Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Lee Martin (born December 30, 1977) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played for the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA, and the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of China. The 6’9″ power forward played college basketball for Cincinnati before being drafted with the first overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets.

As a rookie for the New Jersey Nets, Martin averaged 12 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and finished second in voting for NBA Rookie of the Year. In his second season, Martin averaged 14.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks per game in helping the Nets rise from last place in the Atlantic Division to an Eastern Conference title and the best season to date in the Nets’ NBA history. Along with Jason Kidd, Kerry Kittles, Keith Van Horn and Richard Jefferson, Martin led the Nets to the 2002 NBA Finals, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers. In his third season Martin again helped his team into the NBA finals, where the Nets lost in six games to the San Antonio Spurs. The next year, Martin averaged 16.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks en route to his first NBA All-Star selection, as a backup forward for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. In the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, Martin scored 17 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and had 3 assists.

At the end of the 2003–04 season, Martin was traded to the Denver Nuggets for three future first-round draft picks in a sign-and-trade deal.

Martin played in 70 games during the 2004–05 season, averaging 15.5 points and 7.3 rebounds; however, a problem with his knee was detected shortly into the off-season, and on May 16, 2005, Kenyon underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee. Martin is believed to be the first NBA player to have, and to return from, microfracture surgery on both knees.

Martin was fined $15,000 by the NBA when, during the third quarter of a 2006 game against the Chicago Bulls, Martin as well as some of his friends got into a verbal altercation with some fans. He was also cautioned to no longer bring his entourage to games. To symbolize a fresh start to his career, Kenyon changed his uniform number from 6 to the number 4, which he wore in college, for the 2007–08 season.

Martin became an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2011; however, due to the 2011 NBA lockout, he opted to sign a one-year contract with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. His contract reportedly would have made him the highest paid player in the Chinese league’s history.On December 24, 2011, Martin was released from the club so that he could “take care of family affairs”.  Martin was initially not allowed to return to the NBA until the Flying Tigers’ season ended on February 15, 2012, if not later due to the 2012 CBA Playoffs.

On February 3, 2012, Martin signed with the Los Angeles Clippers. In his first game with the Clippers, Martin scored 6 points and collected four rebounds in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On February 21, 2013, Martin agreed to join the New York Knicks on a 10-day contract. He officially joined the team on February 23. He was signed to a second 10-day contract on March 5, and signed for the remainder of the season on March 15.

On January 9, 2015, Martin signed a 10-day contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. He made his Bucks debut later that night, recording 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block in the 98-84 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. He went on to sign a second 10-day contract with the Bucks on January 19, and for the rest of the 2014–15 season on January 29.

On February 19, 2015, Martin was waived by the Bucks.

On July 3, 2015, Martin announced his retirement from professional basketball.

Career highlights and awards
Points 9,325 (12.3 ppg)
Rebounds 5,159 (6.8 rpg)
Assists 1,439 (1.9 apg)
NBA All-Star (2004)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2001)
National college player of the year (2000)
Consensus first-team All-American (2000)
NABC Defensive Player of the Year (2000)
Conference USA Player of the Year (2000)
2× First-team All-Conference USA (1999, 2000)

FIBA Americas Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 San Juan National team
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Brisbane National team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1999 Palma National team

 

Brian Skinner

Brian Skinner (born May 19, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6’9″, 255 lb forward-center from Baylor University, Skinner was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round (22nd overall) of the 1998 NBA Draft. He has since played for the Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA, as well as the Italian team Benetton Treviso.

Between his stints for the Clippers and the Cavaliers, he was traded to the Chicago Bulls and the Toronto Raptors but never played a game for either team.

He was traded from the 76ers to Sacramento in the deal that sent Kings superstar Chris Webber to Philadelphia. During his stint in Sacramento during the 2004–05 season, he had one of his best career years with a 7.4 points per game average on a 55.4 percent shooting while also grabbing 8.7 rebounds per game. He also recorded a career high of 1.7 blocks per game during that season.

In early 2006, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, who then traded him in the 2006 off-season back to Milwaukee (along with Steve Blake and Ha Seung-Jin) for Jamaal Magloire.

For the 2006–07 season, Skinner averaged 4.4 points and 5.7 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game.

Skinner and the Phoenix Suns reached an agreement on a one-year deal in September 2007.

On July 31, 2008, Skinner signed with the Clippers, his former team, and re-signed with Los Angeles again the following season. In 2010, he joined the Bucks for the third time. He was released on January 5, 2011.

In January 2011 he signed with Benetton Treviso in Italy.

In 2011, Skinner made the Memphis Grizzlies’ roster after training camp, but he was waived on December 29, 2011.

Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1997 Trapani Team competition

Hubert Davis

Hubert Ira Davis, Jr. (born May 17, 1970) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. He is the nephew of Walter Davis, also a former NBA player, and was known for his accurate three-point shot. Davis later became a college basketball analyst for ESPN. He is currently an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

Davis attended Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, where he averaged 28.0 points per game in his senior year. He went to the University of North Carolina, he holds the record for the highest career 3 point percentage in UNC history. After averaging 21.4 points per game in his senior year at UNC, he graduated in 1992 with a degree in criminal justice, and was selected with the 20th overall pick in the 1992 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.

The highlight of his time with the Knicks was hitting the winning free throws after Hue Hollins called a disputed foul against Scottie Pippen in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern conference semifinals against the Chicago Bulls, giving the Knicks an 87-86 win.

He remained with New York for four years, and was traded to the Toronto Raptors prior to the 1996-97 season. After Toronto, Davis spent time with the Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons and New Jersey Nets. Davis played his final NBA game in 2004, finishing with career averages of 8.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

Starting in 2008, Davis began working for ESPN as a college basketball analyst.

On May 2, 2012, Davis was announced as an assistant coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels men’s basketball team under Roy Williams. Davis is also the head coach of the UNC JV basketball team, the only JV team in the ACC. Most recently, Davis helped the team reach both the 2016 ACC tournament championship game and the NCAA Final Four.

Career NBA statistics Points 5,583 (8.2 ppg) Rebounds 1,045 (1.5 rpg) Assists 1,172 (1.7 apg) Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Summer Universiade 1991 Sheffield National team

Bill Wennington

William Percy “Bill” Wennington (born April 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and 1983 World University Games, where the team won Gold. He was also on the Canadian team that narrowly missed qualification for the 1992 Olympics. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.

Born in Montreal, Wennington later attended New York’s Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School, where he played under coach Bob McKillop, and led the Crusaders to, at one time, a No. 1 ranking in the northeast region, and a top 10 ranking in the nation. He then was recruited to St. John’s University, and he played on one NCAA Final Four team under basketball coach Lou Carnesecca.

He was drafted 16th in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played his first several seasons. Wennington made his NBA debut on October 29, 1985. On June 26, 1990, he was traded to the Sacramento Kings along with two 1990 first-round draft picks in exchange for Rodney McCray and two future second round draft picks.

Before signing as a free-agent with the Chicago Bulls in 1993, he spent a few years in Italy playing for Virtus (Knorr) from Bologna. In 1998, Chicago-area McDonald’s restaurants sold a sandwich named after Wennington called the Beef Wennington. After the break-up of the highly successful Chicago Bulls of the 1990s, Wennington played his final NBA season with the Sacramento Kings. He played alongside Ron Harper, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman. Wennington was the backup center for Luc Longley.

After his playing career ended, Wennington became a radio color commentator for the Bulls.

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Career highlights and awards
3× NBA champion (1996–1998)
Italian League champion (1993)
Career NBA statistics
Points 3,301 (4.6 ppg)
Rebounds 2,148 (3.0 rpg)
Assists 440 (0.6 apg)

Representing Canada
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1983 Edmonton National team

Damon Stoudamire

Damon Lamon Stoudamire (born September 3, 1973) is an American retired professional basketball player and the current head men’s basketball coach at the University of the Pacific. He is the cousin of former Arizona Wildcats standout Salim Stoudamire and current NBA player Terrence Jones

