With local products Jamal Crawford and Jason Terry playing in the NBA playoffs last night, 710 ESPN host Danny O'Neil brought up an interesting discussion on Twitter: Who is the best basketball player to come from Seattle?
With local products Jamal Crawford and Jason Terry playing in the NBA playoffs last night, 710 ESPN host Danny O’Neil brought up an interesting discussion on Twitter: Who is the best basketball player to come from Seattle?
Who do you think is the best basketball player to come from Seattle? The player has to have attended high school in the area. Your options are Crawford, Terry and Brandon Roy (or other). Here are accomplishment for each.
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– Jamal Crawford: Rainier Beach grad, 15-year NBA veteran, two-time Sixth Man of the Year, owner of 50-point game
– Jason Terry: Franklin grad, NCAA champion at Arizona, First-Team All-American, NBA Sixth Man of the Year, NBA champion with Dallas Mavericks
– Brandon Roy: Garfield grad, First-Team All-American at Washington, NBA Rookie of the Year, three-time NBA All-Star, owner of 50-point game
While Brandon Roy may have been the best at his peak, his career was cut short due to knee injuries.
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