eibb5136 I didn't even know he eas from up that way. I remember how nice he was at Iowa State
I wouldn't say his NBA career qas short lived boy made good money played 11 years in the league he was really good for bout 7 or 8 of those
you call 11 years short lived?
Hit the 🐂 on the head with this one brotha!!!
Some players I think you should try
Seth Curry
Shaun Livingston
Iman Shumpert
Hank Gathers (RIP)
Reggie Williams
Marcus Keene (early but this man was cold)
how can you do them when they are cashing fat NBA checks
@@mrstanbmw he's literally done current nba players already
Great job. I did not know about the sex charges. No wonder he never made the league.
Chicago boy💯
This my favorite High school Player of All Time that never played in da NBA.. Kobe my favorite of All Time tho. High school and NBA #LongLiveKobe #DaGoat
Damn I remember him
Legend
Man that was a flash from the past. I remember the car wreck. This guy was crazy good but screwed up royally many times. Very sad. Guy could have been likely been at least an All star.
I’m glad this story had a happy ending
Ronnie fields was super bouncy
he was one of my childhood friends...we used 2 call him "E.T."
In Chicago all the old head love to talk about Rodney fields and KG..my generation had drose and Sharon Collins
You got ads in the middle of your videos now............. WE GETTING MONEY OVER HERE
32 12 and 5? Damn I wish I was alive to see that
Do Craig Tyson
Adrian A butter Walter one the best basketball play came on New York City
*Walton 🌝
Do the guy that took Jordan’s spot in high school!!!
Markee Cooke is the best story. Suffolk va finest
Do booger from nyc
Booger handles
He the one that plugged Garnett Factz💯
Mighty mighty.
No he wasnt GARNETT was coming here or to NY with MARBURY. GARNETT was suppose to go to WHITNEY YOUNG but there were some questions about his grades out of SOUTH CAROLINA in high school and the fact that them guys off the AVE was giving him money already made them back off
Bro I ain’t talking about bringing him to the school.
Peace to the Chicago b-boy legend
+stuntedgrowth Ronnie Fields was NOT better than Kobe. I was there during that era. He was supremely athletic, but had very glaring flaws in his game. Tim Thomas was better than Ronnie Fields.
It's time to make a video on Russ Smith aka Russdiculous
It was only right you did this
Or do Tommy Prince, Tayshawn Prince brother
That's what makes Kobe the legend he is. He never got side tracked with anything.
@Andre Ricardo Bryant Well he didn't get sidetracked on his way to the NBA we should say lol
Kobe was going after girls too just without social media
He also broke his neck and he wasn't the same player after the car accident.
Number fifth pick baby
What about Terrence Williams love your content
Did bro Thank you
This guy was the original d rose
He should join big 3
utimately he was an undersized 2 guard who couldn't shoot or dribble.
Now finally someone who is telling the truth. Someone who understands a 6'2 guard with no PG SKILLS and no jump shot is not making an NBA in the 90's
Facts he’s a legend, but look at how he shot that free throw unless you were AI special the league wasn’t doing undersized 2 guards
@@bernardhoward882 thank you BERNARD guys look at YOU TUBE and 30 for 30 as the barometer for truth these days. Alot of people on here only know about FIELDS because of the internet and try to tell someone about what it takes to get to the league. I mean 1st BIG 3 GAME and ton of people talking about FRANK NITTY ans the NBA amd thought I was HATING when I said NO WAY and that's in a league today that is WATERED DOWN from a skill perspective
@@TheBaller3213 Fields was fun to watch, and I had the pleasure of watching him dominate in H.S.., but if people really want to know what Fields would have ended up like with out the accident and charge, see Paul McPherson. I remember when he was putting up numbers in the CBA for the Rockford Lightning, the NBA scouts were saying he was a poor shooter who turned the ball over way too much to have a shot at the league.
@@floydturner2957 that waa after PAUL was in the league and just got caught in bad trades and that incident in the club. He went to the league right after DEPAUL once he was out the league PAUL was back hanging out in the city not taking care of his body and he was not really focused when he was in the CBA. Paul was a natural slasher and scorer and was built like a tank. Ronnie could not of played 2G in the league and thats why they tried him at PG in yhe CBA but his feel and skill level for that position didn't work. His game stayed the same which was all athleticism he never worked on his weaknesses and therefore couldn't take the next step.
KG would have better assisted Ronnie by getting him an invite to the T-Wolves training camp. Or at least a summer league spot. But he did not. Why? Ronnie's skills, aside from pure athleticism, did not match NBA levels for ball handling and shooting. Then came his sexual assault charges and problems. He did lose some raw explosiveness after the car accident but still played well in the CBA. Ronnie was 6'2" in shoes. If he had been 6'6" in shoes then he might have gotten a sniff at the NBA, beyond the Nets tryout. Now, if Ronnie had avoided the car accident then he would have been drafted into the NBA, maybe first round. Korleone Young was, but he was 6'6". And he didn't make it, but at least he cashed a few NBA checks. Maybe a non-car accident Ronnie could have stuck in the NBA for a while as a smaller version of Harold Miner. But maybe not. I did play against Ronnie in pick up games. He was a mighty NBA-level athlete. But he was very, very raw. It takes more than jumping power to make it in the NBA. But Ronnie was a sight to see in high school and on the local courts...
DaMN... this just sad
Jaun Dixon. Then Lonnie Baxter
Come on with the Edgar Sosa story
Scottie Hopkins
Bro if u play 2k u gota join my online league we at 2k27 just drafted 5th graders, u pry know everyone in the league
Nobody ever said Tom Brady was destined to achieve what he’s achieved
Not before he became who you know, but in hindsight you realized he was gonna make it as a quarterback and nothing else. Dude exudes quarterback.