We Reminisce: Vintage Travis Best
While everyone talks about Kenny Anderson, Stephon Marbury and Mark Price when they discuss Georgia Tech point guards, they shouldn’t leave out Travis Best. The McDonald’s All-American nicknamed “The Springfield Rifle” was a high school phenom and beast at G-Tech, finishing as one of only two ACC players to score over 2,000 points and tally over 600 assists in a career. While his success never quite translated to the next level, Best found his niche as one of the best backup point guards in the League. Still playing overseas, I’d take him as my backup PG any day.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Promoman says:
Travis was a quality player. Most people remember him getting posterized by Scottie Pippen in the 97 playoffs though.
October 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Lucas says:
Man! He knew how to use the backboard!
October 6th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Steve A says:
He was a solid player. He was like AI on Coach K’s College Basketball for Sega, however.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
da real says:
for like 4 years he had a top five handle in the league, his in and out was bananas!
October 6th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
sh!tfaced says:
Another one of those players who looked good when they played for Larry Bird when he was coach, but became just another player when they went elsewhere, like Jalen Rose and Austin Croshere.
October 6th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
control says:
His jersey is lies…best my ass…
October 6th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
flyp says:
Jalen Rose was talented and was an integral part of the Raptors for a season or two.
Austin Croshere, robbed the Pacers blind based on one good year. What a crook!
October 6th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
hansosword says:
Having grown up in NYC I’ve gotten to play on the same court as a couple of cats, who’ve made it to the L ( Shammgod Wells, Felipe Lopez,Lloyd Daniels,Mario Elie, Smush Parker…). The guy who impressed me the most though was Travis Best. I was in a pick-up game at W4th, with him sometime in the early 90’s. He was so fast and crisp with every move he made. He hit every shot, whether he was open or you were all over it. I also remember thinking how big and strong he was considering how small he looked on tv! This was way before AND1, and you didn’t really see pros in the street. Travis definitely made me apreaciate how good NBA players really were.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
"Big Hook" says:
he will always be best known for his cameo in He Got Game!
October 7th, 2009 at 12:26 am
jzsmoove says:
he had a little too much cockiness for his lack of a solid NBA game. I dont get that. Nah not really a fan. i kinda forgot about this dude already and now Dime had to bring him up, pffft.
October 7th, 2009 at 2:59 am
NextLVeL says:
This is a nice feature you guys do. I know Best wasn’t a superstar in the league, but he was a baller nonetheless. Solid.
October 7th, 2009 at 6:02 am
lord pancake sauce says:
alright , alright. Trav was the ish(now im partial being hes 1 oof 2/3 pros to ever come from my hometown) saw him from 9th grade up. WOW. watched him score 81 . shared a high school back court with edgar padilla . legit skills .
October 7th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Kermit The Washington says:
Can somebody please pick up all those names Hansosword just dropped? Thanks…
Travis Best was solid…he never was a superstar, but with the Pacers teams in the late 90s he was mad nice. I remember them giving the Bulls PROBLEMS.
October 7th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Diego says:
Best seems like a good dude–happened to sit next to him and a buddy chilling at the bar a well-known Gentlemen’s Club not far from Georgia Tech a few months ago.
October 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
flipisatrip says:
One of my fav college players of all time