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The son of former NBA player [[Jimmy Walker (basketball)|Jimmy Walker]], Rose first appeared on the basketball radar as a star at [[Southwestern High School (Michigan)|Southwestern High School]] in Detroit; he can even be seen at a high school All-American camp in the documentary film ''[[Hoop Dreams]].'' Rose attended the University of Michigan where the Wolverines reached two NCAA Finals games in [[1992]] and [[1993]], finishing as national runners up both times. Rose was a part of Wolverines coach [[Steve Fisher]]'s legendary [[1991]] recruiting class. He led the Fab Five in scoring his freshman year averaging 19 points per game and set the school freshman scoring record with 597 total points. Aside from being the most outspoken of the Fab Five, Rose was also their point guard and leader. During his career, he racked up over 1700 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, and 100 steals. Of the players called before the [[grand jury]] ([[Robert Traylor]], Webber, Rose, [[Maurice Taylor]], and [[Louis Bullock]]), he was the only one not listed as having received large amounts of money. |
The abandoned son of former NBA player [[Jimmy Walker (basketball)|Jimmy Walker]], Rose first appeared on the basketball radar as a star at [[Southwestern High School (Michigan)|Southwestern High School]] in Detroit; he can even be seen at a high school All-American camp in the documentary film ''[[Hoop Dreams]].'' Rose attended the University of Michigan where the Wolverines reached two NCAA Finals games in [[1992]] and [[1993]], finishing as national runners up both times. Rose was a part of Wolverines coach [[Steve Fisher]]'s legendary [[1991]] recruiting class. He led the Fab Five in scoring his freshman year averaging 19 points per game and set the school freshman scoring record with 597 total points. Aside from being the most outspoken of the Fab Five, Rose was also their point guard and leader. During his career, he racked up over 1700 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, and 100 steals. Of the players called before the [[grand jury]] ([[Robert Traylor]], Webber, Rose, [[Maurice Taylor]], and [[Louis Bullock]]), he was the only one not listed as having received large amounts of money. |
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Rose left Michigan after his junior year and was drafted by the [[Denver Nuggets]] in the [[1994 NBA Draft]]. He played most of his career with the [[Indiana Pacers]] and was a key member of the teams that went to three consecutive Eastern Conference Finals in the late 1990s and the [[2000 NBA Finals]] Pacer team. He finished his career in 2007 with the [[Phoenix Suns]] and is now an analyst for [[ESPN]]. |
Rose left Michigan after his junior year and was drafted by the [[Denver Nuggets]] in the [[1994 NBA Draft]]. He played most of his career with the [[Indiana Pacers]] and was a key member of the teams that went to three consecutive Eastern Conference Finals in the late 1990s and the [[2000 NBA Finals]] Pacer team. He finished his career in 2007 with the [[Phoenix Suns]] and is now an analyst for [[ESPN]]. |
Revision as of 17:26, 15 March 2011
The Fab Five was the nickname for a 1991 University of Michigan men's basketball team recruitment class that is considered by some to be "the greatest class ever recruited." The class consisted of Detroit natives Chris Webber and Jalen Rose, Chicago native Juwan Howard, and Texas high school stars Jimmy King and Ray Jackson.[1] They reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship games as both freshmen and sophomores, while starting a combined 304 of a possible 350 man-games.
Originally, the players rebelled against the moniker and attempted to give themselves the nickname Five Times' (written 5X's).[2] As high school players all five members of the Fab Five were rated in the top 100 of high school prospects in 1991. Chris Webber was ranked #1, Juwan Howard was ranked #3, Jalen Rose was ranked #6, Jimmy King was ranked #9, and Ray Jackson was ranked #84. All but Jackson participated in the McDonald's All American game in 1991.[3]
As students, they became pioneers in bringing "hip hop flavor" to the game with their trash talk, long baggy shorts, shaved heads, black shoes, and black socks.[4] Their controversial antics on the court garnered much attention from the media.[5] In the elite eight round of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan earned a rematch against a Jimmy Jackson-led Ohio State Buckeyes team that had beaten them twice during the regular season by double digits.[6] Michigan won the rematch as all but two Wolverines points were scored by the Fab Five.[7] Despite their talent, they never won a championship. They reached the NCAA championship game as freshmen in 1992 and again as sophomores in 1993. They lost to Duke 71–51 in the 1992 title game and lost 77–71 to North Carolina in 1993, a game which is remembered mostly for Chris Webber's costly "timeout", which resulted in a technical foul because Michigan did not have one remaining. Today their legacy has been tarnished due to a University of Michigan basketball scandal that developed after they had left and forced the university to forfeit many of its achievements.
