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2007-08 ALABAMA Current Players In the NBA

Jermareo Davidson

Drafted in the 2nd Round (36th pick) by 2007 Immediately traded to Charlotte in exchange for Brandon Wright ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G GS FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA 2003-07 126 121 474 1016 .467 316 421

Years PCT 3PM 3PA PCT REB AST STL BL PTS AVG 2003-07 .750 4 19 .211 918 127 68 221 1268 10.2

DAVIDSON CAREER NOTES: Alabama Highlights: All-SEC for the Tide, starting all four seasons, including his freshman year where Alabama advanced to NCAA Elite 8...A John Wooden candidate his senior season in 2007...Son of Madonna Davidson...Born November 15, 1984...Atlanta, Ga. native

Robert Horry

Drafted 1st Round (11th pick) by Rockets (1992) (1992-93 thru 1995-1996) (1996-January 10, 1997) (January 10, 1997-July 2003) (July 2003-present) 7-Time NBA World Champion

NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. 3PM-3PA 3PT% FT-FTA Pct. 1993-2007 1062 475 2782-6524 .426 777-2259 .344 1262-1734 .728 Rebounds/Avg: 5160/4.9 Points/Avg: 7603/7.2

ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1989-92 131 481-1054 .456 275-377 .729 929/7.1 591/12.1

HORRY CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Owner of SEVEN NBA World Championship rings, leading all active NBA players in NBA titles; Only 2nd NBA player ever to win a title with three different teams; won three with the Lakers (2000, 2001 and 2002), two with Houston (1994 and 1995), and two with San Antonio (2005 and 2007)... Holds the NBA Playoffs record for most 3- field goals made in a game without a miss (7 of 7 against the in Game 2 of the 1997 Western Semifinal)...Holds the NBA Finals record for most steals in a game with 7 against the in Game 2 of the 1995 NBA Finals...Ranks 1st in NBA Finals history with 40 3-point shots made... Has played in 229 career playoff games ...Ranks fifth in Rockets franchise history in 3-point percentage (.365) and 6th in blocked shots (.343)...Set a Rockets franchise record with 9 3-pointers against Cleveland on 2-22-96 and set a single-season career high with 142 three-pointers made...Scored career-high 40 points (8 3-ptrs) against on 11-16-95...NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team in 1992-93...The first Rockets’ rookie to average in double figures since Olajuwon...A 1st round pick by the Rockets in 1992 and was traded with , and to the Phoenix Suns for in August 1996. The Suns traded him and to the Lakers for and Rumeal Robinson in January 1997....State of Alabama declared it Day on August 2, 2002.

Alabama Highlights: Alabama’s all-time leading shot-blocker with 285...Ranks in top 11 at UA in both scoring (11th with 1,591) and rebounding (9th with 929)...Won three SEC Tournament championships (1989, 1990 and 1991)...Two-time All-SEC...Academic All-SEC...One of only two players in the SEC to 100 shots a season---the other was Shaquille O’Neal (LSU)...Naismith Alabama High School Player of the Year and “Mr. Basketball” in the State of Alabama his senior year at Andalusia High...An Andalusia, Alabama native.

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Gerald Wallace

Drafted 1st Round (24th pick) by Sacramento Kings (2001-02 season-June 23, 2004) Charlotte Bobcats (June 22, 2004-present)

NBA CAREER STATS Year G GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. 2002-07 335 200 1278-2625 .487 71-245 .290 1607 .642 Rebounds/Average: 1607/4.8 Points/Average: 3388/10.1

WALLACE CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Twice named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week in 2006-07...Going into 2007-08, ranked 4th in the NBA in steals..Slam dunked his way into the finals of the 2002 contest as a rookie, finishing second at the popular All-Star Weekend event...Played in 54 games his rookie season with Sacramento in 2002, averaging 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds a game...Has played in 15 NBA playoff games... Career highs going into 2007-08 include 42 points--the franchise record-- with Charlotte against on January 31, 2007 and 17 rebounds against Memphis on March 10, 2007...Made 12 of 16 free throws in a march 26, 2006 game at Memphis...Selected by the Charlotte Bobcats from the Kings in the NBA Expansion Draft on June 22, 2004

Alabama Highlights: Played for the Tide for one season as a freshman in 2000-01...Averaged 9.8 points and 6.0 rebounds in 36 games, starting in two games...2001 Freshman All-SEC ...SEC Player of the Week for December 4-10, 2000...Scored 20 or more points in four games, including 27 against Grambling State and 25 against Akron...Had two double doubles, with 17 rebounds and 14 points against Wofford and 11 rebounds and Antonio McDyess 13 points against Seton Hall in the NIT Tournament....Was the national USA Today and Naismith High School Player of the Year in 2000...2000 McDonald’s All-American...State of Alabama’s “Mr. Basketball” in 2000...A Drafted 1st Round (2nd Pick) by and traded to the (1995) Childersburg, Alabama native. Denver Nuggets (1995-October 1997) Phoenix Suns 1997-98 Denver Nuggets 1998-2002 June 26, 2002-January 5, 2004 San Antonio Spurs January 5, 2004-July 16,2004 July 16, 2004 to present OLYMPIAN (2000 USA Gold Medal Team)

NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1996-2007 725 471 4,111-8264 .444 1883-2802 .672 5515/7.6 /13.9

ALABAMA CAREER STATISTICS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1994-95 59 317-595 .533 120-192 .625 547/9.3 754/12.8 (2 seasons)

MCDYESS NOTES NBA Highlights: 2001 NBA All-Star...Gold Medal winning member of USA’s 2000 Senior National Olympic team...3rd team All-NBA in 1998-99....Helped Detroit to 2005 NBA Finals...Led Denver in 1999 in scoring (21.2 ppg, 9th in the NBA) and rebounding (10.7 rpg, 7th in the NBA) as well as blocked shots, steals & double- doubles...1995-96 NBA All-Rookie 1st team, ranking 6th among NBA rookies in scoring (13.4 ppg) and 3rd in rebounding (7.5)...Recorded the 2nd-most blocked shots (114) of any rookie in Nuggets history...Competed in the Schick Rookie Game during the 1996 NBA All-Star Weekend in San Antonio...Led Suns with 19 double- doubles in 1996-97 season...Career highs are 46 points & 21 rebounds (twice)...Was NBA Player of the Week for 2/28/99 when he averaged 24.2 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 3.60 bpg and 1.6 spg...Has 42-inch vertical leap and one-step leap of 47 inches...A 1st round pick by Denver in 1995, he was traded by the Clippers with to Denver for and in June 1995..Nuggets traded him to Phoenix in a three-way deal with Cleveland for three 1st round picks, two 2nd round picks and an undisclosed amount of cash in October 1997. He signed as a free agent with the Nuggets in January 1999 and has been with the Knicks, Spurs and now Pistons.

Alabama Highlights: Led the SEC in rebounding with 10.2 rpg in 1995...Scored 39 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in an NCAA first round game against Penn...Became the Tide’s 10th player to record 300 rebounds in a single season...Second team All-SEC...Otis Spunkmeyer Basketball Classic MVP...16 double-doubles as a sophomore...Left Alabama following his sophomore season..Played on Gold Medal South team in 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival...A native of Quitman, Mississippi.

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Maurice “Mo” Williams

Drafted 2nd Round (47th pick) by Utah Jazz (2003) Signed as Free Agent with (August 21, 2004-present)

NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTA Pct. 2003-07 263 160 1173-2718 .432 194-557 .348 435-515 .845 Rebounds/Avg: 788/3.0 Assists: 1206/4.6 Points/Avg: 2975/11.2

ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G-GS FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG 2002-03 64-64 283-718 .394 182-215 .847 250/3.9 838/13.1

WILLIAMS CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Ranked 14th in the NBA in assists in 2006-07...Was 2nd in scoring for the Bucks in 2006-07... Drafted in the second round by the Jazz and was signed on Sept. 30, 2003...Played in 57 games in 2003-04, scoring a rookie season high 20 points against Denver on January 20, 2004...Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on August 21, 2004...Ranked 13th in NBA in assists per game (6.1) in 2005 with Milwaukee...Went from no starts his rookie season with Jazz to 80 in his 2nd season in NBA when he signed with Milwaukee... Scored career best 35 points at Washington on Dec. 2, 2005 with the Bucks...Had 14 assists in a game at Charlotte on Feb. 22, 2005 and 11 in a game at Orlando on Dec. 3, 2005...Active in the Milwaukee community with the team’s “Breakfast with the Bucks,” which strives for kids to eat healthy and his own “Mo’s Making Money Matter” program which encourages kids to learn the value of saving money.

Alabama Highlights: Voted SEC Freshman of the Year in 2002 by the league’s coaches...The Sporting News National Freshman of the Year...3rd Team AP All-SEC in 2002 and 2003...Led Alabama in scoring in 2003 with 16.4 ppg...Started in every game of his Alabama career, 35 as a freshman in 2002 and 29 as a sophomore in 2003...Scored 26 points in the 2003 NCAA tournament game against (1st round) and 20 or more points in nine games his sophomore season...SEC vs. SEC games league champion in 2003...Helped Alabama win the 2002 SEC regular season championship and achieve the school’s first No. 1 AP national rank- ing which it held for two weeks his sophomore season...Came to Alabama as a McDonald’s All-American... Declared for the draft following his sophomore season at Alabama...A native of Jackson, Mississippi.

