Clinton Stanley Roberts, 28, passed away on June 13, 2016. 22 jersey was retired by the Cavaliers. Stanley, do you realize you scored 18 points?. Brightdaisydays. Hed use cocaine socially often with the women he dated. Roberts and Shaquille O'Neal formed LSU's "Twin Towers", as each was over. Located in Lower Richland, small-town Hopkins always was, and always will be, an integral piece of his story. Share Button. But when I got to the NBA, it became a business. Instead, Roberts channeled his massive frame, married it with freakish God-given ability and grew into something mythical one of the greatest high schoolers to ever play basketball in South. You dont have to do that. Hes never been one to accept gifts. "I'm happy," Roberts says from his dorm room in Baton Rouge, LA. Its almost time to get back to work. And Im like, If Stanley Roberts jersey is not hanging up in a building in South Carolina, something is wrong.. Ending Today at 2:48PM PST 10h 30m. Im like, I gotta see who this person is. And then from there weve had like a brother-sister relationship. HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 12.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks as a senior for coach Jim Quick at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School.Earned MVP honors of the Bay League as a senior.Named first-team all-league as a senior and second-team as a junior.Was second-team all-area as a senior. He had always been the kid who carried a Bible in his backpack, who tried to spread Gods word and attend church every Sunday like his mother taught him to. After the suspension came down, Roberts figured, Everyone already thinks Im an addict. Join Facebook to connect with Stanley Roberts and others you may know. Wayne sat shotgun, trying to keep his eyes open while Roberts cruised along the interstate. After Roberts NBA career appeared over and his money dried up, Brown pulled a few strings and lined up a gig for Roberts with the Harlem Globetrotters. Sometimes theyll send him a stack of 10 or 12 and he cant help but laugh. In all of Roberts humility, he describes his high school career as though he were Bambi on ice. inHopkins,South Carolina He sobbed until boarding his 9 a.m. flight. [3], For other people named Stanley Roberts, see, "His Own Worst Enemy when they were both 7-foot phenoms at LSU, Stanley Roberts schooled his buddy Shaquille O'Neal. And for me, its centered around one thing and one thing only: Unfortunately, he didnt have the long, decorated NBA career that a lot of people thought he would have. Most nights after work, Roberts will pick up a takeout dinner, bring it home and eat while he watches a movie or two. When he saw the Stanley Roberts nameplate on the office next to his, he stopped and took a double take. document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "© " + html; I might as well lean into it. He remembers going to a strip club in L.A. after his child support case, drinking the entire night, snorting cocaine and getting back to his Sheraton hotel room at 4 a.m. And waited. Allen was a 10-time NBA All-Star. When he drank, his personality changed. A few weeks later, Roberts flew to Los Angeles for a child support case for one of his four children he shared with an ex-girlfriend. Recent News C-9 Student of the Month Tweets Tweets by SHS_Cardinals Baton Rouge is where Stanley Roberts has worked for the last nine years, where he attended college at LSU, where he found companionship in Wayne Sims and Shaquille O'Neal and contentment in the. On December 14, 2012, a 42-year-old Roberts walked across the stage at LSU to receive a long-awaited bachelors degree in sports administration. Then in the summer before 10th grade, he had grown to 6-9 and was showing obvious signs of improvement. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Roberts pulls the truck into a gravel lot, then walks up a wooden ramp and steps inside. Roberts missed all but 14 games in the 199394 season, then all of the next due to an Achilles tendon injury, first in one leg, then the other. 33; Roberts wearing No. The Skinny: ONeal didnt attend college, going straight from high school to the NBA in 1996. College career [ edit] Angela Maher # 282. 5,294 talking about this. Roberts story has transformed over the years from triumph to shame to redemption. His dad had hooked the trailer up to his 18-wheeler and driven away with it in a fit of rage. Dr. Stanley L. Roberts. Roberts started playing professionally in Spain, with Real Madrid,[3] sharing teams with another future National Basketball Association player, Venezuelan Carl Herrera. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. He was the first player to win the NBA Dunk competition in 1984. Stanley Roberts ROGET Japan Stainless Satin Finish Silverware/Flatware - CHOICE. I Googled him, Ursin told The State. About an hour or so after that, I started making phone calls, Burns told The State, laughing. After his professional career ended Roberts returned to LSU to complete his degree.