He didn't start playing organized basketball until he was a high school senior, yet became a multiple time NBA All Star and even an All NBA player. But that's the part of LAtrell Sprewell's story that you don't hear; as after making one big mistake by choking his head coach PJ Carlesimo, that's become what you automatically associate his name with, or maybe it's his infamous quote that he "has a family to feed" as he turned down $21 Million Dollars. But Latrell Sprewell was one of the most exciting, talented and underrated players of his generation. He took the JuCo route before suiting for the Alabama Crimson Tide during his upperclassmen years, alongside guys like Robert Horry and JAmes "Hollywood" Robinson. He was drafted as a raw prospect to the Don Nelson led Warriors, where he injected life into a team that was seeing the quick decline of their stars, Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway. Chris Webber would join him briefly, but that was over as quicly as it had started; and Sprewell the next few years as a great player on a bad team. But a mistake in December, 1997 saw him choke his coach and be given the longest non-drug related suspension in NBA history at the time; and even though he made a mistake, he was painted as a villain and became a scapegoat, even though he was definitely provoked. His career could have been over, but the New York Knicks would take a chance on him; and he would more than redeem himself with the New York Knicks alongside Allan Houston, Patrick Ewing and Larry Johnson; as Sprewell was the X-FActor of their 1999 NBA FInals run. He would help the Knick transition out of the PAtrick Ewing era, before spending his final seasons with the Minnesota TImberwolves, teaming with Kevin Garnett and Sam Cassell to give the the Timberwolves their first and only Western Conference Finals Appearance. But then his career ended abruptly after he was worth more than he was being offered. So even there's a couple blemishes on Sprewell's career, he was one of the most popular during the 90s whose on-court game doesn't get nearly the respect it deserves.
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