Alabama in the NBA

Latrell Sprewell

Drafted 1st Round (24th pick) by Golden State Warriors (1992) Golden State Warriors (1992-93 through Dec. 4, 1997) New York Knicks (Jan. 21, 1999-June 2003) (June 2003-June 2005) 1994 & 1995 All-NBA First Team 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001 NBA All-Star NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FGM-FGA Pct. FTA Pct. 1993-2005 913 868 6,076-14,294 .425 1,104-3,272 .337 3,456-4,298 .804 Rebounds/Avg: 3,664/4.0 Points/Avg: 16,712/18.3 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1990-92 68 343-687 .499 159-217 .733 348/5.1 918/13.5 SPREWELL CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Four-time NBA All-Star (Alabama’s 1st NBA All-Star), averaging 11.0 points per all-star game...Selected to the 1994 NBA All-Star Game as a reserve, as fans voted him in after not even being placed on the ballots...Scored 16,712 NBA career points...started in 868 of 913 career games...At 23 he became the youngest player selected to the All-NBA 1st Team since Isaiah Thomas did it in 1984...Played in 62 career playoff games, averaging 19.7 points and 3.4 rebounds...Led Golden State in scoring four-straight seasons with a career-high 24.2 ppg, 5th in the NBA in 1996-97 (was 2nd in scoring in 2001 at 17.7)...Played 3,533 minutes—over 43 minutes a game-- in 1994, the most by an NBA player in 16 years...NBA All-Defensive 2nd Team in 1993-94...Career high is 49 points (Knicks vs. Boston, Dec. 11, 2001)..1992-93 NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team...1st rookie in Golden State history to total 1,000 points, 250 rebounds, 250 assists, 100 steals and 50 blocks in a season...Owns hugely successful Sprewell Racing (tire & wheel business)

Alabama Highlights: 1992 1st Team All-SEC...SEC All-Defensive team...Scored career-high 31 points at Kentucky during senior year in 1992...Named Player of the Week for his efforts against Virginia and North Carolina State (Dec. 1-7, 1991) (Tallied 27 points against Virginia while holding to 12 points, 15 under his season average)...Poured in 24 points in win over NC State, while limiting to 15 points, nine below his season standard...Set Alabama record for consecutive three-pointers made when he hit seven in a row over a two-game stretch versus A&M and Tennessee... Was a JUCO transfer...A Milwaukee, Wisconsin native.

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Keith Askins

Signed as free agent with (Sept. 7, 1990) Miami Heat (1990-2000) Assistant Coach, Miami Heat (2000-present) NBA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB Avg PTS/Avg 1991-00 486 677-1688 .401 223-311 .717 2.9 1852/3.8 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FGM-FGA Pct. FTM-FTA Pct. REB/AVG PTS/AVG 1987-90 128 300-662 .453 144-219 .658 553/4.3 856/6.7

ASKINS CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Retired from the Heat in 2000, after nine seasons to become an assistant coach & scout...First professional start came March 5, 1991 against the Los Angeles Lakers...Appeared in 23 career NBA playoff games...Received the Heat’s team Leadership Award for the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons ...Recorded a career-high 53 steals in 1996-97...Scored a NBA career high 21 points against Charlotte on 12-1-95...Registered a 1991-92 season-high 14 points, a career-high 16 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in the home season finale against the Washington Bullets on 4-23-93...Said he relaxed before games by watching cartoons...

Alabama Highlights: Graduated with a Marketing degree... Named 1990 Paul Bryant Scholar Athlete of the Year at Alabama...Named to 1989 SEC All-Tournament team after he contributed a career-high 23 points against Florida in championship game...A member of three SEC Tournament Championship teams and the 1987 SEC Championship team...From , Alabama.

Michael Ansley

Drafted Second Round by Orlando Magic (1989) Orlando Magic (1989-91) (1992) (1992) NBA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1989-92 149 383-746 .513 260-360 .722 621/4.2 1026/6.9 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1986-89 128 705-1222 .578 338-474 .713 968/7.6 1749/13.7 ANSLEY CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Played two years with the NBA’s Orlando Magic averaging 7.2 points and 4.4 rebounds in 139 career games... Played 1992 season with the Birmingham Bandits in the CBA...While with Bandits, Ansley averaged 34.9 points and 11.1 rebounds while hitting 54.5 percent of his FG attempts (163-299)... Also played eight games with the Philadelphia 76ers (1.9 ppg) and two games with the Charlotte Hornets (3.0 ppg)...While with Orlando, Ansley scored a career-high 26 points at New Jersey (April 22, 1990)...As a rookie, Ansley ranked third among 1989 draft picks in scoring (8.7 ppg) and fifth among the rookie rebounders (5.1 rpg)... Pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds against Milwaukee (Feb. 1, 1990)...Was still playing in Sopot, in 2002.

Alabama Highlights: A two-time All-SEC pick in 1988 and 1989...Ansley was also named to the Freshman All-SEC squad in 1986...Finished UA career with 1,749 points and 968 rebounds in 128 career games...A Birmingham, Alabama native.

