Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)
Waymon Tisdale (Oklahoma)Waymon was drafted by the Pacers, and has played in Sacramento, but now is looking to help a talent-laden Phoenix team that can't seem to win games. He was drafted as a junior after being a two-time unanimous first team All-American in 1984 and 1985 and a consensus first team All-American in 1983. He enjoyed his finest season while he was in Sacramento in 1989-1990 where he was the go-to guy. At 6-9, 260 he provides muscle to battle against the NBA's big men.
Tisdale's Stats: PPG RPG College 25.6 10.1 Rookie 14.7 7.2 1986-87 14.5 5.9 1987-88 16.1 6.2 1988-89 17.5 7.7 1989-90 22.3 7.5 1990-91 20.0 7.7 1991-92 16.6 6.5 1992-93 16.6 6.6 1993-94 16.7 7.1 1994-95 10.0 3.8 1995-96 10.7 3.4 1996-97 6.5 2.3 Career (thru '97) 15.3 6.1
Xavier McDaniel (Wichita State)He developed into a player with a reputation for playing tough. He is a fearless trash-talking competitor on the floor, but is a nice guy when not on the hardwood. He was a member of the NBA All-Rookie Team, after finishing sixth in the league in offensive boards. Xavier was an All-Star in 1988 with the Sonics, playing on his home court in Seattle. On December 7, 1990 he was traded to Phoenix for Eddie Johnson and two first-round picks. After the season, he went to New York for Jerrod Mustaf, Trent Tucker and two second-round picks. He spent a season with the Knicks where he continued to bruise with the best of them. In 1992 he came to Boston as a free agent where he played for 3 seasons, steadily become less important to the team year after year, before finally leaving the NBA to play in Europe in 1995-1996. He returned to the US in 1996, signing a one year deal with New Jersey. In college he was a 1985 Consensus First Team All-American. He also led the nation in scoring that year with a 27.2 average. He led in rebounding twice, in 1983 with a 14.4 average and again in 1985 with a 14.8 average.
McDaniel's Stats: PPG RPG APG College 18.4 11.6 1.7 Rookie 17.1 8.0 2.4 1986-87 23.0 8.6 2.5 1987-88 21.4 6.6 3.4 1990-91 17.0 6.9 2.3 1996-97 5.6 5.1 1.0 Career (thru '97) 16.0 6.2 2.1
Chris Mullin (St. John's)Chris, a 6-7 swingman, was a unanimous first team All-American in 1985 out of St. John's. He was also the Player of the Year (UPI,USBWA). He's spent his entire career in the Bay Area, being a superstar scorer for the Golden State Warriors. He was an all-star for 4 consecutive years (1989-1992). Chris has once been named to the All-NBA First Team in 1992. He has been a Second team All-NBA Selection Twice (1989 and 1991), and a Third Team selection in 1990. He was a member of both Dream Team I that went to Barcelona, as well as the gold winning college men's Olympic team that won the medal in 1984. Chris has been plagued by injuries in recent years, not playing a full season since 1991-92. Prior to that, he led the NBA in minutes played in 1990-91 (3315) and 1991-92 (3346). Mullin scored his 15,000th career point on November 2, 1996. Chris wears number 17 in honor of his boyhood idol, John Havilcek. He epitomizes all that is good about his hero by being a hustling, determined player. In December of 1987, Mullin underwent a voluntary alchohol rehab program. His game improved the following year as he was rewarded with his first NBA All-Star Game selection, as well as being named to the All-NBA Second Team. He is a dangerous shooter with a career FG average that is better than .500 and a career FT average that has flirted with .900, but stay consistently around .860. On August 12, 1997, Golden State traded Chris Mullin to Indiana for Erick Dampier and Duane Ferrell. Indiana then immediately signed Chris to a 3 year deal through 2001 for 12.3 mil. Chris was released by the Pacers following the 1999-2000 season, but he soon signed a one year deal to return to Golden State.
