Roy Tarpley

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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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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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Roy Tarpley fullName Roy Tarpley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roy James Tarpley