Asked The Lakers To Release Him Then That Was It! Melvin Levett | Stunted Growth
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- When it comes to sports it’s special because although we’re all playing the same game we each take different things from it and get to experience life as an athlete all differently, all at the same time. In the end we all have a story of the journey, and individually when it’s over we all have to sit back and live with the question, did we receive what we ultimately wanted out of it and decide are you content with it. Today’s feature after college had a pro career that lasted 4 years before he became many things like a school teacher, basketball skills trainer for boys and girls, motivational speaker and tennis coach. He even had an NFL tryout with the Cincinnati Bengals to see if his insane athleticism could transfer over to the field when the hardwood court rejected it. Melvin Levette was the 54th overall pick in the 1999 NBA draft selected by the Detroit Pistons and soon traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, who released him before he could play a minute in the league. It may not have been a lot, but it was an opportunity and for these reasons Melvin Levett never got to play in the NBA. Asked The Lakers To Release Him Then That Was It! Melvin Levett | Stunted Growth
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I played against him in high school our coach talked about him like he was Godzilla when we played he had about 17 points he played for Cleveland st joes , he got that hype and reputation for Dunking he didn’t do a lot more than that no jumper that I can recall it was all plays around the rim , he was bigger than all of us and that was his edge , they beat us (Mercyhurst prep) by about 12 points The following week he jumped over a kid named Keith Neis who tried to take a charge Dunked on him ugly , wasn’t a real threat beyond Dunking , no disrespect to him he did his thing in college mostly dunks tho Under no circumstances was he a point no way no how
Yea everyone just seemed to catch up to him physically. I know so many guys like that. Advanced before their time then other players catch and surpass them. I never understand though why coaches don’t see how their players won’t translate because of things like being out of position and don’t even try to do something about it. Anyone could see that would hurt him in the long run. Or maybe they just don’t care outside what could help their program.
Most don't care.@@stuntedgrowth
Man that team was awesome. Steve Logan, Kenyon Martin, Pete Mikeal, Tate. Their jerseys were clean as hell too with the team Jordans. Late 90s-early 2000s college hoop was fun as hell.
Kenny Satterfield was around that time also
I still want one of those jerseys 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@bobbytaylor6946surely was
his freshman year they had Kenyon, Danny Fortson, Ruben Patterson and Damon Flint... studs! Most ppl forget about Flint
@@Boss3Nate Fortson was a wide body monster in the paint like Corliss Williamson and DJ Burns Jr today.
Born and raised in Cincinnati. Mel was a legend when i was a kid. I heard about him before i ever saw him play
Please take me back to the 90's/2000's college basketball
Combo guard in today's game, respect to the OG Helicopter 💯
Met him as a kid when he was playing with the NCAA all stars and they went against the Harlem Globetrotters. Had him autograph my new shoes and he said, "Man, yo momma gonna whoop yo A$$." I still have those shoes 20 plus years later.
Them Cincinnati teams were fun to watch those days. If only Levett played more point!
Miles Simon please. 10x askn lol but Smh
216!!! Yo my man since you touched on Cincinnati hoops in this one you should go ahead and cover James “Flight” White
Bro great point . Melvin
Just needed more fundamental ball handle counter moves to sell his head inshoulder punk fake 1dribble drive blow by hard slash to the basket game or catch and shoot or 1dribble spot up jumshot from slightly outside. 🤔 u right about him playing to far off the ball ,almost like a small forward swingman type player
John “Hot Plate” Williams
Do Oliver Miller
I was at the Great Alaska Shootout game, mostly because it was a Trajan Langdon homecoming with Duke. Coming to town. It was an amazing game and I left in awe of how athletic The Helicopter was. K Mart was a freak too, Bearcats has a crazy athletic team.
He was 6’3 for real!!! But he couldn’t handle the ball!
When Melvin was a freshman in college I was a freshman in HS. He was known as an explosive athlete who could dunk well. I could touch a 10 foot rim at age 15. I wore #21 just like Melvin. I remember him as that. An explosive jumper/dunker. He was so fun to watch.