Mullin's Stats: PPG RPG APG StlPG College 19.5 4.1 3.6 1.7 Rookie 14.0 2.1 1.9 1.3 1986-87 15.1 2.2 3.2 1.2 1987-88 20.2 3.4 4.8 1.9 1988-89 26.5 5.9 5.1 2.2 1989-90 25.1 5.9 4.1 1.6 1990-91 25.7 5.4 4.0 2.1 1991-92 25.6 5.6 3.5 2.1 1992-93 25.9 5.0 3.6 1.5 1993-94 16.8 5.6 5.1 1.7 1994-95 19.0 4.6 5.0 1.5 1995-96 13.3 2.9 3.5 1.4 1996-97 14.5 4.0 4.1 1.6 1997-98 11.3 3.0 2.3 1.2 1998-99 10.1 3.2 1.6 0.9 1999-00 5.1 1.6 0.8 0.6 2000-01 5.8 2.1 1.0 0.8 Career (thru 2000) 18.4 4.1 3.6 1.6
Charles
Oakley (Virginia Union)Charles was a hard worker and unrelenting rebounder for the Chicago Bulls, then moved over to the tough defense minded New York Knicks. He now is the backbone of a young and upcoming Toronto Raptors team. He had a game high of 35 rebounds during the 1987-88 season. This 6-9 forward is able to hit the 17 foot jumper when left alone, but also can crash the boards. He has an incredible work ethic, always coming to play the a hard game, but his competitiveness causes him to have a bad rap with other teams. He is accused of being a thug as he collects both flagrant fouls and technicals with the best of them (Barkley, Miller, Mahorn). His hustle has led to being nicknamed "Rover" because of his ability to recover loose balls. Oakley had his best year in 1994, being named both to the All-Star Team and to the All-Defensive First Team. He was drafted at #9 by Cleveland, then immediately traded to Chicago for Keith Lee. He came to the Big Apple in a trade in 1988 for Bill Cartwright and a swap of draft picks. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie team along with the likes of Ewing, Dumars, Xavier McDaniel and Karl Malone. Oakley joined fellow Knicks' co-captain Ewing as the only two untouchables on a New York's team which was purged following the 1996 season. Charles is an iron man...but not quite an AC Green...with two stretches in his NBA career of playing in more that 250 games in a row. Interestingly enough, Charles' career high in points is the same as his career high in rebounds, 35. Oakley is an entrepreneur, owning a car wash in both Cleveland and NYC. In a surprise deal, on June 25, 1998, Oakley was traded to Toronto along with the rights to Sean Marks for Marcus Camby. Believe it or not, Charles was named to his first All-Interview Team in 2001, the Second Team. With someone as outspoken as he is you would think he would have made it earlier. He was named to the First Team All-Interview Team in 2002. On August 31, 1999 Toronto re-signed Charles Oakley to a 3 year, $18 million contract. On July 19, 2001 Toronto traded Oakley to Chicago for Brian SKinner.
Oakley's Stats: PPG RPG APG College 20.3 14.0 Rookie 9.6 8.6 1.7 1986-87 14.5 13.1 3.6 1987-88 12.4 13.0 3.0 1988-89 12.9 10.5 2.3 1989-90 14.6 11.9 2.4 1990-91 11.2 12.1 2.7 1991-92 6.2 8.5 1.6 1992-93 6.9 8.6 1.5 1993-94 11.8 11.8 2.7 1994-95 10.1 8.9 2.5 1995-96 11.4 8.7 2.6 1996-97 10.8 9.8 2.8 1997-98 9.0 9.2 2.5 1998-99 7.0 7.5 3.4 1999-00 6.9 6.8 3.2 2000-01 9.6 9.5 3.4 2001-02 3.8 6.0 2.0 2002-03 1.8 2.5 1.0 2003-04 1.3 0.7 0.3 Career (thru 2004) 9.7 9.5 2.5
Karl
Malone (Louisiana Tech)
Joe
Dumars (McNeese State)
AC Green (Oregon State)AC Green was drafted by the Lakers, slipping late into the first round despite being a coveted prospect. He was a consensus 3rd Team All-American in 1985 at Oregon State. After winning championships with Magic's Lakers, he moved on to join Sir Charles in Phoenix, signing a free agent deal. He was elected by the fans to start the All-Star Game in 1990 along with teammates Magic Johnson and James Worthy while still in LA. Green has won two NBA championships (1987 and 1988) with those same All-Star teammates. He is a hard worker, and where his skills stop, his hustle picks up. He is also an iron man, in fact THE iron man, holding the record for most games played without taking a day off. He played his 1,042nd consecutive game On November 26, 1999 to break the all-time record. (Cal Ripken doesn't have anything to worry about though.) He is a superlative rebounder and knows how to fill the lane on the fast break. Not only can he rebound though, he is also a great defender, being named to the 1989 NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Phoenix traded Green to the Mavericks along with Michael Finley and Sam Cassell for Jason Kidd and others in a package trade in the middle of the 1996 season. What does A. C. stand for? Ironically, nothing at all. On September 1, 1999, Dallas re-signed A.C. Green to a 3 year contract (only the first year worth $1.7 million is guaranteed), then they traded him to the L.A. Lakers for Sean Rooks and a 2000 2nd round draft pick.