Four of the five members went on to play in the NBA. Ray Jackson was the only player of the five to never suit up in the NBA. Jimmy King played two seasons. Juwan Howard was a one-time NBA All-Star and is the only member still active (as of the 2010–11 NBA season). Jalen Rose emerged as one of the top small forwards between 1999 and 2003, leading the Indiana Pacers in scoring the year they won the Eastern Conference (2000). Chris Webber was a five-time NBA All-Star and is the only one of the five expected to get nominated and possibly inducted into the Hall of Fame. No member of the Fab Five has ever won an NBA Championship.
Chris Webber
After graduating from Detroit Country Day School (where his #44 is retired), Webber attended the University of Michigan for two years.
On April 5, 1993, at Michigan's second consecutive NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship game, Webber infamously called a time-out with 11 seconds left in the game when his team, down 73–71, and did not have any remaining, resulting in a technical foul that effectively clinched the game for North Carolina. That season, Webber was a first team All-American selection and a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and Naismith College Player of the Year.[8] These awards and honors have been vacated due to University of Michigan and NCAA sanctions related to the University of Michigan basketball scandal.
Webber was the first of the Fab Five to leave school, doing so after his sophomore year. He was drafted #1 overall by the Orlando Magic in the 1993 NBA Draft, but was traded on draft night to the Golden State Warriors for Anfernee Hardaway. He played with five teams over his fifteen year career and had his #4 retired by the Sacramento Kings, with whom he spent a majority of those years. He is now an analyst for TNT. Webber holds NBA career averages of 20.7 points per game, 9.8 rebounds per game, 4.2 assists per game, and 1.4 blocks per game. He was selected to the NBA All-Star game five times during his fifteen year NBA career. He is widely considered one of the best power forwards of his time period.
Jalen Rose
The abandoned son of former NBA player Jimmy Walker, Rose first appeared on the basketball radar as a star at Southwestern High School in Detroit; he can even be seen at a high school All-American camp in the documentary film Hoop Dreams. Rose attended the University of Michigan where the Wolverines reached two NCAA Finals games in 1992 and 1993, finishing as national runners up both times. Rose was a part of Wolverines coach Steve Fisher's legendary 1991 recruiting class. He led the Fab Five in scoring his freshman year averaging 19 points per game and set the school freshman scoring record with 597 total points. Aside from being the most outspoken of the Fab Five, Rose was also their point guard and leader. During his career, he racked up over 1700 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists, and 100 steals. Of the players called before the grand jury (Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor, and Louis Bullock), he was the only one not listed as having received large amounts of money.
Rose left Michigan after his junior year and was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in the 1994 NBA Draft. He played most of his career with the Indiana Pacers and was a key member of the teams that went to three consecutive Eastern Conference Finals in the late 1990s and the 2000 NBA Finals Pacer team. He finished his career in 2007 with the Phoenix Suns and is now an analyst for ESPN.
Juwan Howard
Howard had a successful career at Chicago Vocational Career Academy and can be seen playing in the high school basketball documentary Hoop Dreams. He left Michigan after his junior year and was taken by the Washington Bullets fifth overall in the 1994 NBA Draft, for whom he played until 2001. Although the Fab Five final four appearances were later forfeited,[9] he was not among the players called before the grand jury (Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor, and Louis Bullock).
As previously noted, Howard is the only member of the Fab Five that is still playing in the NBA and has played for eight teams in sixteen seasons. He was a member of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2009–10 and is a member of the Miami Heat for the 2010–11 season. Howard has played for eight different NBA franchises including the Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets, Portland Trailblazers, and Miami Heat. He holds NBA career averages of 13.8 points per game, 6.3 rebounds per game, and 2.3 blocks per game.
Of the Five, only Howard has earned a degree from Michigan.
Jimmy King
King was a starter for teams that reached the tournament four times. Before this, he was a high school All-American basketball player at Plano East Senior High School in Plano, a city north of Dallas, Texas. Although the Fab Five final four appearances are forfeited,[9] he was not among the players called before the grand jury. King and Ray Jackson were the only two members of the Fab Five that did not leave school early for the draft, staying with Michigan for their entire four years of eligibility.
