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Yeah the hype machine was heavy for Felipe, especially in the metro area.Yep I am glad you brought up rolando blackman and carlos herrera I watched both of them play as a kid and it was never brought up that they were latin. Just that they were regular black players. Only until the NBA started to go global did they start pushing the non black international players.
Speaking of international black players from latin america who matriculated to the NBA from american ball to the pros. Amazing how Mr. Felipe Lopez being an international player was never discussed that much even though he was hyped. Cause being an international player (specifically a black one) wasn't hyped up then.
And as you know being out east. This kat in the 90s was one of the most hyped up players in high school and going to college.
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They built him up to impossible standards and he fell flat. Very good dude by all accounts. I think he graduated a year before KG. They wanted him to declare early after his freshman year, the year KG changed everything by declaring. But FL's mom made him promise that he'd graduate college.
League messed up by not putting him in Miami or New York metro teams, to capitalize on that Latin fan base.



