height_ft cbbaskhof_year statvalue nationality birth_date cyears career_start years cteam draft_year team draft_pick image college stats_league name statlabel hof_player career_position caption high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end draft_round letter career_number height_in bbr article_title
7 2011 7,039 -rrb- 1,038 -lrb- 2.3 apg -rrb- -lrb- 15.4 ppg -rrb- 4,011 -lrb- 8.8 rpg american 07 july 1960 1999 -- 2000 1983 1983 1989 start -- 1990 start 1991 start 1992 1994 -- start 1995 -- 1987 start 1987 -- 1988 end richmond rhythm -lrb- ibl -rrb- 1983 houston unicaja ronda -lrb- spain -rrb- rockford lightning -lrb- cba -rrb- rockets golden state warriors sacramento kings washington bullets 1 ralph sampson 2010.jpg virginia -lrb- 1979 -- 1983 -rrb- nba ralph sampson points rebounds assists ralph-sampson center / power forward sampson in 2010 harrisonburg -lrb- harrisonburg , virginia -rrb- 228 harrisonburg , virginia houston rockets 1995 1 s 50 4 sampsra01 ralph sampson

ralph sampson

ralph lee sampson , jr. -lrb- born july 7 , 1960 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .
a 7-foot-4 phenom , three-time college player of the year , and no. 1 pick in the 1983 nba draft , sampson brought heavy expectations with him to the nba .
the nba rookie of the year , sampson averaged 20.7 points and 10.9 rebounds for his first three seasons with the houston rockets before injuries began to take their toll .
three knee surgeries later he retired a four-time all-star whose career highlight ended up being a buzzer-beating shot to dethrone the los angeles lakers as western conference champions , derailing their hopes for coveted back-to-back nba titles and sending the rockets to their second nba finals in the team 's history .