Salute for doing this on my guy Melvin
All black Cincy jerseys were best ever. This vid made me feel midddle aged, glad he made positive moves
All the bearcat jerseys were fire from that era
Dopeness: Please do the “plastic man” Stacey Augmon
I remember watching Melvin. It's amazing that he would make it to the league and not look to evolve. Even if he learned to play the point, he would still get the opportunity to fly through the air and dunk the ball which is what he was known for.
I remember him from Kobe Bryant NBA Courtside 2 for N64 but never seen him play an actual NBA game
You didn't see him because he never played a minute in the NBA 😢
I played that game too. Didn't the players have glitches in their per minutes play of simulated games?
@@lukesmith9692 shammond Williams was the worst for that ...he averaged like 90 ppg with only free throw attempts but in actual match ups would score 0 to 2 ppg ...its crazy you remember that about that game because I disliked the game for that very reason 😄
@@SnowmanSess-ds9zx plus gheoghe Muresan would average 0 points per game playing 48 minutes. I found a lot weird ones. It is crazy I remember that. Some players were glitching stats out
See that REAL JORDAN BRAND that Cincy was wearing? Only NC A&T, St, Johns, and Cincy was wearing it! It was quality apparel.
Can you do a video on Damon Stringer (Cleveland Heights)? He and Melvin Levett played against each other a lot in high school. Damon Stringer got Ohio Mr. Basketball.
I think He's Done A Video On Damion Already.
@@55cleon nah, he hasn’t.
I can also send clips that aren’t on CZcams.
The original Ne Ohio 2 sport star. Was a star guard in basketball and wide out in football. UC was the best basketball school in Ohio in the 90s. At the very least it's debatable
Could you do one on Toby Bailey?
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Great video as always. Those Cincinnati Bearcats were fun to watch back in those days. Levett is a prime example of when someone as POWERFUL as Jerry West is with his critique about a player, it could make or break you, it definitely broke Levett. Levett was VERY selfish. There were games I remember watching when Bob Huggins would be on his ass & Levett made it worse by doing the same stuff Huggins told him to slow down on
Out of all of Melvin Levitt's high flying dunks, the one @ 5:18 is by far my favorite one, and I still have it on VHS. I saw it live on ESPN, as it was from a game against UNLV, during the 98-99 season.
It's possibly the greatest putback dunk I've ever seen, with Nate Robinson's putback dunk against NC State, while he was playing for Washington, being a close second...
He was atleast 6"2 but he was like Ray Jackson from fab5 Michigan athletic. But Melvin just needed a couple dribble moves while sharpening up his outside shot so he could've had more of a chance at a shooting guard reserve role opportunity
Those UC squads were so fun. We need a Steve Logan or Scoonie Penn (OSU) episode 🏀
He was truly someone I thought was gonna be good in the league!!! Always wondered what happened to him! Thanx For This Episode 🙏🏼😎👍🏽
I'm the same age as Melvin... from Ohio... remember watching him play several times in person. One of the greatest unknown dunkers of all time. Insane how athletic that dude was. He was an absolute clown after college... mentality wasn't there at all. But as far as athleticism.... he was an absolute freak
Can we get a video on former Michigan St PG Kalin Lucas
He went to my high school for one year. He was balling out
Man speaking of Cincinnati I think u should do one on Damon Flint. Or my guy from UVA Kurtis Staples
You gotta be old to remember Damon flint. So many bearcat legends from that era
Bobby Austin from Aiken high and UC bearcats were better than melvin and Damon .. Bobby is arguably the best player ever to come out the Cincinnati high school . Bobby had tremendous leaping ability. Was a pure shooter and could handle the basketball.
Now you gotta do Steve Logan lol
Need to do Andrew Wiggins at this point 😢😢😢
He did make an All Star team and was the 2nd best player on the Warriors in the 2022 playoffs.
@@DMalltheway, he's fallen off a cliff.
@@elmayimbe5094You calling him a bust?
Yea 😂😂😂@@DMalltheway
@@gapgamer0954 An All Star and a near finals MVP you call a bust, your expectations are ludicrous.
Did you ever do Blake Griffin's brother???
