What Football player could retire and play in the NBA?

[grittyman20]

^fall back dudes name came up in the thread so he decided to drop some knowledge

He didn't "drop any knowledge".....it's widely known that Curry was a McDonald's All-American.

That doesn't translate into NBA success, or for Curry's sake even NCAA success

 

[jrose5]

Originally Posted by purplehazze96

Originally Posted by grittyman20

Ronald Curry sucked at basketball.....

fall back Ron Ron is fam

Actually he did. When I followed his high school career I

at people hyping him. He scored his points off layups and dunks. He was a terrible jump shooter in high school and it followed him at NorthCarolina. I remember his freshman or sophomore year he was 1-29 at 3-point attempts and this was like around the eighth game of the season at UNC. How he gotParade All American and McDonald's All American is beyond me.




JR5

 

[solemate96]

bo jackson seriously no lie if he was in his prime he could be playing some ball

 

[s dizzel]

ronald curry was all american in HS and started for NC.. he could have easily had a career in the nba right now

 

[dyyhard]

^ u just saying that to rile people up?

I think the consensus disagrees with you.

 

[grittyman20]

ronald curry was all american in HS and started for NC.. he could have easily had a career in the nba right now

No he couldn't have.....matter of fact, he couldn't have even had a career in the ABA

I'm curious what are you basing this on?
The fact that he was a high school all American? Well that doesn't guarantee an NBA roster spot now does it?
The fact that he started for UNC? So did Serge Zwikker and he's not in the NBA

[h3]1999 North Carolina Men's Basketball[/h3]
March 12, 1999
[h3]Season Statistics - All Games[/h3]

                               --- All FG ---  - 3 Pt FG --  ---- FT ----           North Carolina             GP    M-   A   Pct   M-  A   Pct   M-  A   Pct  Pts   Avg------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Brian Bersticker           33   44-  83  53.0   1-  2  50.0  13- 17  76.5  102   3.1Michael Brooker            14    9-  25  36.0   5- 16  31.2   2-  2 100.0   25   1.8Jason Capel                25   69- 160  43.1  23- 55  41.8  76- 89  85.4  237   9.5Ed Cota                    31  102- 259  39.4  39- 97  40.2  74-110  67.3  317  10.2Ronald Curry               25   23-  92  25.0   6- 40  15.0  21- 34  61.8   73   2.9Vasco Evtimov              15   22-  54  40.7   0-  1   0.0  14- 22  63.6   58   3.9Brad Frederick             30   12-  28  42.9   6- 13  46.2   4-  8  50.0   34   1.1Brendan Haywood            33  160- 244  65.6   0-  0   0.0  87-129  67.4  407  12.3Kris Lang                  33  144- 248  58.1   0-  0   0.0  60- 89  67.4  348  10.5Orlando Melendez           15    9-  17  52.9   0-  1   0.0   9- 10  90.0   27   1.8Terrence Newby             24   10-  32  31.2   8- 19  42.1   5-  9  55.6   33   1.4Ademola Okulaja            33  149- 336  44.3  54-125  43.2 105-141  74.5  457  13.8Max Owens                  30   86- 193  44.6  24- 69  34.8  38- 45  84.4  234   7.8Scott Williams             16    1-   2  50.0   0-  1   0.0   0-  2   0.0    2   0.1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------North Carolina             33  840-1773  47.4 166-439  37.8 508-707  71.9 2354  71.3

He couldn't shoot, but could defend well and was a decent passer.....basically a more athletic version of Eric Snow