Stoudamire had a noteworthy rookie season with the Toronto Raptors, being the team’s first ever draft pick, and averaging 9.3 assists and 19 points per game. He earned the nickname “Mighty Mouse” because he stands only 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m), and that he had a Mighty Mouse tattoo on his right arm going into his rookie season. He set the record for three-point field goals made by a rookie with 133 breaking the record at the time held by Dennis Scott. This record has been broken several times over since Stoudamire’s 133 mark. It is currently held by Damian Lillard, who made 185 threes in his rookie season. Stoudamire is third in assist average by a rookie. He ranked second in scoring among all rookies in 1995–96, and led all rookies in minutes played and assists. He received the Schick Rookie of the Month award twice and unanimously made the Schick All Rookie First Team, and eventually won the Rookie of the Year award, receiving 76 of the possible 113 votes, and the MVP award of the Rookie All-Star Game. He holds the record for being the third-lowest draft pick (7th overall) to ever win the Rookie of the Year award, with the lowest being Mark Jackson (18th overall). He is also known as the shortest player to ever win this award. He did not play the last 10 games of his rookie season due to tendinitis in his left knee. The Raptors finished that year and his rookie season with 21 wins and 61 losses.

In May 2011, Stoudamire joined the coaching staff of the University of Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team, where his coaching and recruiting contributions were noted with enthusiasm during the ’11-’12 season.

In May 2013, Stoudamire left Memphis to join the coaching staff of the Arizona Wildcats men’s basketball team.

In May 2015, Stoudamire left Arizona to rejoin the coaching staff of the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team.

In March 2016, Stoudamire left Memphis to take over the head coaching position for the Pacific Tigers men’s basketball team.

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Career highlights and awards
NBA Rookie of the Year (1996)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1996)
Consensus first-team All-American (1995)
Pac-10 Player of the Year (1995)
3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1993–1995)
Career NBA statistics
Points 11,763 (13.4 ppg)
Assists 5,371 (6.1 apg)
Steals 953 (1.1 spg)

Representing USA
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 St. Petersburg National team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1993 Buffalo National team

Austin Croshere

 

Austin Nathan Croshere (born May 1, 1975) is a retired American professional basketball player who played for five different NBA teams throughout his career in the National Basketball Association, and is now a TV broadcaster for the Indiana Pacers.

Croshere was the 12th pick of the 1997 NBA Draft, selected by the Indiana Pacers.

A 6’10”, hard-nosed player who can play the power forward and small forward positions, Croshere has shot 33.9% from three-point range over the course of his ten-year career. In the 1999–2000 NBA season, he had peaked at just the right time as he helped the Pacers advance to the 2000 NBA Finals, marking the Pacers’ first Finals appearance since the ABA-NBA merger.

He was rewarded for his performance in the regular season and particularly the playoffs with a hefty contract, which the Pacers soon learned to regret as lamentably, Austin never fully lived up to the promise he had shown. In fairness to him, Pacers coach Isiah Thomas seldom used him during the three seasons he coached the team. Croshere played 49 games in 2002-03, averaging a career-low 12.9 minutes per game that season as he fell out of the rotation.

Croshere became an important backup again during the Rick Carlisle years, and was a key contributor against the Detroit Pistons in the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals.

On September 26, 2008, Larry Bird announced that Croshere was invited to training camp with the Pacers for an opportunity at a second stint. He was waived on October 23, 2008.

Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Big East (1997)
Career NBA statistics
Points 4,475 (6.8 ppg)
Rebounds 2,649 (4.0 rpg)
Assists 627 (1.0 apg)

Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fukuoka Team competition

Othella Harrington

 

Othella Harrington (born January 31, 1974) is a retired American professional basketball player and current director of basketball operations for the Georgetown University men’s basketball team. After he finished his high school career at Murrah High School, he played in college at Georgetown University where he teamed with NBA superstar Allen Iverson. Harrington was drafted 30th overall (1st pick of the second round) in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. In 2011, Harrington was hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater Georgetown.

Harrington signed with the Charlotte Bobcats on July 19, 2006.

In March 2009, Harrington signed with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, the NBA Development League affiliate of the Los Angeles Lakers.[3]

He spent the next season in Iran.

Career highlights and awards
McDonald’s All-American MVP (1992)
Career NBA statistics
Points 5,212 (7.4 ppg)
Rebounds 3,130 (4.4 rpg)
Assists 443 (0.6 apg)

Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fukuoka National team
FIBA U21 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1993 Valladolid National team

Chuck Person

 

Chuck Connors Person (born June 28, 1964) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the associate head coach at Auburn University. Person played college basketball at Auburn and was selected fourth overall in the 1986 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers.

