Richard Dumas had So Much POTENTIAL #shorts #nba #nbafinals
Richard Dumas struggled with addiction throughout his career; he served a year-long suspension before ever playing an NBA Game. But when he took the court for the Phoenix Suns, he looked like a special basketball player. He showed out in the 1993 NBA Finals, and the future looked bright. Months later, he had relapsed, and after a couple of failed comeback attempts, his career was over after just 3 seasons. So much potential lost to addiction.
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The clip of him posting up and scoring on Lloyd Daniels is heartbreaking
His teammate was right when he said that he's NOT A ROLE MODEL… although every grown man is responsible for himself; it doesn't hurt to have MATURE older teammates to show you how to be a pro and maintain 😉.. ain't that right 🦝
I never forget him, I was a fan of him as a BULLS guy”……Huge Talent was ..Right away in 93 from the start he had like 15-20 point average…Too bad
Where's Marvin " Bad News" Barnes when you need him
It shows it take a lot more than talent to be great. He absolutely could have been an all star.
Hope you has beat his demons.
I always said the series would have been different if Dimas played in the championship series vs the Bulls
I saw mr. Dumas during his prime at a night club in downtown Santa Barbara high off his ass. He was just hanging smiling having fun like all the other college students. Couldn't help wonder what the hell he was doing there then i recognized the local drug dealer he was with. Glad to see he's alive now and looking healthy. Thanks for posting.
He changed his mind about it
and they destroyed his career…
Phenix thought thy could bet mike with Dumas and thy did. Just two games, the bulls won the Series tho!
Dumas was giving Pippen the business in the 93 finals.