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Pages in category "Basketball players from Oakland, California" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Cliff Robinson – basketball player, youngest (teenaged), highest scoring NBA Player, 1976 TOC Champions; Frank Robinson – baseball player and manager [62] Jimmy Rollins – baseball player [63] Bill Russell – basketball player and coach [64] Brian Shaw – basketball player and coach [65] Paul Silas – basketball player and coach [66]
Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell, also known as Waliyy Abdur Rahim [1] (born September 10, 1968) is an American former streetball player from Oakland, California.He was well known among San Francisco Bay Area basketball players in the late 1980s, but in spite of his considerable talents, he did not reach the National Basketball Association (NBA). [2]
The play-by-play commentator is Neal Ruhl, with former Oakland and professional player, Dan Waterstradt. [10] Oakland home games are simulcast on ESPN3, WMYD and WDFN. Mario Impemba, also the play-by-play commentator for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit, broadcast Oakland games from 2006–2013. [11]
Factors like inferior athleticism obviously benefitted players of several decades ago, which has to be accounted for, too. Below, we tried our hand at ranking the 25 best NBA players ever.
Donald Argee Barksdale (March 31, 1923 – March 8, 1993) was an American professional basketball player. He was a pioneer as an African-American basketball player, becoming the first to be named NCAA All-American, the first to play on a United States men's Olympic basketball team, and the first to play in a National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game.
They opened the season with six straight losses, but Ellis' rise, Davis' solid injury-free season (21.6 points, 8 assists, 4.6 rebounds per game), [29] and an overall improvement in team chemistry brought them back to playoff contention; but in the end the Warriors failed to make the playoffs despite a 48–34 record, which is the best record ...
In 2013–14, Curry appeared in 78 games (all starts), averaging career highs of 24.0 points (seventh in the NBA) and 8.5 assists (fifth in the NBA) to go with 4.3 rebounds and 1.63 steals, becoming the first player in Warriors franchise history to average 24 points and eight assists in a single season (ninth player in NBA history). He led the ...