height_ft statvalue nationality article_title draftround birth_date draftyear weight_lbs years team number college statlabel stats_league name high_school birth_place draft_team position letter height_in bbr draftpick
6 2,197 313 352 151 american billy ray bates
 3 31 may 1956 1978 210 1978 1982 -- 1983 1983 -- 1984 1983 -- 1986 1986 -- -- 1987 1986 -- 1988 1980 1980 -- 1982 1982 -- 1983 maine lakers ohio mixers crispa redmanizers charleston gunners barangay ginebra kings lumberjacks portland trail blazers washington bullets los angeles 12 , 34 , 35 kentucky state -lrb- 1974 -- 1978 -rrb- points rebound assists steals nba billy ray bates mcadams -lrb- mcadams , mississippi -rrb- kosciusko , mississippi houston rockets shooting guard b 4 batesbi01 47
billy ray bates

billy ray bates -lrb- born may 31 , 1956 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player .
bates played shooting guard at mcadams high in mississippi and attended kentucky state university .
bates played four seasons in the national basketball association for the portland trail blazers , washington bullets and los angeles lakers .
he also played overseas , in switzerland , mexico , uruguay , and most notably in the philippines for the crispa redmanizers and ginebra san miguel of the philippine basketball association .
on january 17 , 1998 , bates robbed a new jersey texaco station at knife point , slashing the ear of attendant philip kittel .
he was sentenced to seven years in prison .
