Although Chris Herren was chosen 33rd in the draft, injury and substance abuse ended his NBA career after just two seasons with the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics.
Sports Illustrated selected Chris Herren for a feature on incoming Big East freshmen soon after he joined the Boston College basketball team, putting him on a trampoline in front of Fanueil Hall. "It was a big picture, complete with me in my maroon Boston College uniform, national exposure," Herren writes in his memoir, Basketball Junkie. "Everyone saw it, made a big deal out of it, and I could live off my laurels for a while longer." The Fall River native, an All-American who scored more than 2,000 points at Durfee High School, was riding high, and when his coach encouraged Herren to attend a drug and alcohol seminar, he reluctantly agreed, only because ditching would have meant a one-game suspension. Later, back at his dorm, Herren found…
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The Braintree Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth is putting on the event for students on Friday, Nov. 30.
Fall River native Chris Herren dominated as a high school basketball player, scoring more than 2,000 points, earning All-American status and entry into Boston College. But by 2010, when Herren was inducted into the Durfee High School Sports Hall of Fame, his promising career had long since been sidetracked by substance abuse. Drug use quickly pushed Herren out of Boston College, and though he did well at Fresno State and was chosen 33rd overall in the 1999 NBA Draft, injury and substance abuse ended his NBA career after just two seasons with the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics. Years of playing professionally overseas and drug and alcohol problems followed, until Herren refocused and eventually became sober in August, 2008. He now lives …
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Kara Jackman
10:36 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
Thank you for bringing Mr. Herren to our town to talk to our kids. more ›