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David Benoit

Signed as Free Agent with the Utah Jazz (1991) Utah Jazz (1991-92 thru 1995-96) New Jersey Nets (1996-February 1998) Orlando Magic (February 19, 1998-99) Utah Jazz (2000-2001 season) NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1992-98 443 177 1264-2904 .435 543-683 .795 1346/4.3 3277/7.4 2000-01 49 2 71-147 .483 31-39 .795 81/1.7 178/3.6 Totals 492 179 1335-3051 .438 574-722 .795 1983/4.00 3445/7.0 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1989-90 66 292-571 .469 108-144 .750 460/6.9 697/10.6 BENOIT CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: A free agent, Benoit returned to the NBA and the Jazz in 2000-01 after playing in Europe, including a 1998-99 stint with Maccabi Tel-Aviv in ...Has played in 57 playoff games during six seasons with the Jazz...He signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets in August 1996 and was traded with , and a 1998 1st round draft choice to the Orlando Magic for and in February 1998...Established the David Benoit Foundation in Salt Lake City for the purpose of supporting community outreach programs for abused and neglected youth, the homeless, and the elderly...Prior to his NBA career he played for Club Baloncesto in Malga, Spain, where he was named Rookie of the Year in 1991, a feat that caught the NBA’s eye and quickly sent him to the Jazz...

Alabama Highlights: At Alabama, David was a member of the 1989 and 1990 SEC Tournament Championship teams...A Lafayette, Louisiana native.

Jason Caffey

Drafted First Round (20th pick) by Bulls (1995) (1995-96 through February 19, 1998) Golden State Warriors (February 19, 1998-2000) Milwaukee Bucks (June 2000-December 2003) NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTM Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1995-2003 462 170 1276-2652 .481 816-1212 .637 2022/4.4 3368/7.3 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1992-95 119 488-959 .508 259-448 .578 751/6.3 239/10.4 CAFFEY CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Caffey has two NBA World Championship rings, both as a member of the Chicago Bulls from the 1996 and 1997 seasons...He played in 35 NBA Playoff games...Caffey was traded by the Bulls to Golden State in February 1998 for David Vaughn and 2nd round draft picks in 1998 and 2000, and in June 2000 was traded to Milwaukee with in a three-way deal that sent J.R. Reid and Robert Traylor from Milwaukee to Cleveland and from Milwaukee to Golden State and from Cleveland to Golden State...Caffey averaged 16.0 points and 8.7 rebounds in the month of April 2000... Played in 75 games during the Bulls 1996-97 championship season, starting 19 games...Played in 57 games during his rookie season with the Bulls, averaging 9.6 minutes per game...His NBA teammates have included and ....

Alabama Highlights: Ranks 14th all-time in rebounding (751) and 23rd all-time in scoring (1,239)... Coaches’ All-SEC second team...Had nine double-doubles his senior season...Otis Spunkmeyer all-Tourna- ment team...Is an Alabama native, as he grew up in Mobile.

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Leon Douglas T.R. Dunn

Drafted 1st Round (4th pick) by Detroit Pistons (1976) Drafted Second Round by Portland (1977) Detroit Pistons (1976-80) (1977-80) Kansas City Kings (1980-83) Denver Nuggets (1981-1988) Alabama’s First NBA 1st-Round Draft Pick Phoenix Suns (1988-90) Charlotte Hornets, Assistant Coach (1991-99) , WNBA’s Charlotte Sting (April 1999-2001) Assistant Coach, Denver Nuggets (August 2002-June 2004) Assistant Coach, Sacramento Kings (June 2004-present) Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Member

NBA CAREER STATS NBA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1977-89 993 1965-4299 .457 937-1292 .725 2538/2.8 4867/5.3 1976-83 375 1386-2798 .495 815-1355 .601 2954/7.9 3587/9.6 ALABAMA CAREER STATS ALABAMA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/AVG 1974-77 111 530-1185 .447 187-273 .685 740/6.7 1247/11.2 1973-76 111 780-1551 .503 349-592 .590 1279/11.5 1909/17.2 DUNN CAREER NOTES DOUGLAS CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1997...Played 14 seasons in the NBA..He NBA Highlights: Bama’s first NBA 1st round draft pick (1976)...Chosen by the Pistons as the fourth overall was named to the NBA’s All-Defensive team three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985...Ranked among the top pick in the 1976 draft...Averaged 9.6 points and 7.9 rebounds in seven years of professional basketball... rebounding guards every NBA season he played...A tough competitor, Dunn missed only six games from Following his NBA career, Douglas played in Europe then dabbled in coaching at the high school level in 1979-88...His 1,070 career steals ranks second on the Nuggets all-time...His best season came in 1983 when Florida. He’s now in private business in Michigan. he averaged 8.2 points, grabbed 6.8 rebounds and shot a career-best 51.2 percent from the floor...He played in 993 career games...Dunn began his coaching career as an assistant with Charlotte in 1991. He was an Alabama Highlights: Two-time All-American in 1975 and 1976...Three-time All-SEC... 1975 SEC Player of the assistant with the Nuggets from 1997-98. Charlotte hired him back as an assistant with the WNBA’s Charlotte Year...Led Alabama to three straight SEC titles...Academic All-...Member of Omicron Sting in 1998-99 then made him Sting head coach in 1999, a position he held until spring 2001 when he was Delta Kappa, a national honorary for leadership and scholarship...Third-leading scorer in Crimson Tide history hired by Alabama. (1,909 points) and second-leading rebounder (1,279)...Chosen for the Intercontinental Cup team that toured Europe and for the Pan AM Games in Mexico City (1976)...2002 SEC Legend...A native of Leighton, Alabama. Alabama Highlights: A two-time All-American for the Crimson Tide as a freshman in 1974 and senior in 1977... Played on three straight SEC Championship teams (1974-76)...SEC All-Rookie Team in 1974...Scored 1,247 career points..2001 SEC Legend....A native of Birmingham, Alabama.

