Jojo_I Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Ten is too much, here is my top five: 1) Norman Black - in my opinion the best import that ever played. Plays hard on both offense and defense.2) Bobby Parks - he has won more "best import" trophies than anyone else.3) Michael Hackett - not many imports can claim they scored 104 points or grabbed 48 rebounds (done separately) in a single game.4) Tony Harris - he still holds the record for most points in a single game. and, i think he's had more 70+ points games than anyone else.5) Sean Chambers - not as high scoring and not as flashy as the others but one of the most hardnose, no-nonsense players around. can always be depended upon to deliver when needed. Quote Link to comment
denimhead Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 batesparkschambershackettblackshousegamble Quote Link to comment
juandelacruzband Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Andy FieldsBatesSnake JonesHarrisWilliams (the guy who couldn't miss from 3-poit range)HackettBlackChambersParksWard Quote Link to comment
Knights_joshua Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 Billy ray bates pa rin ang the best Quote Link to comment
Knights_joshua Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 billy ray batesmichaek hacketttony whiteharriswardblackchambershouse parksbriggs Quote Link to comment
parts_unknown Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 eric brown(photog talaga to d ko alam kung bat naging import ng purefoods)agee ward(smb scored his career high 2 points in 30 minutes of action)isang laro lang siyaserious si ronnie thompkins nung d p adik Quote Link to comment
einglebert Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Kenny RedfieldTony HarrisSean ChambersLamont StrothersDerrick BrownDevin DavisRonnie ThompkinsTee McClaryBobby ParksLenny Cooke Quote Link to comment
donbh Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 1. Billy Ray Bates2. Michael Hackett3. Andy Fields4. Tony Harris Quote Link to comment
jason5678 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 1.billy ray bates2.michael hackett3.jamie waller4.joe ward5.darren queenan6.wes matthews7.carlos briggs8.chris king9.henry james10.kevin gamble Quote Link to comment
ray004 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 THE METEORBilly Ray Bates, Trail Blazer guardBY DAVE FITZPATRICK | dfitzpatrick at wweek.com [November 10th, 2004] Once, Billy Ray Bates held the world in his hands as surely as he held a basketball. After signing a 10-day contract with the Trail Blazers in 1980, the high-flying 6-foot-4, 210-pound guard slam-dunked his way into league history. During his rookie year in the NBA, he led the Blazers in scoring, taking it to the hole for an average of 25 points per game. It was a heady time for a Mississippi farm boy, the eighth of nine children, who got his start shooting hoops at Kentucky State University, followed by the Maine Lumberjacks of the long defunct Continental Basketball Association. Throughout 1981, Bates--nicknamed Dunk--continued his rise to stardom, thrilling fans with his aerial exploits. Then, one day in September 1982, his agent called. He'd been cut from the team. Bates checked into a Portland hospital, where he sought drug treatment. Bates played briefly with the Washington Bullets, before they let him go. He had a 10-day trial with the Lakers, but at 25 pounds overweight, that didn't work out either. In fact, he never played in the NBA again. He did play for two seasons in the Philippines, where he recaptured his former glory. "Those people, they loved me," he later told The Oregonian. "There, I was like Michael Jordan. I could have anything I wanted. All I had to do was snap my fingers. I had my own condo, my own car and my own bodyguard with an Uzi. Had to fight off the women." It didn't last. Bates later played in Switzerland, back in the U.S with the World Basketball League, the Philippines again, a few seasons in Mexico--even a season in Uruguay. But he never seemed to prosper for long. Bates hit bottom on Jan. 17, 1998, when he robbed a New Jersey Texaco station at knifepoint, slashing the ear of attendant Philip Kittel in the process. The crime netted Bates a grand total of five bucks--and seven years in prison. Today, Bates is an inmate at Hope Hall, a 164-bed halfway house for adult male offenders in Camden, N.J. During his stay, he has taken part in classes designed to mend damaged cognitive skills, ready himself for the workplace and learn how to manage his emotions. "This is one of the best facilities for...what's the word? Recovery!" says Bates, now 48. In the past, Bates has been vague about the root of his difficulties. In a 1992 interview with The Oregonian, for example, he denied having drug problems. But he now blames the gas-station robbery on cocaine and alcohol. "I went to play the lottery," he says. "And that's when the devil got inside me." According to Bates, he'd been hanging out with some younger friends that day, "trying to help them with their lives." Instead, he wound up drinking vodka, snorting cocaine, and holding up a Texaco. "That's not my character," he explains. "I was doing cocaine and drinking." At Hope Hall, Bates juggles church attendance, AA meetings and shifts at Aluminum Shapes, an aluminum extruder, where he readies products for shipping. In the evenings, he studies reading and writing at Camden Community College. In fact, he says, he's written a book, Born to Play Basketball, which he hopes to publish when he's released. But his burning ambition is to get back on the boards as a Portland Trail Blazer. "I'm trying to reapply myself in the NBA," he explains. "I been watching for the last 15 years, and I haven't seen anyone who can put the ball in the hoop like me." At the time of his arrest, Bates weighed only 26 pounds more than in his rookie year. "I'm in great shape," he insists. "Prison basketball is a lot more physical than the NBA. There's no whistle out there." Though his checkered past seems in keeping with the Blazers' tarnished image, it remains unclear whether he will get a chance to don the red-and-black. Authorities peg his current release for March 23, 2005, just three days after the regular season ends. Nevertheless, Bates is looking to the future. "I'm rehabilitated," he says. "I'm stronger than I've ever been. To all the Blazer Mania fans, I'll see you in 2005." Quote Link to comment
jetrink Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 In no particular order: Norman Black Billy Ray Bates Bobby Parks Sean Chambers Tony Harris David Thirdkill Cyrus Mann Andy Fields Ennis Whatley Michael Phelps notables: Carlos Briggs Donnie Ray Koonce Michael Hackett Quote Link to comment
Ven22 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Michael HackettBilly Ray BatesTony HarrisWesMatthewsBobby Parks Rob WilliamsTony LangThompkins of SwiftLamont StrothersEnnis Whatley---------------- Ayaw nyo ba si Andrew Moten?! na nagsabi na "They dont play basketball here! They play football! (nabalya siguro ni Jawo! ) lamont strothers smbkenny travis smbbobby parks shelltony harris swiftnorman blackbilly ray bates Quote Link to comment
ixnay Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 alvaradotaulava nice joke!.... for the topic... 1. norman black2. lamont strothers3. bobby parks4. michael hackett5. billy ray bates :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
agentjackbauer Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 1.billy ray bates2.michael hackett3.jamie waller4.joe ward5.darren queenan6.wes matthews7.carlos briggs8.chris king9.henry james10.kevin gamble Eto rin list ko, pro-Ginebra/Anejo, he he :hypocritesmiley: Quote Link to comment
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