Roy Tarpley

Roy Tarpley

infobox Euroleague Player
name = Roy Tarpley
nickname =


position = Forward-Center
height_ft = 6
height_in = 11
weight_lbs = 230
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1964|11|28
birth_place = New York, New York
college = Michigan
draft = 7th overall
draft_year = 1986
draft_team = Dallas Mavericks
career_start = 1986
career_end = 1996
former_teams = Dallas Mavericks (1986-1991, 1994-1995)
Aris BC (1992-1993)
Olympiacos BC (1993-1994)
Iraklis BC (1995-1996)
Michigan Mayhem (2006)
awards = 1987-88 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
halloffame =

Roy James Tarpley (born November 28th, 1964, in New York, New York, USA) is an American former professional basketball player, who was notable during his career for being banned from the NBA.

Pro career

He starred at the University of Michigan, and in 1986 he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft. Tarpley made the NBA All-Rookie Team in his first season and seemed destined for success until his career was cut short in 1991, when he was expelled from the league for violating the NBA's drug-use policies.

He returned to the Mavericks briefly in 1994, but was again banned for drug use. Another problem Tarpley had was that he was very injury prone, missing a lot of games due to nagging injuries. He holds NBA career averages of 12.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. He also played for Aris BC, Olympiacos BC and Iraklis BC in Greece's top professional basketball league the Greek Championship. He won the Saporta Cup in 1993 with Aris BC and reached the Euroleague final the following year while playing with Olympiacos BC. That same year he lead the Euroleague competition in rebounds with an average of 12.8 per game.

In 2006, he played with the Michigan Mayhem of the Continental Basketball Association.Fact|date=April 2007

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/historical/playerfile/index.html?player=roy_tarpley NBA.com historical playerfile]
* [http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TARPLRO01 College & NBA stats] @ basketballreference.com


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