In addition to serving Newark, the school also accepts students from many different countries, including Jamaica, where former player Samardo Samuels is from, and Canada, where former player Tyler Ennis was born. Canton is home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but the city also has a rich basketball history, and theres no Ohio high school more prestigious on the hardwood than Canton McKinley. Somewhat overlooked coming out of Proviso East and recruited by mostly mid-major programs, Carter signed with West Virginia and emerged as an All-American and national Defensive Player of the Year as a college player. 17 Lyons Township. 2:00 PM Kenwood vs TF North. Phone: 708-449-6400. Rivers first emerged on the basketball scene as a star at Proviso East High School in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois, where . It is just outside of Washington, D.C., but the school attracts students from all over the DMV area. However, it doesnt appear that anyone else will follow their path. He was an Olympian, he was the leading scorer in the NCAA (at Bradley), he has played in the NBA with Charles Barkley and now with Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson. [12], After battling injury early in the 201516 season, Covington quickly began to excel, leading the NBA with 3.6 steals per game come December. Johnson was an all-area player for Austin and once toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. Hinsdale Central beats Proviso West, increases the area's longest winning streak to 21 Senior Ben Oosterbaan is just 13 points away from breaking Brian Wardle's single-season school scoring . On the other hand, a number of schools have sent multiple players to the NBA and are considered basketball powerhouses. Only one other player hails from Kobe. Jacob Pullen moves the ball against Warren defenders Ceola Clark and Marvin Bembry in 2006. Nearly all of the DeWitt Clinton graduates to make it to the NBA played before the ABA-NBA merger in 1976, and none have played in the last 20 years. He ended his career averaging 7.6 points and won a pair of NBA titles while with the Los Angeles Lakers. Hersey Hawkins staged his own coming out party 10 years ago this week at the Proviso West Holiday tournament. What NBA players went to Proviso East High School? Proviso East High School and Proviso West High School have removed coaches at all levels for the 2011-2012 school year. Jevon Carter playing against Homewood-Flossmoor in 2013. The number in parentheses is the players number of years in the NBA. He put up over 2,000 points in just three seasons. He led the Pirates to a state runner-up finish in 2012 and a third-place finish in 2013. The scoring guard put together a sensational career at Kansas State, where he ultimately became the programs all-time leading scorer. On the other hand, a number of schools have sent multiple players to the NBA and are considered basketball powerhouses. She has been with the District for eight years and was instrumental in helping Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy achieve Blue Ribbon recognition. [34] The school describes itself as a "basketball-focused college preparatory school," and its basketball team plays a national schedule instead of just other schools in West Virginia. On one knee, Mario Brown. Michael Finley (class of 1991) was an NBA player (1995-2010), who was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. In the mid-1990s, Ron Artest and Shammgod Wells were teammates, and they later became Metta World Peace and God Shammgod, respectively. 1 overall draft pick (Markelle Fultz). The 31st pick in the 1983 NBA Draft, Rivers was a NBA all-star who finished his lengthy 13-year career with 9,377 points and 4,889 assists. At the time, Ford was arguably the biggest name among his high school teammates, Finley and Boyce. State championships: 5 (1967, 1970, 1992, 1993, 2009). It produced the No. 15 St. Joseph and No. The first big-named star out of Proviso East. teams and have produced numerous NBA players, including Doc Rivers . Thomas was not particularly quick or a deadeye shooter, but he displayed incredible guile and grit in leading Indiana to the NCAA title and the Pistons to two NBA championships. One name comes to mind when mentioning Overbrook High School: the great Wilt Chamberlain. Pullens NBA career consisted of playing in a total of three games for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2017-18 season. [27] On November 13, he scored a season-high 31 points against the Los Angeles Clippers. The parameters to make the list were simple: players had to have played in at least one NBA game in their career. At St. Joe's, he lit up the gym with his charisma and incomparable skills. [5] He participated in the 2014 NBA D-League All-Star Game in February,[6] where scored an NBA D-League All-Star record 33 points, 22 of which came in the game's final six minutes, en route to earning MVP honors in the game. Those three players combined for nine All-Star teams and combined to play 43 seasons in the NBA. [32], On November 12, 2018, Covington was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with Jerryd Bayless, Dario ari and a 2022 second-round pick, in exchange for Jimmy Butler and Justin Patton. State championships: 3 (2015, 2016, 2018). [47][48] On May 8, Covington signed a two-year, $24 million extension with the Clippers. the Gorgeous Cake Queen Amirah Dyme Is Pregnant With Her First Child", Robert Covington: If You Don't Know, Now You Know, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Covington&oldid=1136995604, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 05:50. The following is a list of Proviso East players, listed by the year they graduated from high school, along with their greatest accomplishments. Doc Rivers, byname of Glenn Anton Rivers, (born October 13, 1961, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.), American professional basketball player and coach who, as head coach of the Boston Celtics, led the team to a National Basketball Association (NBA) championship in 2008. 