[2]. Blended Learning Coach. In his eyes, Roberts has always been a hero. I was just like, These people dont think Im good enough. Stanley Roberts was born on February 7, 1970. There were no unusual tactics used in Browns recruiting pitch. Though theres a new mobile home in its place, Childers will never forget the times he stepped into Roberts cramped trailer to see the family of four and sometimes uncles and cousins packed together. Raised a devout Christian, Roberts had asked God to take His hands off of him, to allow him to live his life, to do what he wanted. For people that don't remember Roberts, he was better than Shaq, especially during their freshman year and on offense. . The Skinny: DePaul was one of the few Division I offers for Corbin coming out of high school. Stanley never could extend his legs in his bed, Childers says, while forking through a salad at Grouchos Deli on Forest Drive. The second time came a few months later, on Dec. 17, the night of his jersey retirement at Lower Richland High. ONeal wearing No. International Stats at Basketball-Reference.com, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com, 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. Hes with you. A giver at heart, Roberts would lend money and invest in businesses created by so-called friends, only to never see the money again. Baton Rouge is where Stanley Roberts has worked for the last nine years, where he attended college at LSU, where he found companionship in Wayne Sims and Shaquille ONeal and contentment in the blissful solitude of his living room recliner. You showed me the way. Coach, Roberts said, handing him the bag. Blackjack rules in Atlantic City. In the time since, Burns and Roberts have developed such a tight-knit working relationship that Roberts fills in as the boss when Burns is on vacation. But with his brother in trouble, pressure to pick the hometown Gamecocks started to mount. I just want to show my appreciation. Data Provided By He was drafted by Orlando in 1991 with the 23rd overall pick, again getting teamed up with ONeal. Roberts wrote 41 scribbling away until he spilled every last drop of angst toward his father onto paper. Shoots: Midway through DJing, ONeal introduced Roberts to the crowd, calling him to join him on stage. Im sitting next to Stanley Roberts. Hes not sure how, but kids still track down his address, sending him basketball cards to sign. The first road trip Roberts took in the truck that ONeal bought him a glistening black Ford F-150 XLT was to his hometown of Hopkins. As Roberts phrases it, he likes to stay in the shadows. When a failed drug test effectively ended his NBA career in 1999, he spiraled. In his junior and senior years in 1987-88, he led the Diamond Hornets to back-to-back state titles. The relationship between Hopkins and Roberts is a complicated one on both sides. Looking back at the way life has unfolded, Roberts considers the NBA suspension a blessing. 35 1. No one denies Roberts, 52, made mistakes, nor does Roberts deflect blame for any decision he made. He asked her if he should come back to Hopkins. 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Minutes after Stanley walked across the stage at his Lower Richland graduation, his security detail whisked him away to the nearby DMV office. The Skinny: McDaniel played at Wichita State where he became the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding in a season (1984-85). Her husband was a truck driver and would leave for days at a time in his 18-wheeler. (File/AP), Xavier McDaniel, who played at A.C. Flora High School from 1979-81, played at Wichita State where he became the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring and rebounding in a season (1984-85). That moment was one of the last the mother and son would share in person. Twenty years ago, when Roberts was out of the NBA, out of work, out of money, ONeal took him to dinner in Los Angeles and handed him an envelope stuffed with cash. Brown beamed with pride from the front row. College career. In the midst of his cross-country excursion, a production company from Spain reached out to him about a documentary its making on Roberts who played one season overseas for Real Madrid as a 19-year-old after he flunked out of LSU. Roberts attended Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, where he led his team to two straight state championships, was a Parade first-team All-American his senior year, and considered a top five player nationally, holding his own against Alonzo Mourning in the Dapper Dan and McDonald's All-Star Games. But it will always start with Hopkins. He was a six-time NBA All-Star. But in the years after Roberts NBA career floundered, Brown remained persistent. You said what you had to say to your father, didnt you? the counselor asked. He had a hole inside him that couldnt be filled, no matter how many dollar bills he poured into it. Stanley Roberts, Jr., the son of former LSU standout and NBA center Stanley Roberts, Sr., signed with Tulane on Monday. Sheri Roberts. The right-wing blogosphere wrongly reported that Roberts actually. Roberts nodded. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Why, then, was Roberts such a bust in the NBA? ONeal was smoking hookah backstage when Roberts, the Sims and Stanley Roberts Jr., one of Roberts four children, stepped in with their VIP passes. I always think about it as like, Man, he should have been back here living. He shouldnt have been in Louisiana. And the next time theyd speak, Brown would ask again. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Then came the trades. He was intoxicated. Retirement has been kind to Jim Childers, a lifelong educator and former head basketball coach at Lower Richland High School. If anything, I was infamous.. Roberts lost himself in the glamour of the NBA, but he found clarity in his seven months in a ragged, cockroach-infested rehab center in Texas City. 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