height_ft years weight_lb birth_place statvalue draft_year awards team nationality position highschool article_title birth_date height_in college statlabel name
6 1989 yes 1990 -- 1991 240 chicago , illinois 22 -rrb- 6 -lrb- 0.5 rpg -rrb- -lrb- 1.7 ppg -rrb- 2 -lrb- 0.2 apg 1989 3rd team all-big ten -lrb- 1987 -rrb- los angeles lakers sioux falls skyforce -lrb- cba -rrb- american forward mt. carmel -lrb- chicago , illinois -rrb- mel mccants
 19 august 1967 8 purdue -lrb- 1985 -- 1989 -rrb- points assists rebounds mel mccants
mel mccants

melvin lamont `` mel '' mccants -lrb- born august 19 , 1967 -rrb- is a retired american basketball player .
along with james farr , derek boyd and chris calloway , mccants led chicago mount carmel to the 1985 illinois state basketball championship .
it is the only illinois aa high school boys basketball championship won by a chicago catholic league school .
he was selected to the 1982 and 1983 state farm holiday classic all-tournament teams .
after high school , mccants attended purdue university , located in west lafayette , indiana , to play under legendary coach gene keady .
along with teammates troy lewis and todd mitchell , the forward helped the boilermakers win back-to-back big ten conference titles and ncaa tournament appearances , including a sweet sixteen in 1988 .
mccants was drafted in 1989 by the los angeles lakers , with whom he played during the 1989 -- 90 season .
