Roger McClendon is one of my all-time favorite college basketball players. My man was smooth. His career ended before it started. He injured his knee in an NBA workout and never played.
Thanks for reminding me of David Rivers, he was a beast in the Italian league for Virtus Bologna, so much feared by the supporters of all the other teams
Hot Plate could do it all, man. So could Washburn and Smith. Watched all these guys who made it to the NBA from that year. I was only 5 in '84 but watched tons with my dad.
Charles Smith was a beast at Pitt. But unfortunately, his career is most known for failing to convert a layup with the Knicks vs the Bulls in the 1993 ECF Finals regrettably called the "Charles Smith game".
David Rivers has the dubious distinction of being the man to replace Magic Johnson at the PG position for the Lakers. Those shoes were too big to fill.
@@RickyFrech404 No problem. I grew up near NC State in the 1970s. David Thompson was my childhood idol. So I saw the picture and noticed it immediately.
Craig Jackson from Montbello High School in Denver, Colorado went to UCLA. I BELIEVE (so many years have past to remember all the details) he got hurt in his Sophomore year and was never the same thereafter. Tons of potential.
Good info! It's very tough to find some of the injury stuff, but hopefully, as I get closer to the present, I'll be able to present it even more accurately
Good class. David Rivers was great at Notre Dame but he was well known for wearing an afro in the 1980s. That's like playing disco music in 1984. Some people got Hot Rod Williams & Hot Plate Williams confused. Hot Plate led LSU to that Final Four as an 11 seed. NC State got Chris Washburn & would've had Danny Manning but Larry Brown gave the daddy as job as an assistant coach. He brought the son with him. Technically Danny Manning was a walk-on. His daddy paid his tuition. You called Derrick Chievous "band aid" 😂😂
Please show me a source for that because everything I've found says he came from Dunbar (though there admittedly isn't much out there): www.upi.com/Archives/1986/01/14/Sophomore-guard-Michael-Brown-has-quit-the-Syracuse-basketball/8633506062800/
medium.com/@uarkpress/the-greatest-high-school-basketball-team-ever-4445533123a7 This also says they played together. Very open to being wrong, but I don't appreciate the "do your homework" comment when I very obviously did a ton of research for this haha
Thanks for another one Ricky.At 0:48 the form on that Matt Beeuwsaert jumper was flawless. Gooseneck and all.
John Williams and I played on the same Summer League Team, Slam Jam at Dominguez High School in Compton, our Junior year of High School.
Roger McClendon is one of my all-time favorite college basketball players. My man was smooth. His career ended before it started. He injured his knee in an NBA workout and never played.
Nice. Gary Grant and I were high school teammates.
Thanks for reminding me of David Rivers, he was a beast in the Italian league for Virtus Bologna, so much feared by the supporters of all the other teams
Great video. I'm impressed you knew the nicknames The Amityville Horror and Master Blaster! Keep the great videos coming.
I live in Memphis, so gotta know The Master Blaster!
Hot Plate could do it all, man. So could Washburn and Smith. Watched all these guys who made it to the NBA from that year. I was only 5 in '84 but watched tons with my dad.
Tommy Tolbert and I were on the same Little League Teams for our entire careers.
Charles Smith was a beast at Pitt. But unfortunately, his career is most known for failing to convert a layup with the Knicks vs the Bulls in the 1993 ECF Finals regrettably called the "Charles Smith game".
The league should of found a place for Rivers. Hell he played well for the Lakers in the 89 finals what time he got.
David Rivers has the dubious distinction of being the man to replace Magic Johnson at the PG position for the Lakers. Those shoes were too big to fill.
You showed a picture of legendary David Thompson and called him John Thompson. The only thing they have in common is they played at NC State.
Oh dang! My mistake. Thanks for pointing this out!
@@RickyFrech404 No problem. I grew up near NC State in the 1970s. David Thompson was my childhood idol. So I saw the picture and noticed it immediately.
Yo, pause on Master Blaster 😅😅
Craig Jackson from Montbello High School in Denver, Colorado went to UCLA. I BELIEVE (so many years have past to remember all the details) he got hurt in his Sophomore year and was never the same thereafter. Tons of potential.
He was good? The crowd booed him at UCLa in the McDonald's game.
Good info! It's very tough to find some of the injury stuff, but hopefully, as I get closer to the present, I'll be able to present it even more accurately
Larry Brown said John Williams was the smartest player he had ever coached.
Ha! Chris Sandle played for the Arizona State BLUE Devils, not the Sun Devils?!?!😮
What are you talking about?
David rivers was a dog at notre dame !! I use to think that him and doc rivers were related
Pronounce "Beezwurt". I played against Matt in High School and traveling teams in 7th & 8th Grade.
Washburn was a lil Shaq
I wanted the 76ers to draft him so bad
Good class. David Rivers was great at Notre Dame but he was well known for wearing an afro in the 1980s. That's like playing disco music in 1984. Some people got Hot Rod Williams & Hot Plate Williams confused. Hot Plate led LSU to that Final Four as an 11 seed. NC State got Chris Washburn & would've had Danny Manning but Larry Brown gave the daddy as job as an assistant coach. He brought the son with him. Technically Danny Manning was a walk-on. His daddy paid his tuition. You called Derrick Chievous "band aid" 😂😂
Danny Was coming to UNC. I despise him until this day.
They called Chievous that in an old game I was watching while writing and I saw it on Basketball Reference, so I figured I'd throw it in haha
Mike Brown didn't play at Dunbar with Wingate. Mike was at Cardinal Gibbons in 82, Dave's senior year at Dunbar. Do your homework, man!!!
Please show me a source for that because everything I've found says he came from Dunbar (though there admittedly isn't much out there): www.upi.com/Archives/1986/01/14/Sophomore-guard-Michael-Brown-has-quit-the-Syracuse-basketball/8633506062800/
medium.com/@uarkpress/the-greatest-high-school-basketball-team-ever-4445533123a7 This also says they played together. Very open to being wrong, but I don't appreciate the "do your homework" comment when I very obviously did a ton of research for this haha
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