King was selected in the second round (35th overall) in the 1995 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. He played in a total of 64 games in two seasons with the Raptors and Denver Nuggets, made one start for the Raptors in 1996, and retired with a career average of 4.5 points after the 1996–97 season.
In a phone interview on The Jim Rome Show on November 30, 2006, Jimmy stated he was currently working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch on Wall Street. During the 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines season, King served as a radio color commentator.
Ray Jackson
Ray Jackson was part of the famed Fab Five. ccAlthough the Fab Five Final Four appearances are forfeited,[9] he was not among the players called before the grand jury (Robert Traylor, Webber, Rose, Maurice Taylor, and Louis Bullock).[10] in the University of Michigan basketball scandal and was not found to have received large amounts of money.[11]
Perhaps the least known of the Fab Five, Jackson was not drafted into nor did he play in the NBA. He was cut in preseason by the New York Knicks before the 1995–96 season and cut by the Detroit Pistons before the 1996–97 season. He was drafted in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) by the Grand Rapids Hoops as 35th pick overall in the 3rd round in 1995.
While with the Hoops, he received the 1995–96 CBA Rookie of the Year Award.
In a February 10, 2007 article on Yahoo Sports, Jackson says that: "It took me a long time to get over the fact that I was the only one that didn't make it to the NBA from the Fab Five, but I'm over it because I'm back home and I'm happy with what I'm doing with my life."
Jackson now lives in Austin, Texas where he runs a moving company and Rise Up Inc., a not-for-profit organization that assists children socially, educationally and on the basketball court.
Stats
Season | Name | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg | Ast | Avg | PF | DQ | TO | Stl | Blk | Pts | Avg |
1991–92 | Jalen Rose | 34 | 33 | 1132 | 33.3 | 206 | 424 | 0.486 | 36 | 111 | 0.324 | 149 | 197 | 0.756 | 52 | 94 | 146 | 4.3 | 135 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 114 | 38 | 8 | 597 | 17.6 |
1991–92 | Chris Webber* | 34 | 34 | 1090 | 32.1 | 229 | 412 | 0.556 | 14 | 54 | 0.259 | 56 | 113 | 0.496 | 128 | 212 | 340 | 10 | 76 | 2.2 | 99 | 5 | 95 | 54 | 84 | 528 | 15.5 |
1991–92 | Juwan Howard | 34 | 31 | 956 | 28.1 | 150 | 333 | 0.45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 112 | 0.688 | 66 | 146 | 212 | 6.2 | 62 | 1.8 | 107 | 3 | 99 | 14 | 21 | 377 | 11.1 |
1991–92 | Jimmy King | 34 | 21 | 955 | 28.1 | 128 | 258 | 0.496 | 28 | 60 | 0.467 | 53 | 72 | 0.736 | 33 | 79 | 112 | 3.3 | 78 | 2.3 | 53 | 0 | 72 | 28 | 9 | 337 | 9.9 |
1991–92 | Ray Jackson | 34 | 15 | 592 | 17.4 | 66 | 121 | 0.545 | 2 | 10 | 0.2 | 21 | 46 | 0.457 | 47 | 56 | 103 | 3 | 58 | 1.7 | 79 | 3 | 52 | 24 | 11 | 155 | 4.6 |
Season | Name | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg | Ast | Avg | PF | DQ | TO | Stl | Blk | Pts | Avg |
1992–93 | Chris Webber* | 36 | 36 | 1138 | 31.6 | 281 | 454 | 0.619 | 27 | 80 | 0.338 | 101 | 183 | 0.552 | 155 | 207 | 362 | 10.1 | 90 | 2.5 | 102 | 4 | 105 | 49 | 90 | 690 | 19.2 |
1992–93 | Jalen Rose | 36 | 36 | 1234 | 34.3 | 203 | 455 | 0.446 | 33 | 103 | 0.32 | 116 | 161 | 0.721 | 37 | 113 | 150 | 4.2 | 140 | 3.9 | 82 | 1 | 113 | 43 | 15 | 555 | 15.4 |
