frederick manson:
CLASS OF 1978
Robert E. Lee High SchoolClass of 1978
Baton rouge, LA
frederick's Story
I was unfairly thrown off basketball team,but it did not stop me. I walked on southern univ. i made the team but my grades were under division 1 2.0 requirements, so coach carl sterwart red - shirt me. He told me what to do so i could play , but i still did not buckle down. I did not make the 2.0 grade ,and at that point i could not even face him, i let him down and my self as well , so i left. At the recommendation of LSU coach Ron Abernathy i was sent to Cooke County Jr. College; the same one nba dennis rodman attended after i did. I went on to excell with my play, knowlege and had a little luck i was scouted by kentucky state univ. , univ. of houston, also i was written by nba indiana pacers, lamar univ. North texas state univ. At this point my interest was purely playi...Expand for more
ng pro . After playing 1 season during that i was approached by an agent when i was playing in the dallas pro-am ; It seem to me it was a great chance to turn pro so i did. It started for me in the N BA 1984 summer leauge , it was held at san deigo state univ. I wen to the CBA leauge to fine tune my skills ; then i went to mexico, south america, france, spain . Played in 2 off season nba charity games with now good friend George Iceman Gervin. Others were Jonny Moore, Mike Mitchell, Mike Gayle all were on San antonio Spurs of N B A . In those 2 games i had 24 and 16 points respectively. Now i am retired and enjoying life. It was a great run; from the coaches i met and played for and all the people i got a chance to meet, places i got to see to them i say thanks. Boom
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