1 King, No. McKinley now is the only public high school in Canton, giving it a monopoly on students outside of the private school system. He now works in the front office for the Dallas Mavericks. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 4:50AM. He led the then-Minneapolis Lakers to a dynasty back in the 1950s and was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players of All Time.. Heather ODonnell of the Chicago social services agency Thresholds says the money is an opportunity to really build up substance use care.. The school sent six players to the league by the middle of the 1990s, but the number still sits at six nearly 25 years later. Pictured above: NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former all-time points leader, ceremoniously handing a basketball off to LeBron James (picture from NPR) On February 18, 2002, nearly 21 years ago, Sports Illustrated featured high school basketball player LeBron James on the cover of their magazine. Shannon Brown, who played high school basketball at Proviso East in Maywood, is among those arrested. Thornridge found that out in 1990, when the Falcons were awarded a "doughnuts-and-dunking" time slot in the morning. You could field a playoff-caliber starting five just with the current NBA players from Montverde, such as 76ers teammates Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. His best season came a year ago when he played 24 minutes a game and averaged 8.2 points for the Houston Rockets. Along with New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, Philadelphia is one of four cities that has sent over 100 players to the NBA. With complaints about conditions inside Proviso East High School in Maywood and Proviso West High School in Hillside spreading, District 209 Supt. ", "Before that day at Proviso West, I'd never heard of Hersey Hawkins," recalled St. Joseph coach Gene Pingatore, who owns a record six Proviso West titles. Chicago oe Spagnolo is a familiar face around the Proviso West Holiday Tournament in Hillside, as familiar as a basketball. Thus, many of the students gravitate toward basketball, including alum J.R. Smith, who attended four different high schools, the last of which was St. Benedicts. A superstar in high school and McDonalds All-American who became a legend at the University of Illinois. Who went to Proviso East? Michael Finley playing with San Antonio in 2007. Located one mile away from the legendary Great Western Forum that used to house the Los Angeles Lakers, Inglewood High gave birth to one of the best nicknames in NBA history: Baby Jordan. The most recent of those was the 1999-2000 school year in which Tony Allen and Will Bynum shared a backcourt. [44][45][46] On April 1, Covington logged a career-high 43 points, along with eight rebounds and three blocks, in a 153119 blowout win over the Milwaukee Bucks. There is one school that stands out above the rest: Proviso East. [16] On December 1, he scored a game-high 23 points to help the 76ers defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 10391 and end a 28-game losing streak that began on March 27, 2015, during the 201415 season. [11] On December 3, he scored a career-best 17 points in an 8577 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. State championships: 7 (1961, 1980, 1985, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003). Few schools can say they produced a heavyweight champion (Riddick Bowe), a Golden Globe and Emmy winner (Jimmy Smits) and the chairman of Goldman Sachs (Lloyd Blankfein). It's the stars who have made Proviso West the tournament to watch. [12] On April 8, Covington scored a career-high 27 points on 8-for-11 shooting in a 11990 loss to the Washington Wizards. [18] He set a new career high for scoring on April 8 with 30 points against the New York Knicks. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Another graduate, Don Chaney, went to the University of Houston before becoming a two-time champion with the Boston Celtics. It was Gods plan, because I didnt know much of anything about Proviso East before I moved there.. He played in 186 NBA games over parts of six different seasons and averaged 2.7 points in his career. Still sitting atop the pinnacle of the high school ranks is Oak Hill Academy located in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. 8:30 PM Whitney Young vs Crete Monee. But the school still has no problem attracting top talent. [49][50], Covington is the son of Dennis and Teresa Bryant. They include D.J. He was always looking out for me. He was named Illinois Mr. Basketball in 2003 and played college ball at Michigan State before . Although the record has since been broken, Boyce left Colorado as the programs all-time leading scorer. He is the all-time winningest coach in both New York City and New York state and coached at the school for 45 years. Findlay Prep is the name of the basketball program that operates out of Henderson International School, but many contend its more of an AAU program than a school. There have also been plenty of obscure NBA talents who began their slow rise to professional basketball in Illinois, as well as big-time busts and tremendous, overachieving success stories. He averaged 15 minutes a game throughout his career, averaging 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds. We are at the start of a sixth straight decade with at least one Proviso East product playing in the NBA. . State championships: 6 (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017). State championships: 4 (1969, 1974, 1991, 1992). Email Us. As a junior, Brown averaged 17.2 points and 4.4 rebounds before departing for the NBA. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Learn more and register, Scores from any date in BAA/NBA or ABA history, Frequently Asked Questions about the NBA, WNBA and Basketball, Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Basketball: Get your first month FREE. We present them here for purely educational purposes. In 30 games (all starts), he averaged 13.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks in 30.8 minutes per game. Michael Jordan (Laney) and Shaquille O'Neal (Cole) fall into this category. A two-time NBA All-Star, Finley brought Proviso East a state championship in 1991 and played for Rivers on the Boston Celtics nearly two decades later. Pullen has his name all over the KSU record book as the all-time leader in three-pointers made and second all-time in both assists and steals. Sherell Ford (class of 1991) was an NBA forward (1995-96). That list includes six first-round picks. Seven active NBA players once hooped at Brewster, including Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell. All Players He was a key member of the "Bad Boy" back-to-back NBA champion Detroit Pistons in 1989 and 1990. With all of that history comes lots of opportunities to produce great athletes, and Male is one of three schools to also be among the top 20 in NFL players produced. The Williams brothers also can say they shared a locker room with a legend as they played ball with fellow Mount Vernon graduate, Denzel Washington. As a senior in 200809, he averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds and 7 blocks per game as he was named the West Suburban Conference Player of the Year after leading Proviso West to the West Suburban Championship. Two high school teammates making it to the NBA is rare. Just 59 players from Mississippi high schools have made it to the NBA, and Murrah has over 10 percent of those players. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. 1 draft pick and 2014-15 Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins. [25] On March 31, he was ruled out for the rest of the season with right knee soreness and swelling. Led by star players like Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose the Proviso West basketball team is sure to make some noise in the post-season tournament. Most of the players to emerge from Roman Catholic High School have been recent, as six of their eight NBA alums have played in the league since 2000. On November 12, 2018, Covington was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, along with Jerryd Bayless, Dario ari and a 2022 second-round pick, in exchange for Jimmy Butler and Justin Patton. On July 15, 2013, he signed a multi-year deal with the Rockets. None of the six players who went to East High ever made an NBA All-Star team nor did any of them even average 10 points per game in the league. [2][3], In his junior season, Covington earned first-team All-OVC and first-team NABC Division I All-District 19 honors, and was named the 201112 CollegeInsider.com OVC co-MVP. Once a traditional high school, Crane has transitioned into a health sciences high school over the last decade and is classified as a medical prep school. An explanation of winter vs nesting robins locally, winter aconite in snow, hiking the Appalachian Trail, and ice shacks being down on Lake Winnebago are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors. Proviso West Basketball A Must-Have for Hoop Fans Proviso West High School has a strong tradition of basketball excellence, and this year's team is definitely one to watch. Learn how you can help the team below. MAYWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- A security guard at Proviso East High School was suspended with pay pending an investigation into an altercation with a student. La Salle is located about two miles southeast of Madison Square Garden, and its basketball team once had two players who would make any NBA All-Name team. [17] On February 10, he scored a career-high 29 points and hit a career-high seven three-pointers in a loss to the Sacramento Kings. Boyce grew up four houses down from the home of the legendary Doc Rivers. But Currans name was surpassed with the arrival of Kenny Anderson to the school in 1985. Memorable performances have been turned in by athletes such as Isiah Thomas (St. Joseph), Marcus Liberty (King), Jim Brewer. [2][3], After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft, Covington joined the Houston Rockets for the 2013 NBA Summer League. [24] In March 2017, he had 13 rebounds on three occasions. The pipeline from Male to the NBA has dried up in recent years, so it's been over 25 years since a graduate from the school appeared in the NBA. Steve Gibson Class of 1973 Don Murray Class of 1971 Darlene Batwinski Class of 1968 David Bunker Class of 1968 Melody Hillebrand Class of 1967 Mary Lou Vitner Class of 1961 Yearbooks from Classmates.com Click on the Yearbooks below to view a copy Online at Classmates.com. Who knew that a boarding school in Maine would become a basketball powerhouse? [23] On January 