He grew up in the southeast Missouri town of Ironton – population of roughly 1,400 – and, yet one year after graduating high school, there Chris Carr was … playing against none other than the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Tournament. That is, the Duke of 1993 whose roster featured seven future NBA players… Read more »
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Team: Phoenix Suns
Lowell “Cotton” Fitzsimmons
Cotton Fitzsimmons, a Missouri native, won 832 games in 21 seasons as a coach in the National Basketball Association, tying him with Phil Jackson for 10th on the career victory list in the 1990s. Fitzsimmons, whose career record was 832-775, was a two-time coach of the year and made 12 postseason appearances with four different… Read more »
Joe Kleine
Kleine, a seven-foot center, graduated from Slater High School in Slater, Missouri, and originally enrolled to play basketball at the University of Notre Dame. After his freshman season, He transferred to the University of Arkansas. Kleine was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the sixth pick in the 1985 NBA Draft. He went on to… Read more »
Curtis Perry
Curtis Perry attended Southwest Missouri State University and played at forward before being selected by the San Diego Rockets in the third round of the 1970 NBA Draft and by the Virginia Squires in the 1970 ABA Draft. Perry played for the NBA’s San Diego Rockets/Houston Rockets (1970–71), Milwaukee Bucks (1971–74) and Phoenix Suns (1974–78).… Read more »
Anthony Tolliver
He grew up in Springfield, playing basketball in his family’s driveway, as well as over at the Boys & Girls Club of the Ozarks and with an AAU team full of future high school buddies. Anthony Tolliver will never forget those days, not only for the good times but because his want-to to better himself… Read more »