Person was selected fourth in the 1986 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers; the small forward won the Rookie of the Year award in 1987 and played six seasons with Indiana. Person averaged a career high 21.6 points in 1988. During his NBA playing years he was known as “The Rifleman” due to his 3-point shooting ability and the fact that he was named after Chuck Connors, star of the TV series The Rifleman. Person was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1993.

Person played for the San Antonio Spurs from 1994 through 1998. His “Rifleman” nickname remained appropriate, as he not only recorded the NBA’s highest season record for three-pointers made for a reserve player with 164 during the 1994-1995 season (a record broken over two decades later in the 2015-2016 season by Mirza Teletović of the Phoenix Suns), but he also held the Spurs season record for most threes in a season with 190 three-pointers made during the 1995-1996 season (a record that stood for almost two decades until Danny Green exceeded it during the 2014-2015 season). Person didn’t play in the entire 1996-1997 season due to injury.

Career highlights and awards
As player:

NBA Rookie of the Year (1987)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1987)
USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1985)
Third-team All-American – NABC (1986)
As assistant coach:

NBA champion (2010)
Career NBA statistics
Points 13,858 (14.7 ppg)
Rebounds 4,763 (5.1 rpg)
Assists 2,645 (2.8 apg)

Representing United States
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1985 Kobe National team

Ed O’Bannon

Edward Charles O’Bannon, Jr. (born August 14, 1972) is a retired American professional basketball player, known as a power forward for the UCLA Bruins men’s basketball team on their 1995 NCAA championship team. He was the ninth pick in the 1995 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft, selected by the New Jersey Nets. He spent only two seasons in the NBA, but continued his professional career for another eight years, mainly playing in Europe.

Leading up to the 1995 NBA Draft, O’Bannon hoped to be drafted by a team on the west coast. Selected ninth overall by the New Jersey Nets, he signed a three-year, $3.9 million contract. However, he became homesick.[10] In his two professional seasons, he was unable to find a place in the NBA, being too lean to play down low and not quick enough with his rebuilt knees to guard the perimeter.[3] His knee also started to break down.[10] He averaged 6.2 and 4.2 points per game respectively with the Nets and was traded to the Dallas Mavericks later in his second and final NBA season, where he had even less of an impact. In September 1997 he was traded along with Derek Harper to the Orlando Magic and released. “It wasn’t injury, it was confidence,” O’Bannon said about his NBA career. “I missed shots, got pulled from games, it affected my defense, and I lost all my confidence.”[11] Former Nets teammate Armon Gilliam said, “He’s a guy who didn’t find his niche in the NBA. He wasn’t in the right situation to grow and develop. He never got the opportunity to prove what he could do.”

O’Bannon is the lead plaintiff in O’Bannon v. NCAA, an antitrust class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (1995)
NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1995)
USBWA College Player of the Year (1995)
John R. Wooden Award (1995)
Pac-10 co-Player of the Year (1995)
Consensus first-team All-American (1995)
Third-team All-American – NABC (1994)
3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1993–1995)
No. 31 retired by UCLA
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame (2005)
Pac-12 Conference Hall of Honor (2012)
Career NBA statistics
Points 634 (5.0 ppg)
Rebounds 316 (2.5 rpg)
Assists 102 (0.8 apg)

FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 1990 Montevideo National team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1993 Buffalo National team

Sharone Wright

 

Sharone Addaryl Wright (born January 30, 1973) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Born in Macon, Georgia, he played collegiately at Clemson University from 1990 until 1994.

Wright was selected 6th overall in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He played four NBA seasons with the 76ers and Toronto Raptors. His best year as a professional came during his rookie season with the 76ers when he appeared in 79 games and averaged 11.4 points and 6 rebounds per game. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

While still a member of the Raptors, Wright’s NBA career was cut short by a car accident in Macon, Georgia in which he suffered multiple injuries, including broken arms and collarbone. In 203 career games, he averaged 9.7 points (from .456 FG and .618 FT), 5.0 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 22.3 minutes per game.

He also played professionally in Spain, Poland, South Korea as well as in the Netherlands with the EiffelTowers, where he won the dutch title as a player and also the dutch cup. He also won the game against Real Madrid

Wright later became a coach for HOOP-CAMPS in Europe.

Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1995)
Career NBA statistics
Points 1974 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds 1023 (5.0 rpg)
Assists 118 (0.6 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals[hide]
Men’s Basketball
Representing United States
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1993 Buffalo National team