ALABAMA‘S ALL-TIME NBA ROSTER

Bob Andrews ...... Los Angeles Lakers **Antonio McDyess ...... LA Clippers drafted but traded to Denver Nuggets, ...... Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets ...... Phoenix Suns,Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons Keith Askins...... Miami Heat Derrick McKey ...... SuperSonics, , Philadelphia 76ers David Benoit...... Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets, Orlando Magic Eddie Phillips ...... New Jersey Nets Rickey Brown...... Portland Trail Blazers Eric Richardson ...... San Antonio Spurs ...... Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks James Robinson ...... Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Charles Cleveland ...... Philadelphia 76ers ...... LA Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves ...... ...... Grizzlies, , , Houston Rockets, ** Jermareo Davidson ...... Charlotte Bobcats ...... Cleveland, Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets Mike Davis ...... Milwaukee Bucks Charles Russell ...... Los Angeles Lakers Leon Douglas ...... Detroit Pistons, Kansas City Kings Robert Scott...... Golden State Warriors T.R. Dunn ...... Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, ...... Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, Minnesota Timberwolves ...... Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns ** ...... Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Bobcats ...... , Utah Jazz, Seattle SuperSonics, Minnesota, Eric Washington...... Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics ...... Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee & Denver Nuggets Marcus Webb...... Boston Celtics Mark Gottfried ...... Detroit Pistons Ennis Whatley ...... Chicago, Cleveland, San Antonio, Washington, Atlanta Hawks, Rod Grizzard ...... ...... LA Clippers, Portland Trailblazers Jerry Harper...... New York Knicks Kennedy Winston...... **Robert Horry ...... Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers, San Antonio Spurs **Maurice Williams ...... Utah Jazz, Milwaukee Bucks ...... / Terry Williams ...... Seattle SuperSonics ...... Golden State Warriors ...... Houston Rockets & Washington Bullets **On active roster as of fall 2007 ...... Kansas City Kings, Seattle SuperSonics George Linn ...... Boston Celtics Phillip Lockett ...... Portland Trail Blazers

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Jim Farmer Buck Johnson

Drafted 1st Round (20th pick) by Dallas Mavericks (1987) Drafted 1st Round (20th pick) by Houston Rockets (1986) Dallas Mavericks (1988) Houston Rockets (1986-92) Utah Jazz (1989) Washington Bullets (1993) Seattle SuperSonics (1990) Minnesota Timberwolves (Expansion Draft) Philadelphia 76ers (1991) Milwaukee Bucks (1993) Denver Nuggets (1993)

NBA CAREER STATS NBA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1987-91; 93 111 176-427 .412 97-133 .729 78/0.7 466/4.2 1986-93 505 1922-3942 .488 766-1038 .738 1760/3.5 4617/9.2 ALABAMA CAREER STATS ALABAMA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1984-87 111 453-957 .473 255-325 .785 390/3.5 1197/10.8 1983-86 122 731-1253 .583 407-551 .739 933/7.6 1869/15.3 FARMER CAREER NOTES JOHNSON CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: A 1st round draft pick by the Dallas Mavericks after being selected as the 20th pick of the NBA Highlights: Played 16 years of professional ball, in the NBA and then as an all-star in Europe..Last 1987 draft...Played four seasons in the NBA with Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Denver... team in Europe was in Dafni, in 2002...Played seven years with the NBA’s Houston Rockets and one- Spent the 1992 season in the CBA with the Birmingham Bandits, where he was one of the league’s top play- year with the Washington Bullets (1993)...Scored a career-high 32 points against Miami on March 31, 1991... ers... In 52 games, Farmer averaged 19.8 points and 4.6 rebounds... He also had 59 steals. Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds against Denver on March 13, 1990...Hit a career-best 90 percent from the floor (9-10 FG) at famed Boston Garden on March 30, 1988... Guided Rockets to playoffs in five of Alabama Highlights: Finished Alabama career with 1,197 points...Led the Tide to the SEC regular-season seven years...Averaged 6.5 points in 20 playoff games, 11 starts...Scored 4,139 points in first 432 games with and SEC Tournament titles as a senior...The 1987 team produced a school-record 28 wins... Averaged 16.5 Houston, an average of 9.6 per game.. as a senior and 12.8 as a junior...In junior season (1986), Farmer was known as Alabama’s “Little Big Man” for his hustle and determination...He was named “Player of the Game” by CBS Sports for Alabama Highlights: All-SEC in 1984, 1985 and 1986...Alabama’s fourth-leading all-time scorer with his 13 points and defensive effort versus Illinois in the 1986 NCAA Tournament...He scored 58 points in three 1,869 points... Ranks eighth on the Tide’s all-time rebounding list with 933 rebounds...Played on four NCAA NCAA games during that year...Farmer also won the Birmingham Summer League Slam Dunk title for 6-4 and Tournament teams at Alabama...All-SEC Tournament in 1985 and 1986...A 2003 SEC Legend...Grew up in under division...A native of Dothan, Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama.

