Legends to be remembered: Greatest players that never played in the NBA

[Lax4422Chik1342]

Connie Hawkins
Marvin Barnes - he wasted his talent away

The Almighty Hawk of Brooklyn DID play in the NBA for the Suns and Lakers although he was past his prime, Connie also played for the ABA and the NBL as well as with the Globetrotters, the King OF Ruckers, Connie "Mammoth Hands" Hawkins second after Baylor in above the rim forward flying forces

Sadly, Connie is very ill right now and is possibly near his end :<(

Marvin wasn't called Bad News for nutin'

[Psileas]

Sadly, Connie is very ill right now and is possibly near his end :<(

Not to spread false news, but isn't this info kind of old? I had read somewhere that he was recovering from his illness, although it was not revealed how well he was (nor did they reveal what he suffered from). IIRC, Wikipedia has removed the illness reference.

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[hateraid]

Kidd and Payton claimed that there was this guy from the Bay that was way better than both of them but landed himself in jail. His name was Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell. They did show some footage of him in jail. Short, his teeth all jacked up, but dunking over cars. Kidd even claimed he was a more skilled PG than himself.

[Lax4422Chik1342]

Not to spread false news, but isn't this info kind of old? I had read somewhere that he was recovering from his illness, although it was not revealed how well he was (nor did they reveal what he suffered from). IIRC, Wikipedia has removed the illness reference.

This is great news, I had not heard about his upgrade. I know that Hawk has been living in Pittsburgh so i will check with an acquaintence I have there to see if he has any official updates, thanks for pulling my coat on this subject very important to me, a lifelong fan of the Hawk since 1962

[Lebron23]

Nikos Galis - one of the greatest player that ever played in the Euroleague, and if you watched some of his highlights in youtube, you would be amazed that this guy is one of the best scorer in Europe, and a proven winner in the International Competition.

Awards

FIBA Europe European Player of the Year 1987
Eurobasket 1987 MVP
4-time Greek League MVP: (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
5-time Greek League playoff MVP: (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991)
6-time Greek Cup MVP: (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993)
Greek Basketball Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame (2007)
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors 2008

He averaged 33.0 points per game at the Eurobasket 1983, 33.7 points per game at the 1986 FIBA World Championship, 37.0 points per game at the Eurobasket 1987, 35.6 points per game at the Eurobasket 1989, and 32.4 points per game at the Eurobasket 1991. Galis was only a 1.83 m (6'0") tall shooting guard.

Some of his greatest Highlights

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq=f

[kidachi]

Bobby Parks

[Lebron23]

Bobby Parks

Allan Caidic

The Greatest 3 points shooter in Asia Back in the mid 1980's and early 1990's.

Scored 79 points in a Single PBA Game

Scored 22 points to lead the Philippines in beating China 82-72 in the 1985 FIBA Asian Basketball Championship Finals.



Allan Caidic's PBA Career Statistics:
(Excluding 1985 Amateur Guest Team Statistics)

Career Games: 598 games
Career Minutes: 17,620 minutes
Career 3-Points Attempts: 3,375 triples Career 3-Points Made: 1,242 triples
Career 3-Point Percentage: 36.8 %
Career 2-Points Attempts: 5,784
Career 2-Points Made: 3,079
Career 2-Points Percentage: 53.2 %
Career Free-Throw Attempts: 2,108
Career Free-Throw Conversion Made: 1,835
Career Free-Throw Percentage: 87.0 %
Career Points: 11,719 points
Career Scoring Average: 19.6 ppg
Career Field Goal Percentage: 47.2 %
Career Defensive Rebounds: 1,107 rebounds
Career Offensive Rebounds: 555 rebounds
Career Total Rebounds: 1,662 rebounds
Career Assists: 1,553 assists
Career Steals: 509 steals
Career Blocks: 96 shot blocks
Career All-Star Appearances: 8 All-Star Games (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)

