Ron Mathias

Ronald Matthias known as "The Terminator" is an American professional basketball player & street ball legend. He is considered one of the top 50 streetballers of all time.[1]

Family

Matthias has a son, Quinton Hosley who is also a professional basketball player.[2]

College

After playing at Evander Child`s High School in the Bronx, he played for a number of colleges including Trinidad Community College, Westchester Community College, and Palm Beach Junior College. In his first game at Palm Beach, he scored 51 points.[3] He ended up averaging 41 points per game before leaving the school.[4]

Streetball

Matthias was known to play in games for up to $1000 per game.[4] He was a regular at Rucker Park Basketball tournaments & he has the most championships in EBC history. [5] His off the court issues limited his professional career.[6] He once scored 81 points on future NBA players Mark Jackson and Walter Berry of St. John's University.[7]

Professional

He played for the Miami Tropics of the United States Basketball League.[4] He also played for the Palm Beach Stingrays.[8] He was cut from the Albany Patroons.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "The Official Site of the Street Basketball Association: 50 Greatest of All Time".
  2. ↑ "JOHNNIES LAND HOTSHOT IN HOSLEY".
  3. ↑ "No More Second Chance `Attitude` Problem Matthias` Drawback".
  4. 1 2 3 "Mathias Makes Miami His Playground".
  5. ↑ "The Beast Of Summer League Basketball Enters Its 29th Year - Популярные статьи - Библиотека международной спортивной информации".
  6. ↑ "One more challenge for undrafted Hosley".
  7. ↑ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-01-17/sports/8601040610_1_ron-matthias-mike-leatherwood-greatest-basketball-player
  8. ↑ "Articles about Tim Legler - philly-archives".
  9. ↑ "The Daily Gazette - Google News Archive Search".


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