Reginald King

Drafted 1st Round (18th pick) by Kansas City Kings (1979) Kansas City Kings (1979-83) Seattle SuperSonics (1984-85) NBA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1979-85 438 1512-2940 .514 874-1251 .699 2707/6.2 3898/8.9 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1976-79 118 842-1514 .556 484-735 .659 1279/10.7 2168/18.4 KING CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Played four years with Kings and two years with Seattle... Averaged 8.9 points and 6.2 rebounds in 438 NBA games...Nicknamed “Mule”...

Alabama Highlights: Alabama’s all-time leading scorer (2,168) and ranks T-2nd all-time rebounding leader (1,279)... Inducted in the inaugural class of “SEC Legends” in 1999...One of the greatest players ever to wear an Alabama basketball jersey...A two-time All-American and three-time All-SEC pick...1978 and 1979 SEC Player of the Year.. All-SEC Tournament in 1979....A dominating scorer...Tallied 38 points for Alabama in a 101-100 loss to Kentucky in the 1979 SEC Tournament in what some call one of the tournament’s greatest games of all time...Paced the SEC, leading it in rebounding with 13.3 rebounds per game in 1978...Alabama’s scoring leader in 1977 (18.1), 1978 (21.2) and 1979 (22.6)...Helped the Crimson Tide to the NIT Consolation game in 1978, where it finished third. 1976 SEC “Freshman of the Year”...1999 SEC Legend...A native of Birmingham, Alabama.

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Derrick McKey Eddie Phillips

Drafted 1st Round (9th pick) by Seattle SuperSonics (1987) Drafted 1st Round (21st pick) by New Jersey Nets (1982) Seattle Supersonics (1987-88 thru 1992-93) New Jersey Nets (1982-83) Indiana Pacers (November 1993 through December 2001) Philadelphia 76ers (free agent, January 14, 2002-June 2002) Scored 10,266 NBA Career Points

NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. NBA CAREER STATS 1988-02 937 639 3908-8048 .486 203-642 .302 2247-2885 .779 Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Rebounds/Average: 4,387/4.7 Points/Average: 10,266/11.0 1982-83 48 138-416 .406 40- 59 .678 77/1.6 152/3.2 ALABAMA CAREER STATS ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1985-87 99 499-860 .580 212-266 .797 643/6.5 1241/16.5 1979-82 122 770-1446 .533 397-609 .652 1129/9.3 1937/15.9 MCKEY CAREER NOTES PHILLIPS CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: Scored 10,266 NBA career points in a career that began in Seattle in the 1987-88 season... NBA Highlights: Drafted in the first round by the New Jersey Nets in 1982...Played one season with the Nets, Nicknamed “Heavy D” because of his defensive play...Helped lead Indiana to the 2000 NBA Finals... 1988 NBA averaging 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds... All-Rookie Team...Has appeared in 142 career NBA Playoff games, averaging 8.3 playoff ppg and 4.4 rpg... Averaged double figures in scoring in eight straight seasons, from 1988-89 to 1995-96 ...Posted the first triple Alabama Highlights: A three-time All-SEC selection in 1980, 1981 and 1982...Also chosen to 1982 SEC double of his NBA career with 17 pts/13 rebs/11 assists vs. the LA Lakers on 12-20-95...Named to the NBA All- All-Tournament team...Completed Alabama career as the two all-time scorer behind Reggie King with Defensive 2nd team in 1995 and 1996, helping lead the Pacers to its first division championship in 1995...Led 1,937 career points...Phillips is also fourth on the Tide’s all-time list with 1,129 career rebounds... the Sonics in scoring in 1991 at 15.3 a game...Began his NBA playing career by playing in 233 consecutive Started every game of his Alabama career (122)...Team scoring and rebounding leader for three straight years games...Sonics traded him to Pacers on 11-1-93 for ... (1980-82)...Averaged 16.7 points and 11.4 rebounds in 1980, 17.0 points and 9.8 rebounds in 1981 and 15.5 points and 8.6 caroms in 1982...Led UA to NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 1982, its first trip to the round of 16 Alabama Highlights: 1987 SEC Player of the Year...1987 SEC Tournament MVP and All-SEC tournament in since 1976...Participated in the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials...A Birmingham, Alabama native. 1986 and 1987..All-SEC 1st team (AP & UPI) in 1987 and 2nd team (AP & UPI) in 1986...Led Alabama to SEC regular-season and tournament championship in 1987...Finished Alabama career ranked in the top 25 in both scoring (22nd with 1,231 points) and rebounding (19th with 643 rebounds) despite playing only three seasons for the Tide...1986 World University Games team member which won Gold Medal...2004 SEC Legend...From Meridian, Mississippi.

