Rather unheralded, but really good, former Bama players
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The only one I know of was Carl Shaeffer in the 40s
Charles Cleveland was with the Sixers before Leon was drafted
Thanks, wasn't aware of Mr. Shaeffer.
Cleveland was probably my favorite 'Bama hoops player of all time. Don't recall him sticking with the Sixers (my favored NBA team until the early 70s), but do recall either that year or the next his trying out for the NY Jets as a tight end. Remember also wondering why Joe Willie couldn't get him a 'Bama glad hand onto the roster or at least a spot on the "taxi squad" as it was known back then 'til he (Cleveland) tuned up his pass catching skills - anybody else have any recollections on that?
Back on topic, I never would've made him a No. 1 pick as the Bulls did, but Jason Caffey had a decent 8th-9th man career in the NBA.
Alonzo Gee, Eric Washington, Roy Rogers.
Gee was a grinder and hard worker, but had to work his butt off to get to the league.
Eric Washington played a few years in the NBA, but was a solid contributor while he was at Bama.
Roy Rogers made the most of his talent and improved every year at Bama. He was drafted by Houston, but was hurt by the NBA strike that year. I think he played a few years.
Gee was a grinder and hard worker, but had to work his butt off to get to the league.
Eric Washington played a few years in the NBA, but was a solid contributor while he was at Bama.
Roy Rogers made the most of his talent and improved every year at Bama. He was drafted by Houston, but was hurt by the NBA strike that year. I think he played a few years.
Jim Farmer was second or third fiddle to Derrick McKey and maybe Mark Gottfried, but played several years in the NBA. As a first round draft choice, though, he might not be considered unheralded.
That dude was good and almost beat Marymount...ball hung on the rim.....and fell the wrong way
Coner was the guy on that team who was unheralded. Farmer got tons of glory. Gottfried would have had more had there been a 3 pt line for his whole career
He was not very good. He was five extra fouls....the only reason he made the Celtics roster was because of Wimp's rep at finding talent.
Yeah, I think he was the leading scorer on a team that had better NBA talent. He was a very good college player that didn't quite have the physical tools for his position in the NBA.
He was signed to rebound, much like Jason Caffey with Michael Jordan's Bull's. Caffey was another forgotten player.
Here is another few players to add to the list: Michael Ansley, Melvin Cheatum, and Jamario Davidson. And who can forget Erwin Dudley who I think would have played in the NBA for many years if he hadn't blown his knee out right before the draft.
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T.R. Dunn wasn't all that heralded once he got to Bama. He was in high school.
But he played in the NBA for a long long time because of his defensive skills.
But he played in the NBA for a long long time because of his defensive skills.
Actually, I watched that game on YouTube in the last year, and he left it short off the front rim
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