Green's Stats: PPG RPG APG College 14.7 7.7 1.6 Rookie 6.4 4.6 0.7 1986-87 10.8 7.8 1.1 1987-88 11.4 8.7 1.1 1988-89 13.3 9.0 1.3 1989-90 12.9 8.7 1.1 1990-91 9.1 6.3 0.9 1991-92 13.6 9.3 1.4 1992-93 12.8 8.7 1.4 1993-94 14.7 9.2 1.7 1994-95 11.2 8.2 1.5 1995-96 7.5 6.8 0.9 1996-97 7.2 7.9 0.8 1997-98 7.3 8.1 1.5 1998-99 4.9 4.6 0.5 1999-00 5.0 5.9 1.0 2000-01 4.5 3.8 0.5 Career (thru 2001) 9.6 7.4 1.1
Terry Porter (Wisconsin-Stevens Point)Terry Porter was drafted out of a Division 2 college, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, to join NCAA Division 2 teammate Jerome Kersey on the Portland roster. He helped lead the Blazers to two Western Conference Championships. He holds the Blazer's all-time assists record. He is a deadeye free-throw shooter and can also hit the Three, having competed in the long-distance shootout during NBA All-Star Weekend. Porter consistently finished in the top ten in assists during his prime. He was replaced in the Portland starting lineup by Rod Strickland, leading to a defection to the T-Wolves. He brought leadership to a Minnesota team on the rise, after years of turmoil. He has played in an all-star game for Portland in 1993. He had a career year in 1988-89. Terry is one of 5 active NBA players to amass 12,000 points and 5,000 assists. The San Antonio Spurs signed Terry to a three year contract worth 6.6 million dollars starting in the 1999-2000 season.
Porter's Stats: PPG RPG APG StlPG College 13.5 3.8 3.8 1.5 Rookie 7.1 1.5 2.5 1.0 1986-87 13.1 4.2 8.9 2.0 1987-88 14.9 4.6 10.1 1.8 1988-89 17.7 4.5 9.5 1.8 1989-90 17.6 3.4 9.1 1.9 1990-91 17.0 3.5 8.0 2.0 1991-92 18.1 3.1 5.8 1.6 1992-93 18.2 3.9 5.2 1.3 1993-94 13.1 2.8 5.2 1.0 1994-95 8.9 2.3 3.8 1.1 1995-96 9.4 2.6 5.5 1.1 1996-97 6.9 2.1 3.6 0.7 1997-98 9.5 2.0 3.3 0.8 1998-99 10.5 2.8 2.9 1.0 1999-00 9.4 2.8 3.3 0.7 2000-01 7.2 2.5 3.1 0.7 2001-02 5.5 2.3 2.8 0.7 Career (thru 2002) 12.2 3.0 5.6 1.2
John "Hot Rod" Williams
(Tulane)
John Williams was the sixth man for many years in Cleveland. He came off the bench to spell Brad Daugherty as a consistent rebounder and shot blocker. Hot Rod came to Phoenix in the controversial Majerle trade in 1995. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team in 1987 after playing a year in the US Basketball League with the Rhode Island gulls. Hot Rod finished his college career at Tulane as the school's second all-time leading scoreer. Williams left the Cavs as their all-time leader in minutes (20,802), blocks (1,200) and offensive rebounds (1,620). He is second on the all-time list in rebounds (4,669) and games (661), and fifth all-time in scoring (8,504).