James Robinson

Drafted 1st Round (21st pick) by Portland Trail Blazers (1993) Portland Trail Blazers (1993-94 thru 1995-96) Minnesota Timberwolves (1996-97) Los Angeles Clippers (1997-March 18, 1999) Minnesota Timberwolves (March 18, 1999-June 1999) Orlando Magic (Spring 2001) NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. 3FGM-3FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. 1994-99; 01 381 51 1050-2662 .394 400-1151 .348 382-574 .666 Rebounds/Avg: 660/1.7 Points/Avg: 2882/7.6 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Years G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg 1991-93 96 633-1427 .445 316-462 .697 398/4.1 1813/18.9 ROBINSON CAREER NOTES NBA Highlights: A 1st round draft pick (21st pick) in 1993 by Portland... Appeared in 10 NBA Playoff games... 1994 NBA slam-dunk championship participant... Led Timberwolves in 3-pt% (.382) in 1996-97 and tied for the lead in 3-pointers made (102)...Career highs included 30 points and 11 assists at Portland vs. Phoenix on 1-19-95... Had 25 points, 5 assists in first start of the 1996-97 season vs. the Celtics on 3-16-97...Scored 23 points (7-9) in only 10 minutes against the Cavaliers on 12-30-96.

Alabama Highlights: 1993 AP Honorable Mention All-America... 1992 NABC/Kodak 2nd-Team All-America... 1992 2nd-Team All-SEC... 1st sophomore in school history to reach 1,000 points... Bama’s all-time freshman scoring leader with 554 points... 1991 SEC “Newcomer of the Year”... A Jackson, Mississippi native. 173 2007-08 ALABAMA BASKETBALL Alabama in the NBA

Roy Rogers Eric Washington

Drafted 1st Round (22nd pick) by (1996) Drafted 2nd Round by the Orlando Magic (46th pick) in 1996, Vancouver Grizzlies (1996-1997) Traded to Denver Boston Celtics (Fall 1997-February 18, 1998) Denver Nuggets (1996-1999) Toronto Raptors (February 18, 1998-June 9, 1998) Boston Celtics (Summer 1999-2000) Houston Rockets (June 9, 1998-Jan. 1999) Traded to Cleveland in Jan. 1999- Feb. 17, 1999 Denver Nuggets (September 1999- Jan. 2000) Sacramento Kings (2000-2001)

NBA CAREER STATS NBA CAREER STATS Years G GS FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Years G GS FG-FGA PCT 3FGM-FGA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG 1996-00 137 50 288-596 .483 75-141 .532 483/3.5 652/4.8 1996-99 104 42 274-682 .402 81-234 .346 216/2.1 716/6.9 ALABAMA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg WASHINGTON CAREER NOTES 1993-96 102 276-534 .517 100-164 .610 514/5.0 652/6.4 NBA Highlights: ranked 4th among NBA rookies in 1997-98 in 3-point shots made (44) and attempted (137) and 5th in 3-point percentage (.321)...Made his NBA debut against the Utah Jazz on 11-1-97...In his first NBA ROGERS CAREER NOTES career start, he scored a career-high 22 points and had 3 rebounds against Seattle on 12-18-97...Scored NBA Highlights: Has been with seven different NBA teams (a knee injury has caused this bouncing around)... 13 points in 13 minutes against the Celtics on 12-2-97...Played in 66 games as a rookie, starting in 36 and Tied career high with 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. Sacramento in December 1999... Led the Grizzlies in averaging 7.7 points a game. 1996-97 in blocked shots (163), 12th in the NBA overall and 2nd among all rookies...Played and scored in the Schick Rookie Game during the 1997 NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland... Blocked a career-high 6 shots in Alabama Highlights: All-SEC in 1996 (3rd team) and 1997 (1st team)...Holds Alabama’s all-time record for 12 minutes against the Nuggets (1-25-97) as a Raptor...Scored a career-high 18 points and had 9 rebounds 3-point shots made (252) and attempted (654) in a career and the single season Tide records in 3-point shots against Seattle on 11-17-96... made (113) and attempted (279) as well as attempts (15) in a game...Ranks 11th all-time in scoring with 1,477 career points..A native of Jackson, Mississippi Alabama Highlights: Tied the NCAA Record and set the SEC mark for blocked shots in a game with 14 on 2/10/96 vs. and ranks 2nd in Alabama history with 266 career blocks... Had two career triple doubles in 1996...Also ranked fifth in career blocks in SEC (266)...A Linden, Alabama native

Marcus Webb

Boston Celtics (1992-93) NBA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG 1992-93 9 13-25 .520 13-21 .619 10/1.1 39/4.3

ALABAMA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG 1989-91 84 135-249 .542 59-100 .590 237/2.8 329/3.9 WEBB CAREER NOTES NBA/Pro Highlights: Played in the NBA for one season for the Boston Celtics, signing as a free agent and playing in 1992-93 for nine games…Averaged 8.5 points per game and 4.3 rebounds for the Basketball League’s Atlanta Eagles in 1992, scoring a USBL career best 19 points in a game against New Haven.

