{"id":15987,"date":"2012-07-04T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=15987"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:42:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:42:03","slug":"ronnie-fields-interview-documentary-on-the-best-playerdunker-you-never-had-a-chance-to-see-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/ronnie-fields-interview-documentary-on-the-best-playerdunker-you-never-had-a-chance-to-see-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronnie Fields Interview | Documentary \"Bounce Back\" on the best player\/dunker you never had a chance to see in the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Ballislife and YouTube were around in the mid 90s, two of the most popular high school players you would be seeing a lot of would be Kevin Garnett and his teammate Ronnie Fields. \u00a0We all know Kevin's story of a high school man child averaging 25, 18, 7, 7 and becoming the first high school player drafted out of high school in decades but most people don't know about the more explosive and exciting player on that team - Ronnie Fields.<\/p>\n

With a reported 50 inch vert, the 3-time Parade All-American that averaged 32pts, 12rebs, 4ast, 4stls and 4blks his senior year was heading to DePaul University until everything came to a crashing halt when he broke his neck in a car accident. Academic\u00a0ineligibility,\u00a0off the court problems and his health scared away most colleges so he declared himself eligible for the CBA draft where he was a 7th round draft pick. \u00a0 For the next 15 years he played around the world from Venezuela to Turkey to Lebanon to Greece while American basketball fans would constantly ask the question \"Whatever happened to Ronnie Fields\"<\/p>\n