Roy Tarpley

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Roy James Tarpley (born November 28, 1964, in New York, New York) is an American former professional basketball player, who was notable during his career for being banned from the NBA. He starred at the University of Michigan, and in 1986 he was selected by the Dallas Mavericks with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft. Tarpley made the NBA All-Rookie Team in his first season and seemed destined for success until his career was cut short in 1991, when he was expelled from the league for violating the NBA's drug-use policies.

He returned to the Mavericks briefly in 1994 but was again banned for drug use. Another problem Tarpley had was that he was very injury prone, missing a lot of games due to nagging injuries. He holds career averages of 12.6 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. He has also played for Aris BC, Olympiacos BC and Iraklis BC in Greece in the A1 Ethniki. He won the Saporta Cup in 1993 with Aris BC Salonica and reached the Euroleague final the following year playing for Olympiacos BC, while leading the competition in rebounds with 12.8 per game.

In 2006 he played with the Michigan Mayhem of the Continental Basketball Association.^{[citation needed]}

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• nba.com historical playerfile
• College & NBA stats @ basketballreference.com