Alabama Highlights: Averaged 5.5 points in 33 games (at 17.3 minutes per game) in 1990-91...Started in a total of 14 games at Alabama, seven as a sophomore and seven as a junior in 1991...Shot .531 from the field (77-145) as a senior...Played in 84 games at Alabama, starting in 14, scoring 329 career points (3.9 ppg) and making 237 rebounds (2.8 per game)...His father, George Pugh, was head football coach at Alabama A&M… In high school at Montgomery’s Sidney Lanier, Webb earned three letters, in football, basketball and track...A Montgomery, Alabama native.

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Ennis Whatley EUROPEAN PLAYERS

Drafted 1st Round by Kansas City Kings (1983), Chicago Bulls (1983-84 thru 1984-85) In addition to gracing the rosters in the NBA, Alabama players have Cleveland Cavaliers (1985-86), San Antonio Spurs (1985-86, 1992-93) Washington Bullets (1986-87), Atlanta Hawks (1987-88) made a living playing professional basketball overseas and in the Los Angeles Clippers (1988-89), Portland Trail Blazers (1991-92) U.S.: Atlanta Hawks (1993-94 through 1994-95), Portland Trail Blazers (1996-97 for 3 games) Currently Playing NBA CAREER STATS Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Chuck Davis Turkey Ankara Turkey 1984-95 385 845-1805 .475 457-605 .75.5 679/1.8 2150/5.6 2005 Israel Rod Grizzard Slingers Singapore ALABAMA CAREER STATS M.C. Mazique Trieste Italy Year G FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. REB/Avg PTS/Avg Thalamus McGhee &/Avellino Italy 1982-83 63 324-651 .498 214-286 .748 204/3.2 862/13.7 Roy Rogers Basket Rimini Italy Earnest Shelton Belgium WHATLEY NOTES Eric Washington Remini Italy NBA Highlights: Played in 27 games for the Hawks in 1995, starting two...Only one of five Hawks to play Poland in all 82 games in 1993-94...Came off the bench in all but one of those games...Averaged 3.6 points and 2.2 Kennedy Winston Athens Greece assists a contest...Led team in assists six times...Best showing came against Philadelphia on February 26 when he scored 14 points...Completed his seventh NBA season in 1991-92 with the Western Conference Alabama’s NBDL Players Champion Portland Trail Blazers...Helped Portland to the NBA Finals for the second straight season, losing to the defending World Champion Chicago Bulls in six games...Originally drafted by Kansas City Kings in 1983, but Artie Griffin Roanoke 2002-2003 was traded to the Bulls on draft day...Made NBA debut with the Bulls during 1984 season... Rod Grizzard Mobile 2003 Terrance “Doc” Martin Columbus/Huntsville/ retired 2002 Alabama Highlights: Played only two years at Alabama, scoring 862 points and dishing out 398 assists in 63 games...All-SEC in 1982 (3rd team) and 1983 (1st team)...Averaged 13.7 points and 6.3 assists for the Tide... Former Players Who Played Professionally Overseas/Last Team Known Honorable mention All-America by The Sporting News in 1982 and was listed on several preseason All-America squads in 1983...Guided Alabama to SEC Tournament Championship in 1982, its first since 1934...Named to the Demetrius Alexander CBA Gary Steelheads SEC All-Tournament team...Ennis was third in the SEC in assists in 1982 as a freshman and first as sophomore Michael Ansley Sopot Poland Damon Bacote Luol St. Andrews Malta in 1983...A Birmingham, Alabama native. Marcus Campbell Belgium Schea Cotton Brest France Maccabi Ashdod Israel Artie Griffin NBDL Roanoke Sam Haginas Greece Bobby Lee Hurt Buck Johnson Dafni Greece Cedric Moore La Palma Spain Andre Perry Sambo Korea James Robinson Min Vody Russia Emmett Thomas Germany 2005 Belgium Marcus Webb Udine Italy Ennis Whatley Greece Brian Williams Samara Russia

Count the Future NBA Stars in This Alabama Team Photo Every picture tells a story, particularly this 1993-94 team photo. Pictured among this group are four men who went on to play in the NBA, led by Antonio McDyess (No. 24), Jason Caffey (No. 35), Roy Rogers (No. 50), and Eric Washington (No. 14). It’s one of many NBA-splashed team photos current Tide assistant coach Philip Pearson (No. 13) posed for during his Tide playing career. Ten of Pearson’s old Alabama teammates went on to play in the NBA. Other team- mates of his who made Alabama a springboard to the NBA include Keith Askins, David Benoit, 3-time NBA world champion Robert Horry, James Robinson, Eric Washington, Latrell Sprewell and Marcus Webb.

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