Awards

PBA Rookie of the Year (1987)
PBA Most Valuable Player (1990)
PBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1993)
PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference (1995)
PBA All-Star Mythical First Team (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995)
PBA All-Star Mythical Second Team (1993, 1994)
UAAP Basketball Most Valuable Player (1982, 1984, 1985)
UAAP Basketball All-Star Mythical Five Selection (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986)
Asian Games Basketball All-Star Mythical Five Selection (1994)
PBA 25 Greatest Players of All Time (2000)
PBL 20 Greatest Players of All-Time (2003)

Team achievements

1985 PBA Reinforced Conference Champions
1987 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions
1990 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions
1993 PBA Governor's Cup Conference Champions
1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Conference Champions


International career highlights


1982 ASEAN School Youth Basketball Championship champions
1983 Asian Invitational Basketball Tournament, third place
1983 FIBA Asia Championship, ninth place
1984 William Jones Cup
1984 FIBA Asia Club Championship champions
1985 Pesta Sukan Basketball Championship champions
1985 William Jones Cup champions
1985 FIBA World Club Championships, third place
1985 South East Asian Games champions
1986 FIBA Asia Championship champions
1986 Guam Invitational Basketball Tournament champions
Guam Tournament Most Valuable Player (1986)
1986 Asian Games, third place (bronze medal)
1990 Asian Games, second place (silver medal)
Asian Games All-Star Mythical Five member (1990)
1991 China-PBA All Stars Goodwill Exhibition Series
1994 Asian Games, fourth place
Asian Games Tournament top scorer (1994)
Asian Games All-Star Mythical Five member (1994)
1998 Philippines-PBA All Star Selection Goodwill Series
1998 William Jones Cup champions
1998 Philippine Tour of the United States
1998 Asian Games, third place (bronze medal)

Philippine Basketball Association all-time records

Most points scored in a single game by a Filipino (79) - November 21, 1991
Most points scored in a single half (53) - November 21, 1991
Most points scored in a single quarter (37)
Most points scored in a single finals game by a Filipino (48) - 1987 PBA Open Conference
Most number of three-point field goals made in a single game (17) - November 21, 1991
Most number of three-point field goals attempts in a single game (27) - November 21, 1991
Most consecutive three-point shots made in a single game (8) - October 15, 1991
Most number of three-point field goals made in a single quarter (9) - November 21, 1991
Most number of three-point field goals made in a single All-Star game (9) - June 6, 1993
Most consecutive free-throw shots made (76) - October 22, 1992 May 11, 1993
Most number of three-point shots made in a single season (160) - 1990 PBA Season
Most number of three-point shots made in a career (1,242)
First Player to score 1000 career three-points field goal made in the PBA history - July 12, 1995
Third highest points scored in a single game scored by a Filipino (68) - November 2, 1989
Third highest points scored in a single quarter (27) - November 2, 1989
Second highest points scored in a single All-Star game (40) - June 6, 1993
Second highest number of three-point field goals made in a single game (15) - November 2, 1989
Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a Filipino (59) - 1988
Sixth highest points scored in a single game by a player (both locals/imports) (79) - November 21, 1991

Complete PBA Career Statistics

http://www.geocities.com/maong69/pba...at.caidic.html

[clayton]

Me!!!!

[usdmef9]

played in the nba but missed there prime? how about Grant Hill, he was supposed to be hugggge and his career was just riddled with injuries however he still showed he was a great player who's body was beat up.

[IversonKings3]

Mark Hughes captain of the Michigan Wolverines Championship team, never played in the NBA but played in Euro!!

[allball]

They guy that played PG for Russia back in the 80's
Pee Wee Kirkland
Manigault
Herman the Helicopter
the cat from Oakland that went to the Pen
Ben Wilson
Joe Hammond
Len Bias
Hank Gathers

Hon mention:

Main Event from AND1 (undersized but this guy was really skilled)

Not in their prime:

Rob Williams (drugs)
David Thompson (play degraded because of drugs and injuries)
Michael Ray (you know the story)
Arvydas (one of the top 10 all time centers if he comes in his prime)
Sarunas Marciulonis (injuries)

thinking of others..

[joshwake]

Oscar Schmidt
he was drafted but wanted to continue to play for the Brazilian National Team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt

[bdreason]

Helicopter.

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