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Felipe López was born on December 19, 1974, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Felipe López's father also played as an amateur basketball player in the Dominican Republic. His full name is Luis Felipe López.
Felipe López's family moved from Santiago De Los Caballeros to the USA when he was a young boy of, 14 years. At that time, no one had an idea that Felipe López would become a high school basketball legend who would be compared to the great Spanish Michael Jordan. Felipe López joined the Rice High School in Manhattan, New York City, and it was there that he began shaping his basketball career.
Further, Felipe López also signed a free agent contract with Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves. He'd have played many regular games with them, but on October 19, 2002, while playing in a basketball game for Minnesota Timberwolves, Felipe López collided with Paul Pierce. Consequently, he suffered a knee injury that tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the medial collateral ligament (MCL) in his left knee. This injury brought an abrupt ending to the basketball career of the star from the Dominican Republic. Even after restoring his overall health and well-being, Felipe López never played in a regular season again. However, as of 2022, Felipe López continues to serve the community by running a non-profit organization and being a member of NBA Cares. He teaches basketball to kids (most of whom don't have their fathers with them), visits their school, and looks after them like a parent.
Felipe López, the basketball star from Santiago de Los Caballeros, has a net worth of around $9 million in 2022.
Felipe López's annual income is not known as of 2022.
Felipe López, a basketball player from the Dominican Republic, is 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) in height.
As of July 2022, Felipe López is 47 years of age. He'll turn 48 years of age on December 19, 2022.
Felipe López was born on December 19, 1974 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. As Felipe López prefers to live a private life, no information is available about his family life. However, when Luis Felipe López was 14 years old, his family immigrated to the US. Felipe López joined Rice High School and later on moved to St John's University. He became a star basketball player both in high school as well as in college and won numerous awards.
In high school, Felipe López had a magical play. In minutes he would take over games and leave everyone spellbound with his performance. Due to his incredible performance, he was invited to attend the Adidas ABCD Camp in Las Vegas. The Adidas ABCD Camp invited the highest-ranked high school basketball players in the United States and gave them a platform to showcase their finesse to everyone. In the same year, the Dominican basketball legend outperformed Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse and won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
Later on, in his senior year in 1994, Felipe López made high school history by winning the Catholic League Championship for Rice High School. That year, he won multitudinous awards such as the Player of Year award from Gatorade, USA Today, and Parade. This is how Felipe López began taking his basketball career to great heights.
After graduating from high school, Felipe López joined St. John's University, and there also, he continued his basketball career through college basketball. Due to the incredible play of this retired basketball player, even before he began playing in The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Sports Illustrated placed him on the magazine cover and depicted him as the messiah who would bring the Big East Conference back in NCAA. The cover headline called him super freshman and declared: 'The Big East Is Back!' Imagine the extent of pressure such a declaration would have put on the basketball player. Felipe López himself spoke of the immense pressure it created on him during an interview.
Though the star basketball player from the Dominican Republic led St. John's team to an NCAA tournament, they lost the match in the first round. Felipe López had a scoring average of 17.8 point-per-game, but the rest of the team struggled to beat the competitors. However, Felipe López's extraordinary performance helped him make his place on All-Big East Third Team and All-Big East Rookie Team. At the end of his college game career, Felipe López ranked sixth in Big East history and fourth all-time in St. John's history. Moreover, Felipe López, the legendary basketball player, also holds the St. John's records for most three-pointers made in a single season and whole career.
After graduating from college, Felipe López began his professional basketball career. He was drafted as the 24th pick in the first round of the NBA Draft by San Antonio Spurs in 1998 and was sent to Vancouver Grizzlies. Felipe López played 112 games for Vancouver Grizzlies. After almost two years, he was traded with Washington Wizards along with Obinna Ekezie, Cherokee Parks, and Dennis Scott in exchange for Isaac Austin, the free agent.
Felipe López prefers to live a private life away from the limelight. Hence, there is no information available about his relationship status as of July 2022.
Felipe López was a star basketball player in high school as well as college. He always left everyone spellbound with his outstanding performance. In 1994, he won the Catholic League Championship and made high school history. Consequently, he won the Player of Year award from Gatorade, USA Today, and Parade. Along with this, he also played in four seasons for the National Basketball Association. He won several awards during his career before a knee injury disrupted his basketball career in 2002.
Felipe López runs a not-for-profit organization and teaches basketball to young boys.
Felipe López won several awards such as the first-team All-Big East award, third-team All-Big East award (twice), Haggerty award, Mr. Basketball USA, Gatorade National Player of the Year, McDonald's All-American MVP, First-team Parade All-American (twice), and Second-team Parade All-American.
https://hoopshype.com/player/felipe-lopez/
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2239109-when-felipe-lopez-was-king-of-new-york
https://www.allthingshoops.com/felipe-lopez-the-lebron-before-lebron/
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Kidadl provides inspiration to entertain and educate your children. We recognise that not all activities and ideas are appropriate and suitable for all children and families or in all circumstances. Our recommended activities are based on age but these are a guide. We recommend that these ideas are used as inspiration, that ideas are undertaken with appropriate adult supervision, and that each adult uses their own discretion and knowledge of their children to consider the safety and suitability.
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