William's Stats: PPG RPG BlkPG College 16.0 7.0 1.7 Rookie 14.6 7.9 2.1 1987-88 10.9 6.6 1.9 1988-89 11.6 5.8 1.6 1989-90 16.8 8.1 2.0 1990-91 11.7 6.7 1.6 1991-92 11.9 7.6 2.3 1992-93 11.0 6.2 1.6 1993-94 13.7 7.6 1.7 1994-95 12.6 6.9 1.4 1995-96 7.3 6.0 1.5 1996-97 8.0 8.3 1.3 Career (thru '97) 12.0 7.1 1.7
Gerald Wilkins (Tenn-Chattanooga)Gerald Wilkins is the younger brother of superstar Dominique. He was a key player on the Knicks team of the late eighties, consistently being the second leading scorer after Patrick Ewing. He was even once named player of the week (3/3/91). Gerald followed in his bro's footsteps, participating in the 1986 and 1987 slam dunk competition. He came over to Cleveland to help them out, but languished due to injuries. He didn't play at all in 1994-95. In 1995 he was picked up by the Grizzlies in the expansion draft, had a forgetable year unable to help out the team due to injury and lack of use, only playing in 28 games. He signed as a free agent with the Magic in 1996 and looked good for them as a reliable sixth man. The Magic signed him up again for 1997-98 with a $300,000 contract. In 1999, he signed a three year contract worth seven million dollars.
Wilkin's Stats: PPG RPG APG College 17.0 4.1 1.6 Rookie 12.5 2.6 2.0 1986-87 19.1 3.7 4.4 1987-88 17.4 3.3 4.0 1988-89 14.3 3.0 3.4 1989-90 14.5 4.5 4.0 1990-91 13.8 3.0 4.0 1991-92 12.4 2.5 2.7 1992-93 11.1 2.7 2.3 1993-94 14.3 3.7 3.1 1995-96 6.7 2.3 2.4 1996-97 10.6 2.2 2.2 Career (thru '97) 13.8 3.1 3.2
Michael Adams (Boston
College)
Michael Adams was drafted by Sacramento and played in Washington before settling into Denver where he has had some of his most productive seasons. He was named an All-Star for the first time in 1992 during his second tour as a Bullet. That year he finished third in the fan voting for the starting spot. He played in Washington for three more years before landing in Charlotte where he has been plagued with injuries. He has held the honor of being the league's all-time 3-point shooter and also held the record of 79 straight games with a three-pointer over the 1988 and 1989 seasons. Adams was a late third round draft pick out of Boston College.
Adams' Stats: PPG RPG APG StlPG College 13.9 2.7 4.0 2.3 Rookie 2.2 0.3 1.0 0.5 1990-1991 26.5 3.9 10.5 2.2 Career 14.9 2.9 6.5 1.7
Spud
Webb (NC State)
Spud Webb is only 5'7'', but he can still slam dunk the ball. He was drafted by the Hawks where he had a successful career, but was traded to the Kings for Travis Mays in 1991. "Spud" is a shortened form of his nickname "Sputnik" given to him as a baby. He played for Minnesota in 1995-96, but he could not sign a deal with an NBA team for the 1996-97 season, so he had to play in Italy.
Webb's Stats: PPG RPG APG StlPG College 10.4 1.9 5.7 1.9 Rookie 7.8 1.5 4.3 1.0 Career (thru '96) 10.0 2.2 5.4 1.1
Mario Elie (American Int'l)
Mario Elie was first drafted by the Bucks at 160 in the draft, but didn't play in the NBA until the 1990-91 season when he was picked up by both Philadelphia and Golden State. He signed as a free agent by Portland after being a reliable bench player in Golden State, then was traded to Houston for a second round draft pick. Elie helped the Rockets win both NBA championship both starting at small forward (he's only 6-5, though) and coming off the bench. Mario donates money to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation for every "three" he makes. He signed a two year contract worth 3.7 million dollars on January 23, 1999, leaving the Houston Rockets to join in state rivals, the San Antonio Spurs Elie joined the Spurs for the 2003-2004 season as an assistant coach..
Elie's Stats: PPG RPG APG College 17.8 8.4 2.8 Rookie (90-91) 7.2 3.3 1.4 1991-92 7.8 2.9 2.2 1992-93 8.6 2.6 2.2 1993-94 9.3 2.7 3.1 1994-95 8.8 2.4 2.3 1995-96 11.1 3.4 3.1 1996-97 11.7 3.0 4.0 1997-98 8.4 2.1 3.0 1998-99 9.7 2.9 1.9 1999-00 7.5 3.2 2.4 2000-01 4.4 2.3 1.9 Career (thru 2000) 9.0 2.8 2.6