1992–93 | Juwan Howard | 36 | 36 | 1135 | 31.5 | 206 | 407 | 0.506 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 160 | 0.7 | 94 | 173 | 267 | 7.4 | 69 | 1.9 | 99 | 3 | 92 | 21 | 14 | 524 | 14.6 |
1992–93 | Jimmy King | 36 | 36 | 1174 | 32.6 | 148 | 291 | 0.509 | 37 | 92 | 0.402 | 57 | 88 | 0.648 | 58 | 101 | 159 | 4.4 | 110 | 3.1 | 75 | 2 | 84 | 57 | 19 | 390 | 10.8 |
1992–93 | Ray Jackson | 29 | 26 | 657 | 22.7 | 105 | 213 | 0.493 | 2 | 13 | 0.154 | 50 | 79 | 0.633 | 46 | 72 | 118 | 4.1 | 67 | 2.3 | 78 | 3 | 53 | 27 | 10 | 262 | 9 |
Season | Name | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg | Ast | Avg | PF | DQ | TO | Stl | Blk | Pts | Avg |
1993–94 | Jalen Rose | 32 | 32 | 1154 | 36.1 | 220 | 477 | 0.461 | 55 | 155 | 0.355 | 141 | 192 | 0.734 | 53 | 129 | 182 | 5.7 | 126 | 3.9 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 636 | 19.9 | ||
1993–94 | Juwan Howard | 30 | 30 | 1048 | 34.9 | 261 | 469 | 0.556 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 102 | 151 | 0.675 | 95 | 175 | 270 | 9 | 71 | 2.4 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 625 | 20.8 | ||
1993–94 | Jimmy King | 29 | 29 | 932 | 32.1 | 139 | 284 | 0.489 | 29 | 87 | 0.333 | 51 | 79 | 0.646 | 49 | 63 | 112 | 3.9 | 76 | 2.6 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 358 | 12.3 | ||
1993–94 | Ray Jackson | 31 | 31 | 931 | 30 | 136 | 277 | 0.491 | 7 | 34 | 0.206 | 75 | 110 | 0.682 | 74 | 121 | 195 | 6.3 | 82 | 2.6 | 5 | 35 | 11 | 354 | 11.4 |
Season | Name | GP | GS | Min | Avg | FG | FGA | FG% | 3FG | 3FGA | 3FG% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | RB | Avg | Ast | Avg | PF | DQ | TO | Stl | Blk | Pts | Avg |
1994–95 | Ray Jackson | 31 | 31 | 1040 | 33.5 | 177 | 370 | 0.478 | 24 | 78 | 0.308 | 113 | 146 | 0.774 | 64 | 99 | 163 | 5.3 | 93 | 3 | 89 | 2 | 115 | 33 | 10 | 491 | 15.8 |
1994–95 | Jimmy King | 31 | 31 | 1059 | 34.2 | 168 | 388 | 0.433 | 28 | 109 | 0.257 | 93 | 137 | 0.679 | 48 | 107 | 155 | 5 | 90 | 2.9 | 72 | 0 | 94 | 58 | 5 | 457 | 14.7 |
References
- ^ "Fab Five anniversary falls short of fondness", USA Today March 28, 2002
- ^ Adande, J. A. (1992-11-26). "High Time for UM's 'Five Times'". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 125, sports section.
- ^ "Fab Four", Sports Illustrated March 28, 2007
- ^ Mariotti, Jay (1993-04-04). "Once Again, Fab Five Prove They're No Fad". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 2, sports section.
- ^ "There's only one Fab Five", The Cavalier Daily November 12, 2002
- ^ Boers, Terry (1992-03-29). "Michigan's 'Fab Five' vow to have their say". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Hanley, Brian (1992-03-30). "Who'll reign – and who'll wane?". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ Jindrick, Mike. "The Under-Appreciated Scapegoat: Chris Webber". legalball.com. Retrieved February 26, 2007.
- ^ a b c 2007–08 Men's Basketball Media Guide. University of Michigan. 2007. p. 8.
- ^ Larcom,Geoff (2000-10-19). "Former U-M assistant testifies in Martin case: Also, prosecutors issue two indictments of Martin's associates". Ann Arbor News. Michigan Live LLC. Retrieved 2008-08-21. [dead link]
- ^ "Text of the indictment". Ann Arbor News. Michigan Live LLC. 2002-03-22. Retrieved 2008-08-19. [dead link]