29, 2017, he scored 21 points and tied his season high of 12 rebounds in a 121108 loss to the Bulls. Luke became the first player in Washington High history to be selected all-conference four times, and he was also selected all-state all four years. From Rivers to Boyce to Brown, the lengthy list of Proviso East to the pros is impressive. Visit Us. The little known guard from Westinghouse took the tournament by storm while leading the Warriors to the 1983 title, and his career would skyrocket soon thereafter. They all are in Power 5 Conferences, yet each of them has produced fewer NBA players than a tiny boarding school on the Virginia-North Carolina border. For whatever reason (and no, there was no ABA team in Columbus), most of East Highs NBA players also played in the ABA as four of the six players spent at least part of their careers in the now-defunct league. He signed with DePaul but spent only two seasons with the Blue Demons. The NBA players from the school mostly played in the early days of the league, including Max Zaslofsky, the NBA's scoring champion in its second season in 1947-48. Hargrave is one of the three schools on this list which also is on the top NFL players produced list, and unlike its football program, its basketball program still allows for post-graduates. Aguirre was voted both the AP and Naismith Player of the Year his final season at DePaul (1979-80) and was the first overall selection in the 1980 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. As of March 2022, the couple are expecting their first child. You know what youre going up against when you are out there, playing against NBA talent and future Division I players.. Fax: 708-449-3636. he played college basketball for the Tennessee State Tigers. He also averaged 9.2 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. After being picked by the Utah Jazz, he played a total of 68 NBA games for three different teams before a long, successful nine-year career overseas. He was a member of the 2007 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs. Proviso East High School. Located in Queens, N.Y., Archbishop Molloy was always best known for its legendary basketball coach Jack Curran. Proviso Easts Sterling Brown moves the bal lagainst Edwardsville in 2013. In all, the school has six graduates who have played in the NBA since 2017, which ranks fourth out of any school on this list. Johnson already was an established star with three All-Star Games under his belt while Smith was a journeyman signed on a 10-day contract. The school has become the breeding ground for well-known players like Rajon Rondo, Quinn Cook, Brandon Jennings, Josh Smith, Jerry Stackhouse, and Ty Lawson. Data Provided By Flint Northwestern was one of the youngest schools on this list as it opened in 1964 before closing in 2018. It was a basketball decision because all I knew was I was told I would be the first freshman starter in Proviso East history and I would be playing with a 7-footer and future NBA player, said Brown of being given an immediate opportunity to play with big man Steven Hunter. Jefferson High lasted for 85 years until it was shut down in 2007 due to low graduation rates. Explore the benefits. On November 15, 2014, Covington signed a reported five-year contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. This includes a Hall of Famer (Adrian Dantley), a current All-Star (Victor Oladipo) and a recent No. As result, playing time can be hard to get. With over 4,000 students, Long Beach Poly is among the largest high schools in the country. They are home to the greatest winner in team sports, Bill Russell. State championships: 28 (1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016). December 10, 2021 / 9:13 PM / CBS Chicago. The future Laker set the single-game scoring record for D.C. high schools with 63 points as he was named the Areas Best Basketball Player. 1 overall pick in the 1966 draft Cazzie Russell, the 1983 Rookie of the Year Terry Cummings and Hall of Fame finalist Tim Hardaway. Ford was a first-round pick of the Seattle Supersonics 26th overall in the 1995 NBA Draft. All rights reserved. Proviso East High School, Maywood (IL) Basketball Players - RealGM The school had three of the top four ranked players in the state of Virginia for the class of 2018. Thornridge had made it to the finals the previous two years, winning it in 1988 and losing to St. Joseph for the title in 1989. He then played seven seasons for the Sacramento Kings and was runner-up for the 1991 Rookie of the Year award. His career averages were 22.9 points and 9.2 rebounds as he became the first UIC player ever to be drafted. The teams are: Bogan, Bowman Academy, Crete-Monee, Farragut, Fenwick, Hammond Central, Kenwood, Lincoln Park, Michele Clark, Proviso East, Proviso West, Southland, St. Rita, TF North, Whitney Young and Zion Benton. Before Pierce and Miner, Reggie Theus starred at Inglewood and had a 13-year NBA career. Proviso West High School, Hillside (IL) Basketball Players - RealGM Oak Hill has been named the national high school champion nine times under coach Steve Smith, who also has produced 28 McDonalds All-Americans. State championships: 11 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006). Keith Smart went to Indiana, where he hit the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA championship game en route to being named the Final Fours Most Outstanding Player. That time period is when Doc Rivers was a Proviso East Pirate, and he coached another alum of the school, Michael Finley.
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