Benjamin Roy "B. J." Armstrong, Jr. (born September 9, 1967) is a retired American professional basketball player. Armstrong won three NBA championships during his career as a point guard for the Chicago Bulls.
He refused to report to the Toronto Raptors! BJ Armstrong was the first player chosen in the 1995 NBA Expansion Draft (via Toronto Raptors) but refused to report.
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Selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the1989 NBA Draft, the 6'2" (1.88 m) Armstrong helped the team return to the Eastern ConferenceFinals after compiling 55 regular season victories in 1990.
In 1991, he helped them win their first NBA title against the Los Angeles Lakers after winning 61 games. In 1992, Armstrong averaged double-digit scoring while coming off the bench behind longtime starter John Paxson to help the Bulls win 67 games and their second straight title. In 1993, he locked down the starting job, contributing to a 57–25 record and the Bulls' third straight title. He also claimed the NBA's three-point field goal percentage crown with a mark of .453 on 63-for-139 shooting.
In 1994, he emerged as more of a leader in the wake of Michael Jordan's abrupt retirement, placing third on the team in scoring. He was voted a starter in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, finished second in the NBA in three-point field goal percentage at .444 while leading the team to a 55–27 record and a second-round exit from the playoffs.
Armstrong finished third in scoring again in 1995 as the Bulls posted a 47–35 record, and with Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Toni Kukoč, led the team to the second round again.
He played for the Golden State Warriors in 1996 and in 1997. Four games into the 1998 season, he was acquired by the Charlotte Hornets, playing 62 games that year. He also played 10 games for the Hornets in the 1999 season before being signed by the Orlando Magic in March of that year.
On August 30, 1999, he was again signed by the Bulls and played the 1999–2000 season and retired at the end of the season, ending it with the team that drafted him and he spent much of his playing career with.
Later endeavors
Armstrong stepped into Chicago's front office as a special assistant to Vice President of Basketball Operations Jerry Krause. Having replaced Paxson as the Bulls' starting point guard years before, Armstrong was himself replaced by Paxson as hire to the GM job in Chicago when Krause resigned in 2003. Armstrong remained with the organization as a scout for a couple of seasons, leaving in 2005.
He was employed by ESPN as a basketball analyst in recent years for the 'NBA Fast Break' television series. Since 2006 he has also been employed by Wasserman Media Group, a sports marketing and representation group out of Los Angeles, California representing professional athletes and other entertainers.
He currently serves as an agent for Bulls point guard, Derrick Rose, who was the first player selected in the 2008 NBA Draft. He also serves an agent for Warriors forward Draymond Green.
I can't believe they would be so bold as to make a basketball player the CEO of the world's largest corporation (The USA). But on the other hand, George W. Bush played James Brolin for the 8 years he was in office and nobody noticed at all. I wonder if the actor playing Obama is actually intelligent? I would assume you have to be in order to be the President, but it would also be easy to just pay a random bozo to read a teleprompter. But i've seen the way Obama smirks, and the evil glint he has in his eyes. You can see his cunning hiding behind his smile. He definitely knows what he's doing. But I want to find out who he's working for. I would assume the Hearst Corporation, since William Randolph Hearst is his grandfather. But you never know.
ReplyDeleteI am still convinced Obama is BJ's dead father reincarnated as Osama / Obama... how many basketball players smoke cigarettes, let alone crack? It was a fake death of Richard Franklin Pryor, son of Frank Marshall Davis. The scars around the chin don't lie.
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