Khalid Reeves
Khalid Reeves is another player who was a star in high school and college that struggled to find a true place in the NBA. Reeves was a McDonald’s All-American and won the MVP of the game in 1990 before moving on to play at the University of Arizona.
As a senior he was a second-team All-American and first-team All-Pac 10 and was a strong scoring option alongside fellow future pro Damon Stoudamire. After a run to the Final Four Reeves was drafted 12th overall by the Miami Heat.
He would make stops with the Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets and Dallas Mavericks before finishing out his career with the Detroit Pistons and then Chicago Bulls. He would only appear in a combined fourteen games for the two teams, struggling to try to find place in the league and unfortunately not being able to recapture his scoring punch from college limited his effectiveness.
Reeves would continue to play professionally in the CBA, ABA, USBL, Greece, France, Lebanon and Venezuela before officially retiring in 2005 and eventually transitioning to coaching. He has returned to his school to be an assistant coach at Christ the King in New York.