Roy Tarpley

E315862
American basketball player basketball player human

Roy Tarpley was an American professional basketball player, best known as a talented but troubled Dallas Mavericks big man whose NBA career was derailed by substance abuse issues.

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Label Occurrences
Roy James Tarpley 1
Roy Tarpley canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American basketball player ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award ⓘ
awardReceivedInSeason 1987–88 NBA season ⓘ
bannedFor repeated violations of NBA drug policy ⓘ
bannedFrom National Basketball Association ⓘ
careerEnd 2006 ⓘ
careerStart 1986 ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver failure ⓘ
collegeAttended University of Michigan ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1964-11-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-01-09 ⓘ
draftedBy Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftPickNumber 7 ⓘ
draftRound 1 ⓘ
draftYear 1986 ⓘ
familyName Tarpley ⓘ
fullName Roy Tarpley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roy James Tarpley
givenName Roy ⓘ
handedness right-handed ⓘ
height 2.11 m ⓘ
6 ft 11 in ⓘ
knownFor NBA drug policy violations ⓘ
substance abuse issues ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Aris Thessaloniki B.C. ⓘ
surface form: Aris B.C.

CSKA Moscow ⓘ
surface form: CSKA Moscow basketball

Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
Michigan Wolverines men's basketball ⓘ
Olympiacos B.C. ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
NBAdebutSeason 1986–87 NBA season ⓘ
notableFor rebounding ability ⓘ
shot-blocking ⓘ
notableWork career with Dallas Mavericks ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Arlington ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
playedAs big man ⓘ
playedInLeague EuroLeague ⓘ
Greek Basket League ⓘ
positionPlayed center ⓘ
power forward ⓘ
sanction NBA lifetime ban ⓘ
NBA suspension ⓘ
woreJerseyNumber 42 ⓘ

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1987–88 NBA season → sixthManOfTheYear → Roy Tarpley ⓘ
Roy Tarpley → fullName → Roy Tarpley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roy James Tarpley