Former First Round draft pick, Roy Tarpley died today at the age of 50 to unknown causes.
Tarpley was the 7th pick overall in 1986 from the University of Michigan and the Center was chosen by the Dallas Mavericks, where he was poised to become one of the top big men of the game, and for awhile he was on his way to accomplishing that very thing.
In his rookie year, Tarpley would make the All Rookie Team and following that, though it was injury plagued, he would average a double double with the Dallas Mavericks. He wasn’t playing at an All Star level, but it started to look like he was knocking at the door. Sadly for Tarpley, it all began to unravel.
In the 1989/90 season he was pulled over for a DWI and was arrested for resisting arrest. A little over a year later, it happened again ad shortly after that he received banishment from the NBA for a violation of the NBA drug policy. Basically, drugs and alcohol ran Roy Tarpley’s life.
Tarpley would ply his trade in Europe and would return to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2004/05 season but he would test positive again and this time he was banned for life by the National Basketball Association and he would never play there again. He would bounce back to Europe but would still leave the NBA with a career double-double average.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Roy Tarpley at this time.
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