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most successful ex miner to play overseas??

FiliUTEP

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Who had the most success?? I think Filiberto Rivera is still playing.
 
I would say Randy Culpepper. He consistently has a job. I remember watching highlights from him (in Ukraine) I think. The crowd loved him. They were going nuts over his dunks and three-point shooting.
 
Omar was European champ and player of the year at least 1 time if I remember correctly. John Bomba also has a long successful career.
 
BTW, as state above, RC was a fan favorite overseas and financially he made a tidy profit.
 
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George Banks played something like 15 seasons in Hungary, Venezuela, Australia, Cyprus, Israel and Turkey

Antoine Gillespie played around 15 seasons in Venezuela, Israel Spain, Greece and Switzerland.

Derrick Caracter was with a Brazilian team that won the FIBA International cup in 2014.

Sharif Fajardo was on the 2004 Puerto Rican team that beat the US in the Athens Olympics
 
I'm glad DC got some nice hardware to go along with his up and down baller career. A FIBA crown is not a NBA crown but pretty damn close.
 
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George Banks played something like 15 seasons in Hungary, Venezuela, Australia, Cyprus, Israel and Turkey

Antoine Gillespie played around 15 seasons in Venezuela, Israel Spain, Greece and Switzerland.

Derrick Caracter was with a Brazilian team that won the FIBA International cup in 2014.

Sharif Fajardo was on the 2004 Puerto Rican team that beat the US in the Athens Olympics


Who you think was the best Puerto Rican??

Fajardo or Fili??
Was Eddie Rivera Rican??


I wish Utep would start up recruiting Latin America again like Billy Gillespie did.
 
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I know Julyan Stone and Vince Hunter are still playing. Joe Devance played in the Phillipines and did very well. He was like a celebrity there.
 
Players mentioned in this thread:

Fili Rivera - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Filiberto-Rivera/Summary/2053

Randy Culpepper - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Randy-Culpepper/Summary/8273

Omar Thomas - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Omar-Thomas/Summary/2051

John Tofi - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/John-Tofi/Summary/8295

Antonio Davis (No overseas stats provided) - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Antonio-Davis/Summary/1137

George Banks (No data provided at all) - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/George-Banks/Summary/1557

Antoine Gillespie - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Antoine-Gillespie/Summary/131283

Derrick Caracter - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Derrick-Caracter/Summary/2581

Shari Fajardo - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Sharif-Fajardo/Summary/2991

Eddie Rivera (No data provided) - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Eddie-Rivera/Summary/10258

Joe Devance - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Joe-Devance/Summary/8309

Vince Hunter - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Vince-Hunter/Summary/57096

Julyan Stone - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Julyan-Stone/Summary/8270

Players not mentioned yet (3+ seasons played overseas or active):

Stefon Jackson - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Stefon-Jackson/Summary/2586

Dominic Artis - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Dominic-Artis/Summary/24649#International

John Bohannon - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/John-Bohannon/Summary/22895

JoJo Garcia - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/JoJo-Garcia/Summary/39314

Thomas Gehrke - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Thomas-Gehrke/Summary/8306

Josh McSwiggan - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Josh-McSwiggan/Summary/49351

Lee Moore - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Lee-Moore/Summary/85123

Edgar Moreno - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Edgar-Moreno/Summary/5446

Earvin Morris - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Earvin-Morris-Jr/Summary/42948

Arnett Moultrie - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Arnett-Moultrie/Summary/8265

Christian Polk - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Christian-Polk/Summary/6690

Wayne Portalatin - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Wayne-Portalatin/Summary/8275

Lew Stallworth - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Lew-Stallworth/Summary/80606

Julian Washburn - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Julian-Washburn/Summary/30795

Jason Williams - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jason-Williams/Summary/8294

Jeremy Williams - https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jeremy-Williams/Summary/4508
 
Looking at just stats, I would say RC3 or Moultrie have done best. It's hard to gauge based on the level of competition, though. Jason Williams also put up some pretty good numbers.
 
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Who you think was the best Puerto Rican??

Fajardo or Fili??
Was Eddie Rivera Rican??


I wish Utep would start up recruiting Latin America again like Billy Gillespie did.
Eddie Rivera was Puerto Rican. Hard to say who was better. I know who was on the better team, but both were really good, I thought.
 
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