I remember the squad! They were kicking butt and taking names! Dunk show for real! 😂
Coaches do this all the time. Have you playing the 2 because you’re a combo instead of the one. Especially in that era. Then having a less than average three point shot definitely kills you at the nba level. I just transferred my son after his freshmen year of college because he over 60 coach was trying to do him that way. Sure scoring 30 is nice but no bigger schools are looking for a 5’10 shooting guard. Especially one in most who watched was better than your actual point guard at all phases. Melvin should have transferred but because he couldn’t see himself as a pro or didn’t develop immediately stayed. Still made it though so props there. It’s still the mountain top so to speak for most players, or that 95% you spoke of.
One of my favorite Bearcats of all time...
You gotta do La zeal durran too😊
I seen him play in high school. I was at Glenville he went 2 Euclid.
Level up. No stunted growth here. The NBA wasn't for him and that's why he's successful today.
Do Steve Logan one of these days
I remember Melvin he was 6’2 but played like he was 6’7 6’8 dude as we saw had elite athleticism Hugs should have had him definitely playing more of the one because he was not going to get away with that in the league not for long anyway always wondered what happened to him.
Asking the Lakers to release you ISS telling the nba to release you.
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We need one on Spencer Dinwiddie (I always thought he looked like Rollo from Sanford & Son). How did this guy go from all that promise to riding the bench on the Lakers?
Dinwiddie is a baller thou imo, he rides the bench bc the Lakers got the worst coach in the NBA even thou I'm a Sixers fan and they play the Lakers tonight I watch way more Lakers games than Sixers plus Dinwiddie is not going to start when Lakers are paying reevers 80 million and DLO got a big bag also so they will play more the dinwiddie bc he's not getting paid as much as them two even thou he better than both imo ,,, I would of started Reeves and dinwiddie over DLO
I wanna see one on JR Henderson
Man i still see him in the city
Corliss Williamson, that would be nice.
Big Nasty...yea
I forgot all about him good look for the video
THE LEVITATOR!!!!
I always wondered what happen to the Helicopter and why he didnt play in the league
Could you do Jamie Brandon from lsu what happened to him
Could you do Jason Gardner
Yo homey, you should do Antonio Daniels
Need a tony Bobbitt video
Man I was so excited when we drafted dude, then all sudden he's traded to Lakers and released...like wtf??? He destroyed dudes in college
Could you please do one on Qyntel Woods!!
Most definitely. Woods is a PRIME example of you get someone out of the hood but you can't take the hood out of them. When he played for Carver High School(Memphis) he was a BEAST. Got drafted in 1st round by Portland & screwed it all up
@CraigSmithII even balled with the Knicks. I think if he had a more mature leader he'd done way better. I grew up with him & he's a awesome guy. But I feel like coming from our area it's easy to not progress if you don't have a great surrounding.
@@forkssports4612
Yep.
The 🚁 is a legend at UC! But never had a true position. Couldnt handle the ball to play Point and too small for the 2 guard slot. But still a legend in college
Please do a TJ leaf vid
Tony Bobbitt 😎
He had tremendous springs.
Do Raymar Morgan Michigan st
Cleveland's finest
Do Dwain Williams
I just asked Kenyon Martin what happened to this dude
Sean Kilpatrick please
I hated Melvin Levett in Conference USA.
I guess the days of a undersized shooting guard r over...Vinny Johnson, Freddie Brown
Just for the undersized SG that can only score.
John Wallace!
HELICOPTER
Ppl make mistakes, I think more players should try to be coaches out of college
Dude didn't give AF about how long he stayed in that scientology like sport that only if you're in that stupid Star status would determine if you last or not just like the movie Stars have,a code you live by only in sports talent will always play the importance for your future but, I'd say they all have some code they live by!!! At least he's humble and content with where he's at nowadays and, that's all that matters
Just needed to make him a 6th man and green light him like Sweet Lou
Detroit pistons would of fit him better
Damarr Johnson
I don't think ur pronouncing his last name right
The real helicopter.
Mispronouncing his name 🤦🏽♂️
I saw him play and he was a great athlete and he wasn’t an nba player imo
WHO⁉️⁉️
Casual.
😂😂😂@@1roundleft821
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@@1roundleft821he's too young
Sounds like he was a selfish athletic-type of player with no real skill.
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You had to be there Bearcats were ranked no.1 after they beat Duke. Woulda had a chance at championship if Kenyon Martin didn't get hurt
@@THEREALLORDJ What?!!!
@@buzzerbeater3350 🤫
The helicopter