Latrell Sprewell celebrates her 50th birthday on Tuesday, 15 years after the end of her NBA playing career after 4 All-Star Games and a 1999 NBA Finals appearance with the New York Knicks.
Sprewell decided through the Golden State Warriors with the 24th pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. The University of Alabama product decided for the time being the NBA All-Rookie team in 1993.
He had a 1993–94 escape crusade that earned him his first All-Star appearance before being named to the first All-NBA team and the all-Defensive NBA Team at the end of the season.
The Wisconsin local continued to play the All-Star Game twice more for the next three years with the Dubs before joining the Knicks in 1998.
Their first season in New York ended with one to the final, where the Knicks failed against Tim Duncan, David Robinson and the San Antonio Spurs. While his team was dismantled by the Spurs giant in five games, he averaged 27 issues in the series. .
Sprewell won his first All-Star pick with the Knicks in 2001, then ended his career with two seasons as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Here’s a look at some of the highlights of his career: