{"id":49005,"date":"2017-09-08T05:13:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T12:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=49005"},"modified":"2023-09-08T06:05:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:05:45","slug":"latrell-sprewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/latrell-sprewell\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Latrell Sprewell - The Angriest NBA Dunker Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before Latrell Sprewell was known as the $100 million man\u00a0just trying to\u00a0feed his kids, the Knick who almost delivered a championship to New York in 1999, and the Warrior who choked his coach in 1997, the All-NBA first-teamer was arguably a top three shooting guard in the league. He could shut down the league's best scorers or blow past any defender (even though he could only go right) and finish with an angry two-hand dunk that rivaled Charles Barkley's gorilla slams from his Philly days. He was that good and as unique as the spinning rims he made popular in 2001.<\/p>\n

It's been 15 years since Spree unleashed the spinners on us and 11 years since the 5 x All-Star played an NBA game. For five years after that game, the only stories that appeared in the news about Spree were legal issues and then the next five were pretty much silence.<\/p>\n

So where the hell has he been?<\/p>\n

Back in July, one of my favorite angry comedian\/actor\/podcaster\/director\/celebrity hoopers, Michael Rapaport, visited Milwaukee and conducted a live interview with my favorite angry dunker and asked that question, along with every question I've wanted to ask him over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n