http://www.slamonline.com/out-of-the-woods/ It’s 6 a.m. in Portland. A decade ago, Qyntel Woods might have just arrived home from a night of partying. Today, his brief, promising NBA days firmly in the rear view, he’s half a world away. Literally. “It’s 3 o’clock here—3 p.m.,” he says over the phone. “I’m in Poland.” His Southern accent is less pronounced than it was when he last graced the pages of SLAM, but it flares up when he gets excited, like when he talks about his kids or the prospect of finally coming home for the summer at the conclusion of another seemingly interminable season abroad. Since playing his last NBA game in 2006, Woods has quietly put together a prolific playing career overseas, with stops in Greece, Spain, Italy, Russia, Israel and Poland, where he’s known affectionately as “Polish LeBron.” But Qyntel’s long, winding journey to success as a professional basketball player has been far from the glamorous NBA career he seemed destined for as a rookie in 2002. image: http://cdn.slamonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/qyntel_1.jpg At 21 years old, Qyn was a 6-9, 230-pound monster from South Memphis who had NBA executives salivating over his blend of guard skills and raw power. So he passed on a scholarship offer from John Calipari at the University of Memphis and made the leap to the League straight out of tiny Northeast Mississippi Community College. Read more at http://www.slamonline.com/out-of-the-woods/#DdbsjbAw6MUZEcZY.99
...this was a joy to read -- and can our community euro expert post some highlight videos of Q-Dubbs baling overseas already?!
Well, if he was playing, the game was already decided... can anyone ID the opponent's uniform? Cleveland? GSW?
Good read. I remember one game I think he started at PG or something when we had an injury and we won. He had all the tools.
I remember QW being one of our first big PGOTF (before that became a parody) prospects on (I think) BLT or the ESPN boards.
